Richmond Race Preview

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Richmond International Raceway for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400, there’s one lingering question on just about everybody’s mind: Can Joe Gibbs Racing be stopped? With Carl Edwards’ dominant victory last Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, JGR drivers have reeled off three consecutive wins and gone to Victory Lane in four of the season’s first eight Sprint Cup races. In addition, JGR drivers have won four of the season’s eight poles and hold down three of the top nine positions in the standings. RIR, a three-quarter mile D-shaped facility, is arguably JGR’s best track on the…

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Bobby Allison’s First Ride: A 1934 Ford Phaeton

By Ben White The first ride for Bobby Allison, NASCAR’s 1983 Cup champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner, sat in the driveway a short time due to a small deal-breaking snag in his plan: his age. “My absolute first car was a four-door 1934 Ford Phaeton convertible,” Allison said. “Some guy in the neighborhood had it and I bought that thing with $12. I really, really loved it. It had a flat-head Ford and a brown canvas top and nothing but blue sky when it was down. “I was only 13 at the time (1951) and I had done a lot of…

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What We Know

Chase Elliott is no ordinary rookie Eight races into his much-anticipated rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series, Chase Elliott continues to impress. The 20-year-old who replaced legendary Jeff Gordon in Hendrick Motorsports’ iconic No. 24 Chevy this year delivered his best finish yet on Sunday, coming home fourth at Bristol – a track notoriously unkind to newcomers. That makes five top-10 finishes – including two top fives – for young Elliott, who has lived up to the hype and arguably even exceeded expectations for this point in his rookie campaign. Elliott’s Bristol finish was one position better than his fifth-place outing…

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Bristol Reaction: What We Know From Food City 500

By Jared Turner Chase Elliott is no ordinary rookie Eight races into his much-anticipated rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series, Chase Elliott continues to impress. The 20-year-old who replaced legendary Jeff Gordon in Hendrick Motorsports’ iconic No. 24 Chevy this year delivered his best finish yet on Sunday, coming home fourth at Bristol – a track notoriously unkind to newcomers. That makes five top-10 finishes – including two top fives – for young Elliott, who has lived up to the hype and arguably even exceeded expectations for this point in his rookie campaign. Elliott’s Bristol finish was one position better than…

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Bristol Trackside Sampling a Huge Success

  APRIL RACE WEEKEND April 15-17, 2016 The NASCAR Pole Position and ROAR! street teams were at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, Saturday and Sunday distributing free product samples to race fans. It marked the fifth year that NASCAR Pole Position ran its version of “trick or treat” at Bristol. This free program helped fans score products from great NASCAR Pole Position partners. Partner products and promotions were distributed to thousands of happy race fans during the weekend. Everyone was all smiles as they received their bag of free gifts. [soliloquy id="6439"] [soliloquy slug="nascar-trackside-sampling-april-bristol-motor-speedway"]

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Edwards dominates wild NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol

April 17, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – The record will show that polesitter Carl Edwards won Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in dominating fashion, leading 276 of 500 laps and beating runner-up Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the finish line by .766 seconds. But while Edwards cruised to victory with the fastest car in the eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season, drivers behind him suffered a litany of troubles, populating the top 10 with the most unlikely array of competitors this season. Consider that: Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Chase Elliott…

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