Larson wins rain-shortened NASCAR XFINITY race at Pocono

June 4, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – The maiden voyage of the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Pocono Raceway was shorter than planned, but race winner Kyle Larson wasn’t complaining. NASCAR awarded the checkered flag in the Pocono Green 250 to Larson when the race was red-flagged after 53 of 100 scheduled laps and then called because of persistent rain. The victory was Larson’s first of the season and fourth in the series, but it was a source of frustration to runner-up Erik Jones, who arguably had the fastest car and was closing rapidly on Larson when…

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Driver Profile: Buescher Flies Under the Radar

By Jared Turner Compared to the NASCAR XFINITY Series champions from 2013 (Austin Dillon) and 2014 (Chase Elliott), reigning XFINITY Series champ Chris Buescher moved into a full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ride with relatively little fanfare. Not that the 23-year-old Texan minds. He wouldn’t even know how to act in the spotlight. “I’ve been under the radar all my life, not opposed to it, so I’ve been able to have good success coming up through various series and been able to accomplish a lot to get to this point,” Buescher said. Indeed he has. One of the most unheralded XFINITY Series…

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Charlotte Trackside Sampling a Success

NASCAR POLE POSITION / ROAR! TRACKSIDE SAMPLING AT CHARLOTTE MAY RACE WEEKEND May 28-31, 2016 The NASCAR Pole Position and ROAR! street teams were at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, Saturday and Sunday distributing free product samples to race fans. It marked the 11th year that NASCAR Pole Position ran its version of “trick or treat” at Charlotte. This free program helped fans score products from great NASCAR Pole Position partners. Partner products and promotions were distributed to thousands of happy race fans during the weekend. Everyone was all smiles as they received their bag of free gifts.

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