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Ryan Newman clinches Championship Round; Joins Harvick, Logano, Hamlin

Nov. 9, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.– The right side of Ryan Newman’s Caterpillar Mining Chevrolet bore more than a few dents and scuffs, emblematic of its epic struggle on the track. At least one or two of those blemishes might deserve a place in history, representing the bumping of Sunoco Rookie of the Year frontrunner Kyle Larson that ultimately gave Newman the chance to battle for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3 p.m. ET on ESPN). Although he took little pride in the method, Newman did what he needed to…

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November 10, 2014

Sprint Cup / The Chase

Sprint Cup | Kevin Harvick advances to season finale with dominating win at Phoenix

Nov. 9, 2014 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.— A victory at Phoenix—and a dominating one at that—was exactly what Kevin Harvick needed to keep his hopes for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship alive. But a second-place finish in Sunday’s Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 did Jeff Gordon no good, thanks to a final-lap banzai run by Ryan Newman, who passed rookie Kyle Parson for the 11th position on the final lap to eliminate Gordon from the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup by a single point. Polesitter Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano, who shared the Chase lead…

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November 10, 2014

Nationwide

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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November 9, 2014

Nationwide

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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November 9, 2014

Camping World

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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November 8, 2014

ROAR! / The Chase

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

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November 4, 2014