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Sprint Cup Qualifying At Talladega Rained Out, Edwards and Truex On Front Row For Aaron’s 499

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, [...]

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Talladega Sprint Cup Series Practice Recap

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 [...]

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Winners and Losers – Kansas Edition

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 [...]

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Katie’s Komments: NASCAR’s Penalties, Kansas Speedway, And The Two-Time Winners

Written By: Katie Copple (Twitter: Katie_Copple) April 19, 2013 Welcome to the third edition of Katie’s Komment’s, a place to find the latest NASCAR news and my opinion on it! All comments are my views only but feel free to leave your own! PENALTIES: NASCAR definitely showed their power this week when they handed down [...]

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NASCAR Issues Penalties To 3 Sprint Cup Teams and One Truck Series Team

NASCAR PR Submitted by Stephen Conley April 17th, 2013 NASCAR has announced penalties for 3 Sprint Cup Series teams and drivers as a result of infractions after the NRA 500 at Texas. Martin Truex Jr. and his Michael Waltrip Racing team have been penalized for postrace violations. The No. 56 car was found to have [...]

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Break Out The Brooms: Kyle Busch Wins NRA 500 At Texas, Sweeps Weekend

Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  April 13, 2013 In what seems to be becoming a regular occurrence, Kyle Busch has completed a NASCAR weekend sweep for the second time this year after sweeping the California weekend only three weeks ago. At Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, Busch won the Sprint Cup pole, [...]

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Kyle Busch Sets New Track Record To Win Sprint Cup Pole At Texas

Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86  April 12, 2013 Sprint Cup qualifying for Saturday night’s NRA 500 at Texas turned into a shootout between the Busch brothers, with Kyle Busch edging out older brother Kurt to win the pole and set a new track record in the process. Kyle Busch’s pole winning lap [...]

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Texas Sprint Cup Practice Recap: Truex Fastest In First Practice, Ambrose Fastest In Final Practice

Written By: David Morgan – Follow at @damorgan86 April 12, 2013 Leading up to Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series event at Texas Motor Speedway, the Sprint Cup Series drivers took to the track for two practice sessions on Friday in preparation for the NRA 500. The first practice session saw Dale Earnhardt Jr at the [...]

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Busch Earns First Pole At Bristol With Record Run

  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 March 15, 2013 Kyle Busch set a new NASCAR Sprint Cup series qualifying record at Bristol with a speed of 129.535 mph in 14.813 seconds. The previous record was held by Ryan Newman at a speed of 128.709 mph in 14.908 seconds back in March of 2003. This [...]

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Kenseth Wins Big In Las Vegas On 41st Birthday

  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 March 10, 2013 Matt Kenseth staved off Kasey Kahne over the final 20 laps to win the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kenseth and crew chief Jason Ratcliff opted for a fuel-only stop under caution with 42 laps to go for his first victory with [...]

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