Erik Jones continues rapid climb with Camping World Truck Series championship

Nov. 20, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. – With the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title now in Erik Jones’ rear-view mirror, the immediate question becomes “What’s next for the 19-year-old prodigy?” With a relatively nondescript, problem-free sixth-place finish in Friday night’s Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jones secured the series driver’s championship, as well as the owner’s title for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Discovered by Busch when he beat his future car owner as a 16-year-old in the Snowball Derby for Super Late Models, Jones delivered the championship after running two part-time seasons for KBM. “I…

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Homestead Preview: A Champ Will Be Crowned

By Jared Turner It’s all come down to this. For just the second time in NASCAR history, a winner-take-all finale will decide the season champion for the Sprint Cup Series. As the four lone survivors from the original 16 Chase drivers, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. will do battle for all the marbles on Sunday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway in South Florida. With the Chase standings now reset, no bonus points available at Homestead, and all four finalists entering the race with equal points, the first driver to cross the finish line will be the 2015 champion.…

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Sticking to His Guns: Kenseth Wouldn’t Change Anything

By Jared Turner Matt Kenseth felt he was justified in wrecking Joey Logano on Nov. 1 at Martinsville Speedway. In Kenseth’s mind, there wasn’t a lot of difference in what he did to Logano and what Logano had done to him while the two battled for the lead two weeks earlier at Kansas Speedway. Of course, NASCAR rightfully disagreed and issued Kenseth a two-race suspension for his Martinsville actions – which were deliberate, premeditated and, frankly, just wrong. So has Kenseth, who returns to the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for this weekend’s season finale, come to see the error of…

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Danica’s Day: Patrick Finishes 16th for Second Week in a Row

By Aaron Burns After having not finished better than 17th since Pocono in August, Danica Patrick is becoming acquainted with 16th place. Sunday’s Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 saw Patrick make up considerable ground when a well-timed caution moved her from outside the top 20 to 16th, and when rain shortened the race, Patrick had her second consecutive 16th-place result. It was one of those nights where 16th was better than Patrick could’ve hoped. She moved into the top 20 early on after qualifying 21st, but a penalty for crewmen going over the wall too soon knocked her outside the top…

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5 Lessons Learned: Future Looks Promising For Dale Jr.

By Jared Turner This Might Be The Rainiest Season Ever How shocking was it that rain played such a factor in Sunday’s race at Phoenix International Raceway, a desert track located in one of the driest areas of the country? It seems that no matter where the Sprint Cup Series has gone this year, wet weather has inevitably followed. Sunday’s situation might have been the most frustrating to date, however, as initial forecasts for dry weather proved erroneous when rain pushed back the start of the race by more than six hours. Then, the rain ultimately returned and forced NASCAR to call…

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