Nationwide | Rookie Chase Elliott nabs third win of the season at Chicagoland

July 19, 2014 By Jerry Bonkowski NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill. – Third time's a charm. But so was the first and the second. Accomplishing feats uncharacteristic for a rookie, Chase Elliott won again, leading 85 of 200 laps en route to his third win of the season in Saturday's EnjoyIllinois.com 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. Elliott took the lead for the fourth and final time on Lap 177 and held on for the final 23 laps, winning by 1.7 seconds. The NNS Sunoco Rookie of the Year frontrunner ties Kyle Busch for most wins in the series thus…

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Sprint Cup | Keselowski completes New Hampshire weekend sweep

July 13, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – For Brad Keselowski, it’s beginning to look an awful lot like 2012 when everything went right on the way to a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title. Keselowski led 138 of the last 232 laps to win Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301 for his third Sprint Cup victory of the season. He held off Kyle Busch on the final restart and pulled away to win by three-quarters of a second in a green-white-checker finish. “I’m not thinking of anything else right now (other) than how thankful I am to have…

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Nationwide | Keselowski dominates at New Hampshire

July 12, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – Taking a deep breath at the winner's podium, Brad Keselowski took a second to savor his dominant Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski captured the pole, then led 152 of 200 laps to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sta-Green 200. In addition, he posted the fastest times in both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice sessions in preparation for Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301. “One helluva Saturday,” said Keselowski, who recorded a perfect driver rating for the sixth time in his Nationwide career and has finished no worse than…

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Camping World | Skill and fortune lift Erik Jones to truck series victory at Iowa

Skill and fortune lift Erik Jones to truck series victory at Iowa Speedway July 11, 2014 By Rob Gray NASCAR Wire Service NEWTON, Iowa — No one’s ever questioned the talent Erik Jones possesses. His luck? That’s another matter entirely. But Friday at Iowa Speedway, both skill and good fortune finally co-existed for the 18-year-old Kyle Busch Motorsports driver, who powered to his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series triumph in the American Ethanol 200. “Glad we could get out and command the race and bring it home,” said Jones, who led 130 laps and held off a spirited charge from…

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Sprint Cup | Perfect Storm: Almirola’s storybook win a dream come true

July 6, 2014 By Seth Livingstone NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Aric Almirola loves to work on cars. To race them, he says is a bonus. And to become the first driver of Cuban descent to win in NASCAR's top series, as he did Sunday at Daytona International Speedway for Richard Petty Motorsports, is fulfillment of a dream beyond any expectations. Almirola, 30, grew up not far from Daytona and raced go-karts in the shadow of the World Center of Racing. He attended the University of Central Florida and was working on his degree in mechanical engineering when he got…

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