July 12, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – Taking a deep breath at the winner's podium, Brad Keselowski took a second to savor his dominant Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski captured the pole, then led 152 of 200 laps to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sta-Green 200. In addition, he posted the fastest times in both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice sessions in preparation for Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301. “One helluva Saturday,” said Keselowski, who recorded a perfect driver rating for the sixth time in his Nationwide career and has finished no worse than…

July 4, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kasey Kahne and Ryan Sieg were non-factors for much of Friday night’s Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Kahne, sitting 12th for a restart with three laps remaining, hadn’t won a NASCAR Nationwide Series race since August 2007. Sieg, a rookie running 14th, had never finished better than ninth in 19 previous Nationwide starts. But when it came to the final push, there they were – Kahne charging from eighth during a green-white-checkered finish and Sieg nudging him past Regan Smith for the victory. “Ryan Sieg was pushing…

June 27, 2014 Chris Knight NASCAR Wire Service A late-race pass on Kyle Busch on the final restart of the night awarded Kevin Harvick of JR Motorsports the win Friday night at Kentucky Speedway in the running of the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 presented by Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Harvick, though should thank Brad Keselowski for the trophy after Keselowski foiled late in the race with a speeding penalty on Lap 148, which put him behind and opened the door for a classic shoot-out between two former Nationwide Series champions. “All in all, it was a very strange…

June 21, 2014 By Jerry Bonkowski NASCAR Wire Service ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Brendan Gaughan survived two early off-track excursions and a race in which much of the second half was contested in rain as cars rode on wet weather tires to win Saturday's Gardner Denver 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America. It was the third time in NASCAR history – all on road courses and all on the NNS circuit – that a race has been run in rain. The other two were in Montreal in 2008 and 2010, also on a road course (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve). Racing in…

June 14, 2014 Scott Held NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Michigan - Surprise gifts don’t get much better than this. Paul Menard won Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide series Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 250 at Michigan International Speedway after leader Joey Logano was forced to pit four laps from the finish with a cut tire. “Hate to wish bad luck on Joey,” Menard said in victory lane, “but we’ll take it.” Menard led 18 laps and won the only series race he’s entered this season and claimed the second Nationwide victory of his career. His first came at Milwaukee, his hometown track, in June 2006. Logano…

May 31, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – Kyle Busch’s dominant weekend at the Monster Mile continued on Saturday. Hours after leading 150 laps to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Busch led the final 124 to capture Saturday’s Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket in the Nationwide Series. Already the only driver to win all three NASCAR national series events in a single weekend, Busch will attempt to duplicate the feat he accomplished in August 2010 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch starts alongside pole-sitter Brad Keselowski in Sunday’s Sprint cup race, the…