Chase Elliott clinches Nationwide title as NASCAR youngest national series champion

Nov. 8, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.— What do you do when you accomplish your goals a year early? That’s a question Chase Elliott will have to answer, now that the presumptive rookie of the year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series is also the series champion—and the youngest champion in NASCAR national series history. Elliott finished sixth in Saturday’s DAV 200 – Honoring America’s Veterans at Phoenix International Raceway to clinch the Nationwide Series championship at age 18 years, 11 months and 18 days. In a season that saw Elliott win back-to-back races at Texas and Darlington and…

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Nationwide | Keselowski win at Phoenix

Nov. 8, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR News Service AVONDALE, Ariz. - Brad Keselowski took advantage of a late-race caution to edge Kyle Busch for a Nationwide Series victory at Phoenix International Raceway, but Chase Elliott was the day's big winner at Saturday’s DAV 200 - Honoring America’s Veterans. Elliott, the 18-year-old son of 1988 Sprint Cup champion Bill Elliott, finished fifth to clinch the NASCAR Nationwide Series title, becoming the first rookie to accomplish the feat. The Elliott family joined the Pettys, Pearsons, Jarretts and Earnhardts in becoming families with father-son national touring series champions. Elliott, who won races at Texas,…

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Camping World | Erik Jones repeats in Phoenix truck race as second power failure halts action

Nov. 7, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.— With lights flickering around Phoenix International Raceway, polesitter Erik Jones won Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race when the second power failure of the evening halted the race after 126 of the a scheduled 150 laps. The clear class of the field, Jones led 114 of those 126 laps. Though the lights came back on after the second stoppage, NASCAR called the race because of the possibility that the power would fail again while the trucks were racing at full speed, as had just happened on…

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Rage Racing. Read about it in this week’s ROAR!

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Phoenix Edition Now Available in Stores!

NASCAR Pole Position Phoenix edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. You can find a list of preferred retailers distributing NASCAR Pole Position here. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. WANT A FREE WEEKLY NASCAR MAGAZINE? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the…

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Sprint Cup | Johnson wins at Texas; Keselowski and Gordon brawl on pit road

Nov. 2, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—It happens every fall, at least in recent years. Jimmie Johnson won the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway for the third straight year, holding off runner-up Kevin Harvick and third-place Brad Keselowski after Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 went to two overtimes. The action in the second race of the Chase’s Eliminator Round was scintillating enough, but it couldn’t match the intensity of a post-race brawl on pit road that left Keselowski and Jeff Gordon bruised and bloodied. Johnson, who was eliminated from the Chase two…

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