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October 16, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – He did it again. Last in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings and faced with an uphill struggle to make the Round of 8, Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team did what they do best—win with their backs to the wall. Moments after a restart on Lap 238 of 267, Harvick cleared Carl Edwards for the lead through Turns 1 and 2 at Kansas Speedway and pulled away to win Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 by 1.183 seconds. With his second victory at Kansas, his…
October 15, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kyle Busch’s domination of Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway was about the only predictable thing that happened in the first race of the Round of 8 in the inaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. In winning his fourth XFINITY race at the 1.5-mile track, his ninth of the season and the 85th of his career—extending his own series record—Busch led 150 of 200 laps, passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez after a restart with 13 circuits remaining. “It was a hard-fought battle,” said Busch, who had surged…
By Jared Turner Where’s the reset button? That’s the question at least five of the dozen drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup are asking after a problematic Sunday afternoon in Sunday’s rain-delayed Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In a race originally scheduled for Saturday night but postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Matthew ravaging the North Carolina coast, nearly half of the competitors in the hunt for the 2016 Sprint Cup title endured a major setback to their championship hopes. The only silver lining for those who enter Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway in a…