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Up To Speed: Penske Proud, Credits Drivers After 100 Sprint Cup Victories

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Roger Penske is one of the most respected names in motorsports. With over 400 major race wins across multiple racing disciplines and 28 national championships, no one doubts his ability to put together a winning race team. Many of those numbers were earned in NASCAR and Team Penske continues to build on those statistics to …

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Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in NASCAR: Daytona Edition

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As has become the trend lately with road courses, last weekend’s race at Sonoma played more like a short track, complete with some last-lap bumping and banging. However, Sonoma wasn’t the only track that saw contact. The Truck Series was in Gateway over the weekend and had some contact of its own – though this …

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Up to Speed: Even Tony Stewart Gets Emotional Sometimes

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This NASCAR season has been full of popular victories. Martin Truex, Jr.’s emotional victory in the Coca-Cola 600 was perhaps the most popular in the Sprint Cup Series. Daniel Suarez became the first Mexican driver to win in NASCAR earlier this year in the XFINITY Series, and it too was well-received by fans. Sam Hornish, Jr. won …

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Up To Speed: Sam Hornish Jr. Can Still Get It Done

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It was a while since the NASCAR world heard from Sam Hornish, Jr. He hadn’t raced since the Sprint Cup Series season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, and until recently didn’t have any plans to race at all. Instead, Hornish had been working as a substitute teacher and enjoying the extra time with his family. “A lot of …

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Up To Speed: Joey Logano Enjoys Driving on the ‘Ragged Edge’

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After 14 races this season, there were two 2015 winners who had yet to win this season: Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. While it was surprising on the part of both drivers that neither had made it to Victory Lane, Logano’s winless season was arguably the most unfathomable considering he had a series-high six …

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Up To Speed: Martin Truex, Jr., Sherry Pollex and the Long Road to the Coca-Cola 600 Victory

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The story of Martin Truex, Jr. has been one of the most compelling in the NASCAR garage area over the past few seasons. This driver has had the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and still has managed to maintain the hearts of this sports’ most die hard fan base. Truex’s entire career is …

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Up To Speed: Brad Keselowski Stands By Complicated All-Star Format

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In perhaps what was the most complicated Sprint All-Star Race format in the history of the exhibition event, many drivers went in without a full comprehension of what the rules were, and left still not knowing. Not only that, but the drivers were able to find some holes in NASCAR’s plot to bring some life back …

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Up To Speed: Kenseth Finally Pulls Through In Dover, But Not Without A Fight

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We all knew that Matt Kenseth was going to get to Victory Lane eventually in 2016 … we just weren’t sure when. Kenseth felt the same way. “I feel like the way we’ve been running, eventually the law of averages is going to work out, you’re going to get your wins, your finishes,” Kenseth said following …

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Beyond the Cockpit: David Ragan Believes BK Racing is ‘On Track’ in 2016

David Ragan has been just about everywhere in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He’s raced for one of the sport’s legendary teams, pairing with Roush Fenway Racing from his rookie season in 2007 until 2011. Then, in 2012 through the end of 2014, Ragan drove for a smaller team in Front Row Motorsports, entering rebuilding …

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Up to Speed: Kyle Busch’s Kansas Victory Puts Him One Step Closer to History

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Two to go. You might be thinking those words were uttered by any number of spotters in last weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway. I’m sure those words were spoken. However, I’m not talking about laps at all. Kyle Busch’s victory in the GoBowling.com 400 Saturday night was his first career win at the facility. It vanquished …

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Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes Collide on Last Lap in Kansas Speedway

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Johnny Sauter thought he had made the move of the race late in the going at Kansas Speedway. Instead, he wound up in the wall on the white flag lap of the race. After a late-race wreck involving Tyler Reddick with four laps remaining in the race, the race went into overtime. Sauter made a …

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William Byron Wins Hectic NCWTS Kansas Race

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William Byron certainly wasn’t the favorite heading into the Toyota Tundra 250 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Byron started on the front row along polesitter John Wes Townley but had never won a NCWTS race in his career and would have to go through many of the series’ veterans …

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