Sprint Cup | Earnhardt Jr. holds off Harvick to complete season sweep at Pocono

August 3, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. realized that it took a bit of luck for him to win at Pocono Raceway in June. But he knew his team was firing on all cylinders Sunday when he completed the season sweep. Benefitting from impeccable pit strategy, Earnhardt led the final 14 laps and a car with the performance to hold off Kevin Harvick on a restart with three laps to go to ring up his third victory of the 2014 season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series GoBowling.com 400. "It wasn’t about luck…

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Camping World | Austin Dillon wins at Pocono

August 2, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa.—Austin Dillon had to work hard in the final 10 laps, then work overtime to claim his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season. Dillon, 24, took the lead from Clint Bowyer on a restart with eight laps remaining, then maintained his advantage on two more restarts to triumph in a green-white-checkered finish in Saturday's Pocono Mountains 150 at Pocono Raceway. Driving his No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, Dillon relaxed Toyota's stranglehold in the 2014 NCWTS. Toyota drivers had won the previous 10 races this season…

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Nationwide | Keselowski’s late-race strategy propels him to win at Iowa

August 2, 2014 By Rob Gray NASCAR Wire Service NEWTON, Iowa — The well-worn script read something like this: Brad Keselowski swoops in from the sky. The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion snares a second straight win in the NASCAR Nationwide Series US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, then hops a jet back to Pocono Raceway and competes in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Long Pond, Pa. Simple. Neat. Expected — except part-timer Michael McDowell nearly spoiled the big-timer's happy, if nerve-wracking Saturday night ending. "I had my shot at it," said McDowell, who led briefly on lap 248…

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