Read more about the article Larson holds off Logano for XFINITY win at Auto Club Speedway
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Larson holds off Logano for XFINITY win at Auto Club Speedway

March 25, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. – Kyle Larson kept polesitter Joey Logano at bay after a restart with four laps left in Saturday’s Service King 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Auto Club Speedway and held on to win by .127 seconds. Larson and Logano had swapped the lead on three successive laps before Brandon Jones plowed into the outside wall on Lap 142 to bring out the seventh and final caution of the afternoon. The lead cars pitted for fresh tires under the yellow, with Larson exiting pit road first and Spencer Gallagher grabbing the…

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March 26, 2017
Read more about the article Ryan Newman breaks drought with late-race strategy at Phoenix
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Ryan Newman breaks drought with late-race strategy at Phoenix

March 19, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – When the winner of Sunday’s Camping World 500 was announced, officials might have thought for a moment that they got the wrong envelope, a la Warren Beatty at the Oscars. But, no, there was no mistake. Ryan Newman was the unexpected winner of the fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of the season after a late caution gave his No. 31 Richard Childress Racing team the chance to break a drought dating to 2013. Staying out on old tires for a two-lap overtime run at Phoenix International Raceway, Newman…

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March 20, 2017
Read more about the article Truex wins at Las Vegas; Kyle Busch, Logano brawl
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Truex wins at Las Vegas; Kyle Busch, Logano brawl

March 12, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – In a race whose aftermath left hometown driver Kyle Busch with a bloody forehead, Martin Truex Jr. passed the faltering car of Brad Keselowski on the white-flag lap and cruised to a sweep of all three stages in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As Truex approached the checkered flag to win a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race for the first time this season and the first time at LVMS, Joey Logano’s Ford slid up into Kyle Busch’s Toyota in a battle for third position. Busch spun…

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March 12, 2017
Read more about the article Joey Logano holds off Kyle Larson for XFINITY win at Las Vegas
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Joey Logano holds off Kyle Larson for XFINITY win at Las Vegas

March 11, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wasn’t a drag race, but lane choice proved critical to Joey Logano’s 28th NASCAR XFINITY Series victory in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford. Choosing the top side for a restart on Lap 196 of 200, after Ty Dillon’s spin on Lap 192 necessitated the ninth and final caution of the afternoon, Logano cleared Kyle Larson off Turn 4 after an intense side-by-side battle and pulled away to win by .602 seconds. “It was hard to figure out what to do,…

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March 12, 2017
Read more about the article Brad Keselowski pounces on unexpected opportunity at Atlanta
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Brad Keselowski pounces on unexpected opportunity at Atlanta

March 5, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – Thanks to the unintentional generosity of the dominant driver in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, opportunistic Brad Keselowski won the second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of the season. Kevin Harvick led 292 of the 325 laps at the 1.54-mile track, but a pit road speeding penalty under caution on Lap 311 sent him to the back of the field for the final restart. That gave Keselowski the chance he needed, and on Lap 319 he surged past Kyle Larson for the top spot and pulled away to…

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March 6, 2017
Read more about the article Kyle Busch wins second straight NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Atlanta
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Kyle Busch wins second straight NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Atlanta

March 4, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – It took Kyle Busch 13 years to get his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It took him one more year to get the second. The pole winner at Atlanta for the sixth time, Busch pulled away after a restart on Lap 148 of 163 and beat Brad Keselowski to the finish line by .605 seconds to score his second straight victory at the 1.54-mile track in Saturday’s Rinnai 250. “It took so long to get here to begin with,” Busch said in Victory Lane. “Now we’ve…

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March 5, 2017