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Nationwide | Ryan Blaney captures first career victory

By Chris Knight, Special to the NASCAR Wire Service It wasn't a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitor that the NASCAR Nationwide Series field had to worry about at Kentucky Speedway. Instead, it was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standout in Ryan Blaney who stole the show and won Saturday night's Kentucky 300. Blaney's first career Nationwide Series win came in his 15th career start and just second start of 2013. Blaney's triumph in the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang marked Penske Racing's 10th win of the year with the No. 22 with four different drivers. A.J. Allmendinger, Joey Logano and Brad…

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September 22, 2013

ROAR!

ROAR! New Hampshire Now Available

The latest edition of ROAR!, and the first edition for the Chase for the Cup, is now available. Click here to view the latest edition. If you do not currently receive ROAR! for free to your inbox, please register at www.getroar.com

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September 18, 2013

Sprint Cup

Sprint Cup | Matt Kenseth wins first Chase race at Chicagoland

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.--The rich got richer. Matt Kenseth, the top seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, added to his advantage in Sunday's rain-interrupted GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. With a strong push from Kevin Harvick after a restart with on Lap 245 of 267, Kenseth pulled away to beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to the checkered flag by .749 seconds and deny Busch the second three-series weekend sweep of his career. The victory was Kenseth's sixth of the season, tops in the Cup series, and his most ever in a single season. The…

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September 16, 2013

Magazines / NASCAR Pole Position Digital Magazine

Available Now! New Hampshire Edition

NASCAR Pole Position New Hampshire 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 and Stop & Shops. 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 preview of…

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September 16, 2013

Sprint Cup / The Chase

Breaking News | Gordon is in the Chase

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.--In an extraordinary move resulting from competitive improprieties in last Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond, Brian France, the sanctioning body’s chairman and CEO, added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup field. "We decided that, due to the totality of events that were outside of Jeff Gordon’s-- his issues, we’re going to add a 13th position to the field, and Jeff Gordon will qualify for the championship this year, the Sprint Cup championship," France said Friday in the Chicagoland Speedway media center. "We believe, in looking at all of it, there…

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September 14, 2013

Camping World

Nationwide | Busch holds off Keselowski for 34th Truck Series win

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.--If Kyle Busch has found a little extra speed he can use down the road in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series, second place might be the best his rivals can hope for. Busch held off Brad Keselowski in the closing laps of Friday night’s EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway to win for the 34th time in the series, frustrating Keselowksi’s bid to become the 24th driver to win in all three of NASCAR’s national series. "We didn’t have the speed on the short run, but on the long runs, we had a really, really good…

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September 14, 2013