Ryan Reed gets first XFINITY win at Daytona

Feb. 21, 2015 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—With a spectacular last-lap move to the inside, not to mention a timely shove from Roush Fenway Raceway teammate Chris Buescher, Ryan Reed stormed to his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory in Saturday’s Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway. “Oh, my God, we won Daytona!” exulted Reed, who has overcome a diagnosis of Type I diabetes to drive full-time in the XFINITY Series. Buescher finished second, .089 seconds behind, with Ty Dillon, Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski claiming positions three through five. Keselowski was leading at the white flag,…

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Nationwide | Kenseth holds off Larson for win at Homestead, as Penske wins owner’s title

Nov. 15, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Charging away from a pack of pursuers on the final restart, Matt Kenseth scored his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win since October of last year in Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Chase Elliott, who had clinched the driver’s championship last Saturday in Phoenix, finished 17th after scraping the outside wall late in the race. Brad Keselowski delivered the Nationwide Series owner’s championship to Roger Penske with an eighth-place result in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford. In a mere formality, Elliott also received Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors, making…

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Chase Elliott clinches Nationwide title as NASCAR youngest national series champion

Nov. 8, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.— What do you do when you accomplish your goals a year early? That’s a question Chase Elliott will have to answer, now that the presumptive rookie of the year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series is also the series champion—and the youngest champion in NASCAR national series history. Elliott finished sixth in Saturday’s DAV 200 – Honoring America’s Veterans at Phoenix International Raceway to clinch the Nationwide Series championship at age 18 years, 11 months and 18 days. In a season that saw Elliott win back-to-back races at Texas and Darlington and…

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Nationwide | Keselowski win at Phoenix

Nov. 8, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR News Service AVONDALE, Ariz. - Brad Keselowski took advantage of a late-race caution to edge Kyle Busch for a Nationwide Series victory at Phoenix International Raceway, but Chase Elliott was the day's big winner at Saturday’s DAV 200 - Honoring America’s Veterans. Elliott, the 18-year-old son of 1988 Sprint Cup champion Bill Elliott, finished fifth to clinch the NASCAR Nationwide Series title, becoming the first rookie to accomplish the feat. The Elliott family joined the Pettys, Pearsons, Jarretts and Earnhardts in becoming families with father-son national touring series champions. Elliott, who won races at Texas,…

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Nationwide | Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Texas to set up possible weekend sweep

Nov. 1, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex.—Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage may need a broom as well as a pair of six-guns in Victory Lane on Sunday, after Kyle Busch completed the second leg of a possible sweep by winning Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. In winning his seventh NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season, his seventh in 18 starts at Texas, the 70th of his career and the 100th NNS event for Joe Gibbs Racing, Busch led 116 of 200 laps in completing the second leg of a possible weekend sweep at the 1.5-mile…

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