Daytona made another driver’s dream a reality

July 8, 2019 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In the bubbling cauldron that is Daytona International Speedway on race day, perhaps it’s the closely bunched pack racing that is most responsible for producing near-magical outcomes—none of which could have been more unexpected than Justin Haley’s victory on Sunday in the rain-shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400. Haley’s win with start-up Spire Motorsports, which had only one finish better than 28th in 17 previous races, also brought balance to the karmic equation. In last year’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona, Haley was demoted to 18th after dipping below…

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Cole Custer makes statement with win at Chicagoland

June 29, 2019 By HOLLY CAIN NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill. – For the vast majority of Saturday’s Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway it looked like another non-too-subtle reminder of how good the NASCAR Xfinity Series triumphant trio has been – championship leaders Cole Custer, Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick showed the way. Ultimately it was Custer’s time to celebrate this weekend, leading a dominant 151 of the race’s 200 laps to take his fourth Xfinity win of the season in the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and the sixth victory of his career. He earned a solid 2.917-second triumph over…

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