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Five Lessons Learned: Joe Gibbs Racing Seems Unstoppable

By Jared Turner 1. JJ, Hendrick Remain In A Funk Just when it seemed like Hendrick Motorsports’ recent slump and the struggles of Jimmie Johnson, in particular, couldn’t get any worse, think again. In Sunday’s race at Michigan, Johnson suffered a tire failure, overshot his pit stall and spun out – all separate incidents. The end result: A 39th-place finish and a failure by Johnson to finish in the top five for the eighth time in nine races. Of course, Johnson’s woes are just a microcosm of the issues that are ailing Hendrick as a whole. Since Johnson triumphed at Dover on…

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August 18, 2015
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Team Chevy Is Ready for Michigan

George Moore said “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”  The drivers and teams in the Chevrolet camp certainly are living this quote in recent weeks.  Team Chevy has been on the cusp of traveling to Victory Lane over the last few weeks at different venues across the United States, only to have their efforts dashed by pit strategy, fuel mileage, or unforeseen on-track incidents. As the series travels back to the home state of Chevrolet World Headquarters stationed in Detroit, Michigan, the Bowtie Brand and its associates hope this journey…

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August 13, 2015
Read more about the article Five Lessons Learned: Joey Logano Is Crushing It
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Five Lessons Learned: Joey Logano Is Crushing It

By Jared Turner 1. JoLo Is Crushing It Already on a roll before arriving at Watkins Glen for Sunday’s race, Joey Logano is now arguably the sport’s hottest driver. With his win at The Glen, the Team Penske wheelman has finished in the top five in seven of the past nine races. In one of the two races where he didn’t finish in the top five, he led before running out of gas with three laps to go. Making Logano’s victory at The Glen all the more sweet was that it enabled him to complete the weekend sweep after dominating Saturday’s XFINITY…

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August 13, 2015
Read more about the article Close, But No Lobster: Earnhardt Jr. Not Satisfied with Top-Fives
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Close, But No Lobster: Earnhardt Jr. Not Satisfied with Top-Fives

By Aaron Burns Dale Earnhardt Jr. did something on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that he’s done on many occasions throughout this season: he finished in the top five. Earnhardt’s fifth-place finish in the 5-Hour Energy 301 marked the veteran Hendrick Motorsports driver’s 10th top-five in 19 races, and the eighth top-five of his career at NHMS. It’s an impressive mark, but it’s also a dubious one: Earnhardt now owns the record for most top-fives at New Hampshire without a victory. He had a chance to win on Sunday, but Earnhardt – who had fresher tires than the cars in front…

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July 24, 2015
Read more about the article Musical Chairs: The Race to the Chase Adds Drama Once Again
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Musical Chairs: The Race to the Chase Adds Drama Once Again

By Jerry Bonkowski It’s time for NASCAR’s yearly installment of musical chairs – otherwise known as “the Race to the Chase.” A number of drivers have to significantly pick up the tempo in the next seven races, lest they miss the biggest dance of the year, the Chase for the Sprint Cup. With that in mind, we’ve borrowed from Bristol Motor Speedway’s tradition of drivers picking songs to be introduced to (and potentially inspired by) before each of that track’s two annual Cup races – and have given each of them a song that speaks to their waning Chase chances. We’ve already conceded…

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July 23, 2015
Read more about the article 5 Lessons Learned: ‘Bad Brad’ Frustrated with Second Place
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5 Lessons Learned: ‘Bad Brad’ Frustrated with Second Place

5 Lessons Learned at Loudon By Jared Turner Kyle Busch Is On A Roll Three wins in the past four races have positioned Kyle Busch in terrific position to move into the top 30 in points and earn a berth in the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup – despite missing the season’s first 11 Sprint Cup Series points races while recovering from multiple injuries suffered in a crash in the XFINITY Series season opener at Daytona. With seven races remaining until the Chase cutoff, Busch is up to 33rd in the standings, just 58 points behind 30th-place David Gilliland. Barring a…

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July 21, 2015