Camping World | Crafton Clinches Truck Series Title

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- It took Kyle Busch three attempts at a green-white-checkered flag finish to win Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but the overtime laps gave him an unexpected bonus: an owners' championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports. First things first. Matt Crafton qualified eighth, cranked his engine for the start of the race and won his first series championship in his 13th full year in the trucks, closing out Ty Dillon simply by starting the race. "It’s an honor," an emotional Crafton said after the race. "To be able…

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Available Now! Miami Edition

NASCAR Pole Position Miami edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. 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. Have you signed up for your free subscription to ROAR? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week that was, and provides fans with a…

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Sprint Cup | Kevin Harvick Wins Keeps Faint Title Hopes Alive

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Jimmie Johnson survived a close call and a succession of less-than-stellar restarts. Matt Kenseth couldn't overcome handling problems that kept his car mired in traffic. And Kevin Harvick, meanwhile, took advantage of Carl Edwards' fuel shortage to win his fourth race of the season in Sunday's AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, keeping alive his faint hopes of winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in his final season with Richard Childress Racing. The net result? Johnson, who finished third, widened his lead over the struggling Kenseth, who ran 23rd, and took a…

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Nationwide | Kyle Busch Crushes the Competition at Phoenix

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Don't bet against Kyle Busch when he races at Phoenix. Don't bet against him when he wins the pole for a NASCAR Nationwide Series race. Kyle Busch did both on Saturday, and with working for him, Busch blew away the opposition to win his sixth race at the one-mile flat track in the Sonoran desert. The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota finished the ServiceMaster 200 more than four seconds ahead of race runner-up Justin Allgaier, who passed series leader Austin Dillon for the second position on the final lap.…

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Camping World | Erik Jones Becomes Youngest Winner

Nov. 8, 2013 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. -- In a battle between two drivers who had never won a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, 17-year-old Erik Jones pulled away from Ross Chastain in the final 10 laps of Friday night's Lucas Oil 150, becoming the youngest winner in series history. Driving the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, Jones took the lead on Lap 142 of 150, powering to the inside of Chastain through the dogleg on the backstretch. Born May 30, 1986, Jones eclipsed Chase Elliott, a winner earlier this year at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park,…

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