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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Las Vegas Edition

2017 Nascar Monster Energy Cup Series, New Hampshire

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Brad Keselowski scored his third win in a row as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series kicked off their 2018 playoffs with a return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the South Point 400. The race went into overtime, lasting five laps longer than its scheduled 267-lap distance, and featured plenty of carnage and mayhem …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Monday Afternoon Racing at Indianapolis

Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

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For the second week in a row, Brad Keselowski parked his Team Penske Ford Fusion in Victory Lane in one of the crown jewels of NASCAR, winning the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race was delayed until Monday afternoon because of pouring rain, just after the XFINITY Series …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Where the Past Meets the Present

2018 Cup Pocono Zach Catanzareti Kyle Larson

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NASCAR’s annual throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway for the Bojangles Southern 500 featured great racing throughout, late-race drama and a ton of great-looking paint schemes from yesteryear. Brad Keselowski picked up his first win of the year for Team Penske, holding off teammate Joey Logano on a short sprint to the finish. Kyle Larson crushed …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Mayhem and Chaos Heading Into Off Week

That was something else. In by far one of the better races of the 2018 season, Kurt Busch survived all the chaos and captured his 30th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory Saturday night in the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the front of his Ford Fusion bashed in …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Business as Usual

Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

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While Michigan International Speedway presented a thrilling drag race for the win between Brett Moffitt and Johnny Sauter in the Camping World Truck Series’ Corrigan Oil 200 on Saturday, it was business as usual in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Consumers Energy 400 on Sunday, as Kevin Harvick cruised to the victory that rain …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Strike, No. 9

2017 Kansas I Cup Kurt Busch Brett Moist Nkp

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Like father, like son. The Elliotts become the latest multigenerational winners in NASCAR’s premier series, as Bill – who isn’t finished racing yet – picked up 44 Winston Cup victories, and his son Chase just joined him with his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series triumph in the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Geometry is Difficult

2018 Cup Pocono Zach Catanzareti William Byron

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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and Camping World Truck series raced at Pocono Raceway this weekend and Kyle Busch added two more trophies to his collection. Busch tied Ron Hornaday for most career CWTS wins with 51 and tied Kevin Harvick for the most MENCS wins this season at six apiece. The MENCS event, Sunday’s Gander Outdoors 400 …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: New Hampshire Edition

#88: Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro Axalta Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

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Rain delayed the start of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway by about three hours, but for the third time this season, a full race was able to be squeezed in while watching the approaching weather. The only thing that might be able to derail Stewart-Haas …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Hendrick Motorsports Ice Cold

2018 Cup Auto Club Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro Lowe's For Pros Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro Nationwide

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Ballads generally follow a set script, often involving tragedy, usually involving a death. They’re some of the best types of songs and poetry. The tragedy for the rest of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field at Kentucky Speedway was that Martin Truex Jr. was racing. That meant the death of their hopes of getting …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: High-Speed Daytona Mayhem

#20: Erik Jones, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota Camry Buyatoyota.com Celebrates His Win Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

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At Daytona this season, as long as you lead the last lap, one lap is all you need. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones won his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in his sophomore season, holding off Martin Truex Jr. (searching for his first restrictor-plate win) on the restart in double overtime on Saturday …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Lots of Drama, Same Results

2018 Cup Bristol Zach Catanzareti Austin Dillon Ty Dillon

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Yeah, the names at the top of the leaderboard were the same as always, but that was still a race worth watching. For the second time this season, a race threatened by incoming rain was able to make the full distance, and that uncertainty amped up the tension. Like a sitcom, this episode of the …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Right Turns Ahead, All Else as Usual

2018 Las Vegas I Cup Aric Almirola John K Harrelson Nkp

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Road-course racing is a lot like baseball. Things happen, eventually, but those moments of excitement are few and far between. At Sonoma Raceway this weekend, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers took on the first of three road courses this season, and to the surprise of basically no one, Martin Truex Jr. led the …

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