Motor Racing Digest

  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 May 18, 2013 Jimmie Johnson became NASCAR’s first four-time winner of the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Johnson needed just two laps to pass teammate Kasey Kahne after the restart for the final 10-lap shootout then coasted to victory for the second consecutive [...]

Posted: May 18th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Sprint Cup All-Star Race
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 May 14, 2013 Winners Joe Gibbs Racing – The three Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota’s finished first, second, and sixth in Saturday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500.  Matt Kenseth brought the No. 20 Home Depot/Husky machine to the checkered flag first, taking the lead from teammate Kyle Busch and pulling away to [...]

Posted: May 14th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Bojangles' Southern 500, Brad Keselowski, Darlington Raceway, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Joe Gibbs Racing, kasey kahne, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing
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  Written by Stephen Conley May 13th, 2013   When you look to dance with the Lady In Black on Mother’s Day weekend, you better bring your “A” game and prepare for a fight. A lot of guys want that illustrious honor and it’s not one that is given lightly by this Lady. Record speeds [...]

Posted: May 13th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Jeff Gordon, Joe Gibbs Racing, kasey kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 May 9, 2013 After a thrilling finish in last weekend’s Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway, the NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to the 1.366 mile Darlington Raceway for a Friday night under the lights in the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200.  Last year’s race featured Sprint Cup regular Joey [...]

Posted: May 10th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Track News.
Tags: Chris Buescher, Darlington Raceway, ESPN2, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Nemechek, Joey Logano, Justin Allgaier, kasey kahne, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Penske Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, The Lady in Black, The Track Too Tough To Tame, Turner Scott Motorsports, VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 May 8, 2013 Winners David Ragan – Restarting in 10th position for the green-white-checkered finish, Ragan took his No. 34 Farm Rich Ford Fusion to the front of the pack and took the checkered flag first.  The trip to Gatorade Victory Lane was the second of his career in 228 starts [...]

Posted: May 8th, 2013
Categories: Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Aric Almirola, Brian Vickers, David Gilliland, David Ragan, Denny Hamlin, Front Row Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, kasey kahne, Matt Kenseth, Richard Petty Motorsports, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 4, 2013 After being delayed for hours due to rain, the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway certainly delivered when the race finally got underway. With darkness falling and the race shortened by seven laps, a mad scramble during the one and only attempt at a [...]

Posted: May 4th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 312, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano, JR Motorsports, kasey kahne, Nascar Nationwide Series, Regan Smith, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 4, 2013 As was feared during the two practice sessions on Friday at Talladega, rain washed out Sprint Cup qualifying for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 and the field will be set by practice speeds from Friday’s first practice session. Carl Edwards was fastest in that session, [...]

Posted: May 4th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86  May 3, 2013 With wet weather threatening, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series took to the track for two practice sessions on Friday in preparation for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega. If rain were to wash out tomorrow’s qualifying session, the speeds from practice would set the [...]

Posted: May 3rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aaron's 499, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Ryan Newman, Talladega Superspeedway, Travis Kvapil
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Written by: Lauren Perkins-follow @perkylauren April 29, 2013 With one-fourth of the races behind us in the 2013 Sprint Cup season, it’s time for a quick recap of who’s out front and who’s about to go a lap down. At the Top: Jimmie Johnson: It seems that Jimmie Johnson has once again been given the “lucky [...]

Posted: April 29th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: 2013 Chase, Carl Edwards, Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, kasey kahne, Paul Menard
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 26, 2013 Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light pole to Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway.  Kenseth set a new track qualifying record with a lap speed of 130.334 miles per hour in 20.716 seconds.  Brian Vickers held the previous track record which he [...]

Posted: April 26th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Joe Gibbs Racing, kasey kahne, Matt Kenseth, Toyota Owners 400
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