Carl Edwards resurrects title chances with win in rain-shortened Texas race

November 6, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – Back from the dead. With a Lazarus act that was delayed and then shortened by rain, Carl Edwards revived his moribund championship hopes the only way he could—with a victory in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Last in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings after a hard crash and a 36th-place finish last week at Martinsville, Edwards took the lead under caution on Lap 257 when his crew dashed off an 11-second pit stop. Edwards beat Martin Truex Jr. out of the pits, and…

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Larson holds off Keselowski for XFINITY Series win at Texas

November 5, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – Grabbing the lead after a restart on Lap 171 of 200, Kyle Larson moved to the top of the track just in time to hold off polesitter Brad Keselowski for the victory in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. In a race that saw Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez open some breathing room in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase with respective fourth- and fifth-place finishes, Larson got a push from sixth-place finisher Elliott Sadler on the decisive restart and kept Keselowski…

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Read more about the article Milestone Moment: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon Went to Blows in 2010
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Milestone Moment: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon Went to Blows in 2010

By Keith Waltz The AAA Texas 500 on Nov. 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway was a milestone moment in the NASCAR era of “boys, have at it,” as a fight broke out between two normally mid-mannered drivers. The confrontation followed an incident under the yellow flag on lap 192 when Jeff Burton drove into the back of Jeff Gordon’s Chevrolet, punting the four-time Cup Series champion hard into the outside wall. After they had both exited their cars, Gordon approached Burton and shoved him. A hockey-style fight ensued with a lot of pushing, grabbing and swinging, but no serious punches. “If…

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Read more about the article Texas Preview: Jimmie Johnson Is the Only Chase Driver Feeling Secure
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Texas Preview: Jimmie Johnson Is the Only Chase Driver Feeling Secure

By Jared Turner With one race down and two races left to set the Championship 4 for Homestead-Miami Speedway, only Jimmie Johnson is guaranteed to fight for the Sprint Cup Series title in the 2016 season finale. His three challengers in South Florida will be determined over the next two weekends, and it’s anyone’s guess who among the remaining seven championship-eligible drivers they will ultimately be. While Johnson was celebrating his Championship 4-qualifying win in last Sunday’s Round of 8 opener at Martinsville Speedway, title-contending teammates Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch were scratching their heads trying to figure out why their Stewart-Haas…

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Read more about the article Just Sayin’: Jeff Gordon Left the Door Open for a Return to Racing
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Just Sayin’: Jeff Gordon Left the Door Open for a Return to Racing

By Jared Turner Jeff Gordon Probably Isn’t Done Yet Sunday’s race at Martinsville was possibly the final start of Jeff Gordon’s legendary career. The four-time champ, called on to help sub for teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. this season, didn’t deliver what would have been his 94th victory in NASCAR’s top division, but was in the mix all day long, ultimately coming home sixth at a track where he’d won nine times. So what’s next for Gordon? He’ll be back in the FOX Sports broadcast booth at next year’s Daytona 500 and the remaining portion of FOX’s NASCAR coverage that runs through June.…

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Jimmie Johnson’s win at Martinsville; qualifies for final race

Oct. 30, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Mr. Martinsville is back – and with him, a realistic shot at a record-tying NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Winless at the .526-mile short track since the spring race of 2013, Jimmie Johnson ended his “drought” on Sunday with a victory in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 and earned a berth in the Championship 4 race, set for Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In winning for the ninth time at Martinsville, the fourth time this season and the 79th time in his career, Johnson didn’t take the lead until he…

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