Driver Profile: Buescher Flies Under the Radar

By Jared Turner Compared to the NASCAR XFINITY Series champions from 2013 (Austin Dillon) and 2014 (Chase Elliott), reigning XFINITY Series champ Chris Buescher moved into a full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ride with relatively little fanfare. Not that the 23-year-old Texan minds. He wouldn’t even know how to act in the spotlight. “I’ve been under the radar all my life, not opposed to it, so I’ve been able to have good success coming up through various series and been able to accomplish a lot to get to this point,” Buescher said. Indeed he has. One of the most unheralded XFINITY Series…

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Charlotte Trackside Sampling a Success

NASCAR POLE POSITION / ROAR! TRACKSIDE SAMPLING AT CHARLOTTE MAY RACE WEEKEND May 28-31, 2016 The NASCAR Pole Position and ROAR! street teams were at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, Saturday and Sunday distributing free product samples to race fans. It marked the 11th year that NASCAR Pole Position ran its version of “trick or treat” at Charlotte. 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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Just Sayin’: Truex Made It Look Easy at Charlotte

Truex, No. 78 Team Deserve Kudos Pop quiz: When was the last time a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver led 588 miles in a single race? If you don’t know the answer, that’s because it’s never happened – until Martin Truex Jr. did it in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Starting from the pole in his Furniture Row Racing Toyota, Truex and his No. 78 car stunk up the show in NASCAR’s longest race by absolutely annihilating the competition with a stunning performance that even left the likes of Jeff Gordon – who was helping call FOX’s live broadcast of…

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Truex’s luck turns with dominating win in Coca-Cola 600

May 29, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – The heartbreak kid survived 600 miles without another broken heart. Instead, Martin Truex Jr. broke records in Sunday night’s victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a race in which the driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota set new standards for domination. Truex led 392 of 400 laps, most ever in NASCAR’s longest Sprint Cup Series race. He spent 588 of 600 miles at the front of the field, most ever in a single race in NASCAR history. And when it was over, Truex had his…

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