Motor Racing Digest

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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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 26, 2013 Mark Martin led the first NASCAR Sprint Cup practice at Richmond International Raceway on Friday afternoon.  His lap of 126.755 mph in the No. 55 Aaron’s Toyota was the quickest of the 43 cars that took part in the first practice session. Martin wasted no [...]

Posted: April 26th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Richmond International Raceway
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow on Twitter at @damorgan86 April 24, 2013 After a blazing fast weekend at Kansas Speedway, the NASCAR world sets its sights on Richmond International Raceway and the second night race of the year for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series. As one of the few short [...]

Posted: April 24th, 2013
Categories: Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Austin Dillon, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Justin Allgaier, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Parker Kligerman, Reed Sorenson, Richmond International Raceway, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 April 24, 2013 Winners Matt Kenseth – After setting the new track record in qualifying on Friday, Kenseth followed it up by leading 163 of the 267 laps en route to Gatorade Victory Lane.  Sunday’s victory was the second of the season for Kenseth, who joined Joe Gibbs Racing in [...]

Posted: April 23rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer, Elliott Sadler, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kansas Speedway, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 7, 2013 Just one word can summarize the race Sunday at Martinsville Speedway – Pure Domination. Well, lets go with two words to describe the race. Jimmie Johnson won the 64th Annual STP Gas Booster 500 for his eighth victory at Martinsville Speedway and his second victory [...]

Posted: April 7th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowsk, Brian Vickers, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, kasey kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, STP Gas Booster 500
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Courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing Posted by Stephen Conley March 28, 2013 Joe Gibbs Racing announces today that Mark Martin will drive the No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series while Denny Hamlin recovers from an L1 Compression Fracture suffered during an accident on March 24 at Auto Club Speedway. “We’ve [...]

Posted: March 28th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Denny Hamlin, Fed-Ex Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing, Mark Martin
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86   March 3, 2013 The backflip is back. After 70 races and two years of not winning a Sprint Cup Series race, Carl Edwards took his #99 Subway sponsored Ford Fusion to Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway, holding off Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and Denny [...]

Posted: March 3rd, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Phoenix International Raceway
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    Written By David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  March 1, 2013 Sometimes age slows people down as they get older, but Mark Martin seems to just keep getting better with age. Martin, at 54 years of age and one month, captured the pole for the Subway Fresh Fit 500 with a lap of [...]

Posted: March 1st, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, kasey kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Phoenix International Raceway, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 February 27, 2013 After a wild week in Daytona, the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series drivers head out west to The Valley of The Sun to take on Phoenix International Raceway for the 2nd race of the season. The track’s reconfiguration back in 2011 turned a [...]

Posted: February 27th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Elliott Sadler, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Phoenix International Raceway
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 February 24, 2013 Jimmie Johnson started last season at Daytona by finishing just one lap before a wreck ended his day.  This season, making his 400th career start, Johnson held off teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap to win his second Daytona 500. The 55th Daytona [...]

Posted: February 24th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Results.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway, Jimmie Johnson, JJ Yeley, kasey kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael McDowell, Regan Smith, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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