Talladega Preview: High Speeds, Avoid the ‘Big One’

Moving from one of its shortest and slowest tracks to the longest track and easily one of its fastest, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 after a wild weekend of racing at three-quarter mile Richmond International Raceway. Talladega, long synonymous for crazy finishes, major and sometimes frightening wrecks and controversy in a variety of forms, is one of only a couple places on the Sprint Cup Series tour where just about anyone can win. Thanks to the horsepower-choking restrictor plates that keep drivers bunched in one or more tight packs from the drop of…

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I’m Just Sayin’: Kudos to Busch For Being Good Teammate

By Jared Turner After getting knocked out of the way by teammate Carl Edwards on the last lap of Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400, Kyle Busch had every reason to be miffed and even downright mad. But if Busch was ticked at his teammate, he did a really good job of hiding it. Asked about the last-lap contact, the reigning Sprint Cup Series champion all but avoided the question, instead praising his team and the speed in his No. 18 Toyota. It was classy move for a driver who as recently as a few weeks ago threw an all-out temper tantrum and even…

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NASCAR Pole Position Talladega Edition

NASCAR Pole Position Talladega 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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during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series TOYOTA OWNERS 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 24, 2016 in Richmond, Virginia.

Edwards bumps teammate Kyle Busch to win at Richmond

April 24, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. – The honeymoon at Joe Gibbs Racing may be over. Yes, on Sunday at Richmond International Raceway, Carl Edwards won his second straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in the Toyota Owners 400 and the fourth in a row for JGR, but he did so with a last-lap bump-and-run on teammate Kyle Busch, who was seeking his third victory in four events. “We did everything right – be smart,” Busch was told on his radio, after Edwards moved the No. 18 Toyota up the track in Turns 3 and 4 and…

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