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Just Sayin’: Jeff Gordon Should Walk Away for Good After Martinsville

By Jared Turner Martinsville Should Be Jeff Gordon’s Last Race When Jeff Gordon won at Martinsville Speedway last fall, it seemed like a fairytale ending to the legendary driver’s illustrious career at the Virginia short track. One year later, Gordon is back for an encore – albeit in a No. 88 car instead of his familiar No. 24. Sunday’s race will likely be the 805th and final start of the four-time champion’s lengthy and extraordinarily fruitful tenure in NASCAR’s top series. Gordon, who had every intention of hanging up his driving helmet for good at the conclusion of the 2015 season, has…

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Logano advances with win at Talladega; Chase field cut to eight

October 23, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – If Joey Logano’s victory in Sunday’s Hellman’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was decisive—in relative terms—the race between Denny Hamlin and Austin Dillon for the final spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup’s Round of 8 was anything but. In an overtime race that went four laps past its scheduled distance, Logano surged ahead after a restart on Lap 191 at the 2.66-mile track and beat runner-up Brian Scott to the finish line by .124 seconds. Hamlin’s margin over Dillon for the eighth spot in the Round of 8 was…

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Enfinger scores first Truck Series win; Chase field is cut to six

October 22, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – In the race that decided the lineup for the Round of 6 in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase, Alabama native Grant Enfinger stole the thunder from the playoff drivers in Saturday’s Fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. With a strong push from GMS Racing teammate and Chase driver Ben Kennedy after a restart on Lap 93 of 94, Enfinger surged to the front and stayed there in the face of a last-lap challenger from another teammate, Spencer Gallagher, who came home second, .108 seconds behind the winner. The…

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Kevin Harvick saves his Chase with impressive victory at Kansas

October 16, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – He did it again. Last in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and faced with an uphill struggle to make the Round of 8, Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team did what they do best—win with their backs to the wall. Moments after a restart on Lap 238 of 267, Harvick cleared Carl Edwards for the lead through Turns 1 and 2 at Kansas Speedway and pulled away to win Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 by 1.183 seconds. With his second victory at Kansas, his…

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