Just Sayin’: Hornish Jr. — not Scott — should have full-time ride

I’m Just Saying By Jared Turner It’s All About The Money Does anyone really think Brian Scott is a better race car driver than Sam Hornish Jr.? Well, of course not. But Scott has a full-time ride in NASCAR’s top series and Hornish doesn’t. The explanation, of course, is sponsorship. Scott replaced Hornish this season at Richard Petty Motorsports because he brought sponsorship to the team. Hornish lost his ride with RPM after just one season, because he did not bring sponsorship. The real travesty lies in the talent discrepancy between the two drivers, however. Hornish, who hadn’t raced anything in 2016…

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NASCAR Pole Position Sonoma Edition Now Available

NASCAR Pole Position Sonoma edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. You can find a list of preferred retailers distributing NASCAR Pole Position here. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. 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. WANT A FREE WEEKLY NASCAR MAGAZINE? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week…

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Dominant performance leads Sam Hornish Jr. to victory at Iowa

June 19, 2016 By Chris Knight NASCAR Wire Service NEWTON, Iowa – Sam Hornish Jr., who hadn’t been in a car in 210 days, gave himself the perfect Father’s Day present on Sunday – a dominant victory in the sixth annual NASCAR XFINITY Series American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway. Hornish, who last competed in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race last November at Homestead-Miami Speedway, received a call Monday from Joe Gibbs Racing to substitute for injured driver Matt Tifft. He made the most of the opportunity, picking up his fourth career XFINITY Series win and second…

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William Byron uses late-race pass for Truck Series win at Iowa

June 18, 2016 By Chris Knight NASCAR Wire Service NEWTON, Iowa – Following his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win of the season last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender William Byron used a late race restart and three-wide pass to charge from fourth to first to win Saturday night’s Speediatrics 200 at Iowa Speedway. Byron, driving the No. 9 Liberty University Toyota Tundra, swiped the lead from Cole Custer on a restart with nine laps remaining, but a caution six laps from the finish saw the Charlotte, North Carolina, native have to defend his presence…

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After Michigan, Logano is two-for-two with new aero package

June 12, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – In the second race that featured NASCAR’s new lower-downforce package, Joey Logano lowered the boom—again. There was one major difference between Joey Logano’s victory in Sunday’s FireKeepers 400 at Michigan International Speedway and his win May 21 in the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte. This one counted in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and punched Logano’s ticket into the Chase. But it remained abundantly clear that Team Penske already has a handle on the aerodynamic configuration the sanctioning body is considering for 2017. Logano led 139 of 200 laps…

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Mexican driver Suarez scores breakthrough at Michigan

June 11, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – Daniel Suarez was speechless—and justifiably so. The Mexican driver had just passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch for the lead on the next-to-last lap and held on to win Saturday’s Menards 250 presented by Valvoline NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Michigan International Speedway by .280 seconds over the man who sets the standard in the series. The first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race, Suarez overcame a pit road speeding penalty assessed on Lap 29 of 125 under the first of three cautions. He restarted eighth…

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