Sprint Cup | Kenseth doubles up with Chase race win at New Hampshire

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service   LOUDON, N.H.—Was this real or instant replay? For the second straight week, in the second race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Matt Kenseth led Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to the finish line — and for Kenseth, who has struggled at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, that added a dreamlike quality to the victory. The top seed in the Chase, Kenseth won Sunday's Sylvania 300 by .533 seconds over Busch as JGR asserted its superiority for the second consecutive week. A half hour after the race ended, the magnitude of the victory was…

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Nationwide | Ryan Blaney captures first career victory

By Chris Knight, Special to the NASCAR Wire Service It wasn't a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor that the NASCAR Nationwide Series field had to worry about at Kentucky Speedway. Instead, it was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standout in Ryan Blaney who stole the show and won Saturday night's Kentucky 300. Blaney's first career Nationwide Series win came in his 15th career start and just second start of 2013. Blaney's triumph in the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang marked Penske Racing's 10th win of the year with the No. 22 with four different drivers. A.J. Allmendinger, Joey Logano and Brad…

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ROAR! New Hampshire Now Available

The latest edition of ROAR!, and the first edition for the Chase for the Cup, is now available. Click here to view the latest edition. If you do not currently receive ROAR! for free to your inbox, please register at www.getroar.com    

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Sprint Cup | Matt Kenseth wins first Chase race at Chicagoland

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service  JOLIET, Ill.--The rich got richer. Matt Kenseth, the top seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, added to his advantage in Sunday's rain-interrupted GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. With a strong push from Kevin Harvick after a restart with on Lap 245 of 267, Kenseth pulled away to beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to the checkered flag by .749 seconds and deny Busch the second three-series weekend sweep of his career. The victory was Kenseth's sixth of the season, tops in the Cup series, and his most ever in a single season. The…

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Available Now! New Hampshire Edition

NASCAR Pole Position New Hampshire edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts and Stop & Shops. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. Have you signed up for your free subscription to ROAR? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week that was, and provides fans with a preview of…

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Breaking News | Gordon is in the Chase

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.--In an extraordinary move resulting from competitive improprieties in last Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond, Brian France, the sanctioning body’s chairman and CEO, added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup field. "We decided that, due to the totality of events that were outside of Jeff Gordon’s-- his issues, we’re going to add a 13th position to the field, and Jeff Gordon will qualify for the championship this year, the Sprint Cup championship," France said Friday in the Chicagoland Speedway media center. "We believe, in looking at all of it, there…

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