Race Weekend Central

Kyle Busch Wins the 2015 Furious 7 300 at Chicagoland

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Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth were certainly fast, and during the final 25-lap run to the finish of the 26th race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the battle certainly became furious. When the dust settled, Busch was able to best Kenseth and win the Furious 7 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, …

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Martin Truex Jr. Fastest in Final 2015 myAFibRisk.com 400 Practice at Chicagoland

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It’s fair to say that the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team with driver Martin Truex Jr. is one of the underdogs in the 2015 Chase field. However, they showed on Saturday that no one should count them out just yet. Truex was fastest in the first practice on Saturday afternoon and was on top …

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Alex Tagliani Wins the Pole for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Bowmanville

Alex Tagliani in his truck at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (8/29/15) credit: Getty Images

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Just as he did one year ago, Alex Tagliani will lead the field to the green flag for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park after beating Erik Jones in the final round of qualifying. Jones was on top of the leaderboard for much of the final 10-minute session, but on Tagliani’s final …

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Paul Menard Stretches Fuel Mileage to Win 2015 Road America 180

ELKHART LAKE, WI. - AUGUST 28: Paul Menard, driver of the #33 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet, drives during NASCAR XFINITY Series practice at Road America on August 28, 2015 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. (Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/NASCAR via Getty Images)

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On a weekend when the Sprint Cup Series drivers have no race to attend, one made the trip to Road America to race in the Xfinity Series. The trip was definitely worth it. Richard Childress Racing’s Paul Menard, driving the No. 33 car, won Saturday’s Road America 180 after having to make the final 21 …

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Alex Tagliani, Erik Jones Pace 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 Practices at CTMP

Alex Tagliani in his truck at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (8/29/15) credit: Getty Images

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams had two practices on Saturday to dial in their trucks for qualifying and the race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. When the red and black flags flew to end practice, road-course ace Alex Tagliani and Erik Jones were at the top of the leaderboard in both sessions. The first practice …

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2015 Road America 180 Qualifying Cancelled; Ben Rhodes on the Pole

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Ben Rhodes was one of the only drivers that was praying for rain at Road America early Saturday afternoon, and he got his wish. Due to the wet track, qualifying for the Road America 180 was cancelled, putting the JR Motorsports rookie driver on the pole for the start of the 45-lap event. The starting …

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Joey Logano Goes Back-to-Back in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol

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It’s fair to say that Joey Logano is a fan of Bristol. In the night race one year ago, Logano held off a hard changing teammate, Brad Keselowski, to win his first race at the high-banked half-mile. Saturday night was very similar. The 500-lap, 250-mile race came down to a 50-lap shootout between Logano and …

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Bump & Run: Regan Smith Wins 2015 Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio with Last-lap Pass

Regan Smith sits in his No. 7 Tax Slayer car during practice for the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International

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Short-track moves on a road course? Yes, it can be done, and Regan Smith perfected it on Saturday afternoon at Mid-Ohio, scoring the victory in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 after passing Alex Tagliani on the final lap. In a race that was dominated by Tagliani and Smith, it came down to Tagliani leading at the …

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Alex Tagliani on Pole for the 2015 Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio

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It seems that if you want to win on a road course in the Xfinity Series, you are going to have to go through Team Penske to do it. They have four of the past seven road-course events in the series, and will try to make it five out of eight on Saturday afternoon. The …

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Regan Smith, RCR Drivers Tangle at the Glen

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Throughout recent years, road courses have produced short track tempers, and Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen was no exception. This time it was JR Motorsports driver Regan Smith and Richard Childress Racing drivers Brendan Gaughan and Ty Dillon. On a lap 40 restart, Dillon made an aggressive move going into turn one, …

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Joey Logano Wins 2015 Zippo 200 at the Glen, Penske Racing 1-2

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They started first and second, led nearly all of the laps … and finished first and second. It was that kind of day for Team Penske drivers Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, with Logano taking the checkered flag first in the Zippo 200 at the Glen. Logano’s 25th Xfinity Series victory did not come easy. After …

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AJ Allmendinger on Pole for 2015 Cheez-It 355 at the Glen

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It’s no secret that AJ Allmendinger knows how to get around road courses, and his skills were on full display Saturday afternoon when he was fastest in both rounds of qualifying and will start first in Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at the Glen. The pole is Allmendinger’s second of the season, with the first coming at …

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