Read more about the article Kevin Harvick saves his Chase with impressive victory at Kansas
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Kevin Harvick saves his Chase with impressive victory at Kansas

October 16, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – He did it again. Last in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and faced with an uphill struggle to make the Round of 8, Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team did what they do best—win with their backs to the wall. Moments after a restart on Lap 238 of 267, Harvick cleared Carl Edwards for the lead through Turns 1 and 2 at Kansas Speedway and pulled away to win Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 by 1.183 seconds. With his second victory at Kansas, his…

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October 17, 2016
Read more about the article Kyle Busch wins at Kansas as XFINITY Chasers have issues
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Kyle Busch wins at Kansas as XFINITY Chasers have issues

October 15, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kyle Busch’s domination of Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway was about the only predictable thing that happened in the first race of the Round of 8 in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. In winning his fourth XFINITY race at the 1.5-mile track, his ninth of the season and the 85th of his career—extending his own series record—Busch led 150 of 200 laps, passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez after a restart with 13 circuits remaining. “It was a hard-fought battle,” said Busch, who had surged…

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October 17, 2016
Read more about the article Kansas Preview: Charlotte Setbacks Will Make Chase Racers Aggressive
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Kansas Preview: Charlotte Setbacks Will Make Chase Racers Aggressive

By Jared Turner Where’s the reset button? That’s the question at least five of the dozen drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup are asking after a problematic Sunday afternoon in Sunday’s rain-delayed Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In a race originally scheduled for Saturday night but postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Matthew ravaging the North Carolina coast, nearly half of the competitors in the hunt for the 2016 Sprint Cup title endured a major setback to their championship hopes. The only silver lining for those who enter Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway in a…

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October 11, 2016
Read more about the article Just Sayin’: Charlotte Should Scrap the Fall Night Race in Favor of Day Racing
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Just Sayin’: Charlotte Should Scrap the Fall Night Race in Favor of Day Racing

By Jared Turner For the second year in a row, the fall Chase race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was run on Sunday during daytime hours after rain forced NASCAR and track officials to postpone the race from its originally scheduled Saturday night start time. Call it pure coincidence, bad timing or something else if you wish, but any time weather results in a race being pushed back a day in consecutive years, it’s never a bad idea to reevaluate the best day and start time for an event to be held. In the case of this year, no one could have predicted,…

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October 10, 2016
Read more about the article Jimmie Johnson triumphs at Charlotte as five Chase drivers fall on hard times
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Jimmie Johnson triumphs at Charlotte as five Chase drivers fall on hard times

Oct. 9, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – After Sunday’s victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson can proclaim justifiably “The Boys are Back in Town.” But for five other Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, all of whom finished 30th or worse in the rain-delayed Bank of America 500, the race ended in a medley of dire straits. Taking the lead from Matt Kenseth after a restart on Lap 317 of 334, Johnson pulled away to win by 1.474 seconds over the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Johnson put his No. 48…

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October 10, 2016
Read more about the article Late pass gives Logano XFINITY win, as Chase field cut to eight
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Late pass gives Logano XFINITY win, as Chase field cut to eight

Oct. 9, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – If stealing a race were against the law, there would be an arrest warrant out for Joey Logano on Sunday night. Grabbing the lead from Kyle Larson after a restart on Lap 183 of 200, Logano held off a charging Elliott Sadler by .462 seconds to win the Drive for the Cure 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the event that trimmed the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Chase field from 12 drivers to eight. Larson, who led 165 laps and at one point had the lead lap to…

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October 10, 2016