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The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2017 AAA Texas 500

Kevin Harvick Texas Burnout

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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? In the very first corner of the race, Brad Keselowski’s day looked to be about done. The 2012 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion started in 10th, but got into a slow Kyle Busch and cut a left rear tire. A green-flag pit stop put him one lap …

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Würth Extends Partnership with Team Penske

2017 Cup New Hampshire Zach Catanzareti Brad Keselowski

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Signing a multi-year extension with Team Penske, Würth Group will return to Brad Keselowski‘s No. 2 Ford Fusion in 2018. Würth has been the primary sponsor for Keselowski on a part-time basis since 2014. The sponsor made it’s debut with Keselowski at Fontana in 2014. Würth will sponsor Keselowski in three races next season beginning …

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Brad Keselowski Adds Primary Sponsor to 2018 Cup Series Campaign

2017 Kansas Ii Cup Kyle Larson Brad Keselowski Barry Cantrell Nkp

(Photo: Barry Cantrell / NKP)

Discount Tire will join Team Penske in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series beginning in 2018 as the primary sponsor of the No. 2 Ford Fusion that will be piloted by 2012 series champion Brad Keselowski. The multi-year deal will serve as primary sponsor for 10 races next season, including the 60th Annual Daytona 500 and …

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Beside the Rising Tide: Keep it Simple, Stupid

Jeff Gordon, one of just two drivers to capture the sport's Winston Million. (Photo: NKP)

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade/NKP)

The other night, I attended an informal dinner party with some close friends. They all know what I do for a living and yet they let me in anyway as long as I show up showered, shaved, and wearing shoes. Almost inevitably, the topic of NASCAR racing came up. (No, I didn’t broach the subject. …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not In NASCAR: Halloween Trick or Treat Edition

2017 Nascar Monster Energy Cup Series, New Hampshire

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade / NKP)

Halloween came a couple of days early for drivers and teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Sunday. It seemed once the new lights at the half-mile paperclip oval turned on, so did the intensity as the laps began to wind down. Whether it was a trick, a treat, or somewhere …

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Thinkin’ Out Loud: Kyle Busch Gets a Treat at Martinsville

2017 Martinsville Cup Zach Catanzareti Kyle Busch

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Who’s in the headline – After three other drivers looked like they were headed to the victory, it was Kyle Busch getting his picture taken with the Martinsville Grandfather Clock on Sunday night. The first race to finish under the lights at Martinsville Speedway was a rather uneventful affair until the final 20 laps. Through …

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Martinsville Delivers the Racing NASCAR Needs

2017 Martinsville Cup Zach Catanzareti Night Lights

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

It is a well-known fact that NASCAR has been in the decline since it peaked in the mid-2000s. Ratings are down and the seats at the track have not been in as high of demand as they were a decade ago. People have chalked that up to various things, such as the introduction of playoffs, …

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Grandfather Clock Escapes Brad Keselowski at Martinsville

2017 Martinsville Cup Zach Catanzareti Team Penske Brad Keselowski

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Brad Keselowski was one of the dominant cars in the First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday  and was cruising to a victory… until everything spiraled out of control. Keselowski won the first two stages of the event and led a total of 108 laps, gapping second-place Chase Elliott with eight laps to go …

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4 Burning Questions: Will Martin Truex Jr. Grab First Short Track Win in Martinsville?

2017 Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series Stp 500 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va Usa Sunday 2 April 2017 Martin Truex Jr, Furniture Row/denver Mattress Toyota Camry World Copyright: Logan Whitton/nkp

(Photo: Logan Whitton/NKP)

Will Martin Truex Jr. Grab First Short Track Win? Though we’ll later discuss whose best shot at advancing to the Championship 4 at Martinsville Speedway, here’s one guy whose best opportunities come but every week in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Martin Truex Jr. has lit the sport on fire since 2015, …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not In NASCAR: Elimination and Advancement Edition

2017 Kansas Ii Cup Martin Truex Jr Woohoo John K Harrelson Nkp

(Photo: John K. Harrelson/NKP)

Maybe Sunday’s race at Kansas is an example of why NASCAR shifted its schedule to make this an elimination race. The normally snoozish 1.5-miler at least had the added drama of seeing drivers eliminated, or advancing, into the final eight of the playoff rounds. Unfortunately, NASCAR can’t do this at all of its 1.5-milers, but …

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2017 Frontstretch Podcast Powered by DraftKings – Episode 32: Kansas Kickin’

2017 Kansas I Cup Ryan Blaney Pack Racing Nigel Kinrade Nkp

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade/NKP)

Episode 32: Kansas Kickin’ Frontstretch Podcast with Dustin Albino, Tom Bowles and Zach Catanzareti In this week’s episode brought to you by DraftKings, Dustin, Tom and Zach wrap up the craziness from Talladega Superspeedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s final plate run and what the victory means for Brad Keselowski. Next, we turn our heads to Kansas Speedway for another round …

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Double Take: As One Plate King Retires, Another Steps Up

Brad Keselowski Restart Talladega

(Photo: Rusty Jarrett/ NKP)

For a while there last Sunday (Oct. 15) at Talladega Superspeedway, it looked like Dale Earnhardt Jr. was going to do it. In his final start at his best track, in front of the strongest crowd in years at the 2.66-mile superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Earnhardt dodged wreck after wreck, barely unscathed but ready for …

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