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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Written by Stephen Conley  @Stephen_Conley on Twitter As the NASCAR Sprit Cup, Nationwide cars rumble past the Quarter pole the season is now in full swing. The camping World Truck Series is lingering back a little ways but still strong with their early season rest. A lot of surprises have come our way in the [...]

Posted: May 6th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Camping World Truck Series, Nascar Nationwide Series, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: 2013 season, Carl Edwards, David Ragan, Generation 6 car, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Junior Motorsports, Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing, Tony Stewart
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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: 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 9, 2013 Winners Jimmie Johnson – With his victory on Sunday in the STP Gas Booster 500, Johnson picked up his eighth grandfather clock and broke a tie with teammate Jeff Gordon for the most wins among active drivers at the track.  Johnson led a monstrous 346 laps and gave  [...]

Posted: April 9th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman
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  Posted by: Dave Thompson, follow @phillyfan17 April 5, 2013 Jimmie Johnson set a track-record lap of 98.400 miles per hour Friday to win the pole for Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500.  Johnson is seeking his eight Martinsville victory and his second of victory of the 2013 season. In addition to Johnson, six other broke [...]

Posted: April 5th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, marcos ambrose, Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, STP Gas Booster 500
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  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 [...]

Posted: March 15th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Brian Vickers.Paul Menard, Bristol Motor Speedway, Casey Mears, Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Gilliland, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Food City 500, Jamie McMurray, Joey Logano, kasey kahne, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart
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Written By: Brian Eberly, @beberly18 March 12, 2013 Winners Matt Kenseth – Taking fuel only on the final pit stop while most others took two tires, Kenseth was able to hold off the field and head to victory lane in only his third start for Joe Gibbs Racing.  After moving from Roush-Fenway in the off-season, [...]

Posted: March 12th, 2013
Categories: Featured, Nascar Sprint Cup Series, Track News.
Tags: Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman
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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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