Harvick gets stress-relieving Chase victory at New Hampshire

Sept. 25, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – Remember last week, when Kevin Harvick was trapped a lap down at Chicagoland Speedway, finished 20th and fell out of the top 12 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings? Remember last year, when Harvick crashed at Chicagoland and ran out of fuel while leading at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and had to win at Dover to advance in the Chase? That’s all moot, now that Harvick redeemed himself with a victory in Sunday’s Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire, the second race in the Chase.…

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Elliott Sadler wins first-ever NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase race at Kentucky Speedway

Sept. 24, 2016 By Chris Knight NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, KY – A huge push from Daniel Suárez on a restart with four laps to go in Saturday night’s eventful VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 sent Elliott Sadler ahead of Ryan Blaney to win the opening race of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase at Kentucky Speedway. Sadler’s third win of the season and 13th of his XFINITY Series career was about more than just stamping his way into Round 2 of the Chase. The Emporia, Virginia, native fought for the win while thinking of his mother, Bell, who was released from the hospital Saturday, after…

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William Byron wins first-ever NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase race

Sept. 24, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N. H. – William Byron stole a page from his mentor and team owner, Kyle Busch. Leading 161 of 175 laps in Saturday’s UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway – the first race in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase – Byron cruised to victory, the way Busch has done so many times before, and punched his ticket into the Chase's Round of 6. Not that runner-up Christopher Bell, Byron’s stablemate at Kyle Busch Motorsports, didn’t make it interesting in the closing laps. As Byron worked traffic in the…

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Read more about the article Milestone Moment: Kurt Busch Kicked Off a Championship Run at NHMS
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Milestone Moment: Kurt Busch Kicked Off a Championship Run at NHMS

By Keith Waltz NASCAR stock car racing entered a new era on Sept. 19, 2004, when New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosted the inaugural race in what is now known as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Introduced in January 2004, the Chase concept was a revolutionary new method for determining the champion of NASCAR’s premier series. Previously, the title winner was determined by points over the course of the entire season. In this new playoff-style format, the top-10 drivers in points after the first 26 races earned a berth in the Chase. Their points were adjusted and those 10 drivers then…

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New Hampshire Preview: The Clock Is Ticking For Drivers Looking to Survive

By Jared Turner One race down, nine to go in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. With the Sprint Cup Series heading to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend on the heels of Sunday’s Chase opener at Chicagoland Speedway, only one of the 16 Chase drivers – Martin Truex Jr. – can breathe completely easy. That’s because Truex, who won at Chicagoland, has already clinched an automatic berth in the next Chase round. The other 15 Chase drivers all still have work to do over the next two races in order to be among the 12 who advance and remain in…

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Read more about the article Just Sayin’: Chase Elliott Is No Longer Sulking After Disappointments
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Just Sayin’: Chase Elliott Is No Longer Sulking After Disappointments

By Jared Turner Chase Elliott Is Learning How To Handle Disappointment On previous occasions this season when Chase Elliott was in contention for a win, only to come up painfully short in the end, the rookie driver has been exceedingly hard on himself to the point of sulking during post-race interviews. But Sunday’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup opener at Chicagoland Speedway was a different story. Elliott, the second-generation driver who replaced Jeff Gordon this season in Hendrick Motorsports’ iconic No. 24 Chevrolet, was cruising to an almost certain victory when Michael McDowell’s tire failure brought out a caution flag with…

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