Erik Jones completes Texas sweep with NASCAR XFINITY win

Nov. 4, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – There was no keeping up with Erik Jones on Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway – though Ryan Blaney tried his level best over the closing laps of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300. Jones, the pole winner, swept the first and second stages of the event, led 142-of-200 laps and completed the season sweep of NASCAR XFINITY Series races at the 1.5-mile track – the first time that’s happened since Kyle Busch won both races in 2009. The victory was Jones’ third of the season, his third in six…

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Johnny Sauter holds off Austin Cindric for Texas win

Nov. 3, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. – It was a case of déjà vu for Johnny Sauter on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Now the defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion hopes history repeats itself two weeks hence, when he races for his second straight title at Homestead-Miami Speedway. After taking over the lead on Lap 135 of 147 of the JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief, when John Hunter Nemechek ran out of gas while leading at the end of a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Sauter kept fellow Round of 6…

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Read more about the article Five to Watch at Texas: Martin Truex Jr. Is the Pick
KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 22: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #78 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota, stands on the grid prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 22, 2017 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Five to Watch at Texas: Martin Truex Jr. Is the Pick

By Jared Turner Martin Truex Jr. finished just eighth at Texas in April and has never won in the Lone Star State. His ticket to the Championship 4 already punched by virtue of his victory at Martinsville, Kyle Busch has nothing to hold him back at Texas. Brad Keselowski should be in the mix at Texas, where the Team Penske driver has never won but has seven top 10s in his last 10 starts. Jimmie Johnson captured the spring race at Texas and is no stranger to Victory Lane at the 1.5-mile track, where he’s a seven-time winner. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first…

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Read more about the article Texas Preview: Three Spots Remain in the Championship 4
FORT WORTH, TX - APRIL 09: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Texas Preview: Three Spots Remain in the Championship 4

By Jared Turner They say everything’s bigger in Texas. That’s certainly true for what’s at stake in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500, host to race No. 2 of 3 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 8. With Kyle Busch having earned an automatic berth in the season-ending Championship 4 race by virtue of his victory last weekend Martinsville, seven drivers are now competing for three remaining spots still up for grabs in the winner-take-all season finale that will take place on November 19 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Of the drivers in the championship hunt and looking to punch a ticket to…

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Kyle Busch wins wild race at Martinsville

Oct. 29, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The sun went down, the new lights came on, and all hell broke loose at Martinsville Speedway. In a wild overtime finish that took Sunday’s First Data 500 to 505 laps at the .526-mile short track, Kyle Busch beat Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series leader Martin Truex Jr. to the stripe by .141 seconds to take the checkered flag and earn a spot in the Nov. 19 Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. As Busch crossed the finish line, a multi-car wreck behind him scrambled the running order and left…

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Bold outside pass at Martinsville sends Noah Gragson to Victory Lane

Oct. 28, 2017 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Blowing around two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton after a restart with 10 laps left, 19-year-old Noah Gragson scored his first victory in Saturday’s Texas Roadhouse 200 at Martinsville Speedway. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender frustrated Playoff competitors Crafton and Johnny Sauter, who finished second and third behind him. After talking the checkered flag, Gragson parked his No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota near the flag stand and climbed to the top of the frontstretch catchfence in celebration. After Bayley Currey spun in his No.…

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