Read more about the article Kyle Busch wins wild race at Martinsville
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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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October 29, 2017
Read more about the article Bold outside pass at Martinsville sends Noah Gragson to Victory Lane
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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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October 28, 2017
Read more about the article Erik Jones, That’s No Way to Impress the Boss
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Erik Jones, That’s No Way to Impress the Boss

By Jared Turner Before and since July’s announcement that Erik Jones will join Joe Gibbs Racing’s four-car Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series fleet in 2017, the 21-year-old youngster from Byron, Michigan has impressed his future boss — three-time Super Bowl-winning coach Joe Gibbs. Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway was undoubtedly not one of Jones’ more impressive outings, however. Running in the middle of a big pack of cars, Jones triggered a massive wreck on Lap 198 when he lost control of his No. 77 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Collected in the melee were none other than two Joe Gibbs Racing cars, including…

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October 24, 2017
Read more about the article Even With Homestead Looming, Truex Is Championship Favorite
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Even With Homestead Looming, Truex Is Championship Favorite

By Jared Turner Martin Truex Jr. continued his magical 2017 by completing the Kansas Speedway season sweep and winning for the seventh time and third time in six playoff races. Thanks to all the playoff points he’s amassed, Truex enters the Round of 8 with a significant points cushion over his fellow championship contenders — making him all but assured of reaching the Championship 4. If there’s any reason to doubt Truex’s championship credentials, it’s the fact that the season-ending winner-take-all race is at Homestead-Miami Speedway — a mile-and-a-half track where he’s finished no better than 12th in three starts with his…

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October 23, 2017
Read more about the article Kyle Larson Was Not Stunned About Surprising Playoff Exit
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Kyle Larson Was Not Stunned About Surprising Playoff Exit

By Jared Turner Widely considered an overwhelming favorite to make it all the way to the Championship 4, Kyle Larson was disheartened and understandably deflated at Kansas where he finished as the first driver on the wrong side of the cutoff line for advancing to the Round of 8. In position to easily make it into the next round, Larson missed out on the opportunity with a Lap 77 engine failure that resulted in a DNF and left him scored with a 39th-place finish. He ended the day ninth in the standings, nine points behind Jimmie Johnson — last among the eight…

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October 23, 2017