Brett Moffitt charges to emotional Truck Series win at Atlanta

Feb. 24, 2018 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – Brett Moffit streaked into the lead on an overtime restart in Saturday’s Active Pest Control 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and pulled away to win the second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of his career. Diving to the inside and taking then-leader Myatt Snider and Johnny Sauter three-wide into the first corner on Lap 133 of 134, Moffitt beat Noah Gragson to the finish line by 1.326 seconds. Gragson charged from ninth to second on the penultimate lap and beat third-place finisher Johnny Sauter to the line by .014…

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Kevin Harvick wins Atlanta NASCAR XFINITY race in a runaway

Feb. 24, 2018 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. – Kevin Harvick put on a driving clinic in Saturday’s Rinnai 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 98 Ford dominated the action on the track, leading 141-of-163 laps and winning both stages before taking the checkered flag 4.183 seconds ahead of runner-up Joey Logano. Harvick collected his fifth NASCAR XFINITY Series victory at Atlanta and the 47th of his career. He has won four of the last six events at the 1.54-mile track, where he also has won for four different car owners, tying Tony Stewart for…

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Trackside Sampling at the Daytona 500

February 16-17, 2018 The NASCAR Pole Position and ROAR! street teams were at Daytona International Speedway on Friday and Saturday distributing free product samples to race fans. 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.      

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Last-lap pass gives Austin Dillon dramatic Daytona 500 victory

February 18, 2018 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Austin Dillon prevailed in a game of Survivor played at 200 miles per hour, winning the Sunday’s Daytona 500 fiercely and unapologetically after turning race leader Aric Almirola in the third corner of the final lap. Ten of the 40 drivers who started the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ season-opening event finished on the lead lap in a race that featured eight cautions and three massive wrecks that eliminated many of the strongest cars in the field. After a huge push from Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. down the backstretch…

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