Hamlin wins combustible classic in front of sold-out Watkins Glen

August 7, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Denny Hamlin, winner of Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at the Glen, entertained a sold-out grandstand with a celebratory burnout that trailed a plume of smoke the entire length of the frontstretch at Watkins Glen International. But Hamlin’s smoke show—with a bad back, no less—paled in comparison to the fireworks that preceded the checkered flag, Hamlin’s first at a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series road course. The race was in doubt until the final corner, with Martin Truex Jr. pressuring Hamlin, who led the final 10 laps after surging past Brad Keselowski…

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Logano breaks Team Penske drought with XFINITY win at Watkins Glen

Aug. 6, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N. Y. – Joey Logano finally finished what he started. The driver of the No. 12 Ford won Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Watkins Glen International from the pole, giving Team Penske its first victory in what has been a disappointing season so far. The win in the Zippo 200 was the second straight at the 2.45-mile road course for the 26-year-old driver, who led 67 of 82 laps and drove his car to the limit, keeping teammate Brad Keselowski behind him until a broken track bar mount forced Keselowski’s…

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My First Ride: Dale Inman’s 1949 Oldsmobile

By Ben White Dale Inman, an eight-time Sprint Cup championship crew chief and 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, bought a popular ride in the early 1950s that had a rather unique history. It was used as a major part of a local business enterprise before he found it for sale after his 16th birthday in August of 1952. The car traveled all around the countryside in the dark of night for several years before its wheels parked in the dirt driveway of the Inman family home in Level Cross, N.C. “With the help of my mother, the first car I ever…

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Chris Buescher captures first victory when fog stops race at Pocono

Aug. 1, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – Chris Buescher sat in his car on pit road, dreaming of the possibilities. NASCAR had just red-flagged Monday’s rain-delayed Pennsylvania 400 when a heavy fog settled over Pocono Raceway after 138 of a scheduled 160 laps, and Buescher was the unlikely race leader. “I’m thinking of every kind of rain dance I can,” Buescher said on his radio. The mental rain dance worked. When NASCAR ended the stoppage by calling the race because of weather, Buescher had his first victory as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, and Front…

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