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Chase Elliott Wins Pole for FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway

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Chase Elliott will start from the pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, March 8. Elliott won the pole with a speed of 138.116 miles per hour on Saturday afternoon for his ninth career pole. Elliott will start alongside Kevin Harvick on the front row. Denny Hamlin will start …

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Daily Fantasy NASCAR Fanduel Forecast: FanShield 500 (Phoenix)

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On the third installment of the West Coast Swing, NASCAR Cup Series teams head to the desert for the FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Drivers will compete on a 1-mile flat track and attempt to make passes in the turn 1 dogleg. Since this is the first race the drivers will use the new short-track …

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William Byron, Chase Elliott Lead Cup Series Practices at Phoenix

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Fresh off the win by Alex Bowman at Auto Club Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports displayed speed in the two NASCAR Cup Series practices at Phoenix Raceway. Teammates William Byron and Chase Elliott led the two NASCAR Cup Series practice sessions Friday (March 6). Byron paced the field in the opening practice session and Elliott posted the …

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Up to Speed: Alex Bowman Delivering on High Expectations

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No long ago, Hendrick Motorsports was the undisputed most dominant team in NASCAR.  Competitors and fans alike understood that the path to the Cup Series championship inevitably ran through the sprawling HMS campus in Concord, North Carolina.  Led most recently by Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick’s strong teams promised to be contenders each and every week. However, …

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Fire on Fridays: A Missed Opportunity for Richmond & NASCAR Trucks

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Richmond Raceway and NASCAR have got to be kicking themselves. Last Saturday, Kevin Harvick added some interest to Kyle Busch‘s remaining 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series schedule when he introduced a bounty against the defending Cup Series champion. Sounds good to me!!! $100,000 grand boys!!! #gameon https://t.co/YtlsMWx5ka — Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) February …

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4 Burning Questions: The Bounty Hunters Have Arrived

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What kind of calls will Brian Pattie make this week? One of the more interesting things to take away from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was just how risky the No. 47 team is willing to be. Crew chief Brian Pattie is well aware that JTG Daugherty Racing doesn’t have …

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Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson Taking on the Bounty Challenge

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A challenger for Kevin Harvick’s bounty proposal has emerged. Chase Elliott announced on Twitter Thursday (Feb. 27) he will compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. He’ll drive for GMS Racing and have sponsorship from Hooters. Elliott is the first full-time Cup Series driver to take on the …

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Pit Strategy Gives Joey Logano Pennzoil 400 Victory

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Joey Logano prevailed in an eventful ending of the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday (Feb. 23).  A spin for Ross Chastain coming off of turn 2 with six laps to go brought out a late caution, Logano inherited the lead by leading a group of seven drivers that …

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Daily Fantasy NASCAR FanDuel Forecast: Pennzoil 400 (Las Vegas)

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It’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway time! NASCAR is motoring into the Sin City after an extremely newsworthy Speedweeks. And now that Daytona is in the rearview mirror, we’ve now come to what many in the garage refer to as the first true race of the season. Nobody really seems to know what anybody has so …

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Daily Fantasy NASCAR FanDuel Forecast: 2020 Daytona 500

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The NASCAR offseason is finally over! And with the start of the 2020 Cup Series season comes the start of a new year of playing daily fantasy NASCAR FanDuel games. Stock car racing is back in a big way, kicking off the year after three months away with the sport’s Super Bowl: the Daytona 500. …

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NAPA Auto Parts to Continue Sponsoring Chase Elliott Through 2022

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A longtime sponsor of Chase Elliott will stick around for awhile longer. NAPA Auto Parts will continue to be a primary sponsor of Elliott through the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday morning (Feb. 11). The company will serve as Elliott’s primary sponsor for 26 races per year of the deal. NEWS: …

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2020 NASCAR Cup Series Preseason Power Rankings

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For the first time here at Frontstretch, our staff banded together to vote on who it thinks will be the top drivers of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season in a preseason power rankings format. Each participating staff member sent a 30-driver ranking before the beginning of the season, taking into account not only 2019 successes …

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