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4 Burning Questions: Which Road Course Will Put On the Better Show?

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1. WHICH ROAD RACE — XFINITY OR TRUCKS — WILL PUT ON A BETTER SHOW? It used to be that fans decried tracks that had cars turning right, saying stock cars didn’t belong on the twisting turns of Riverside, Watkins Glen and Sears Point. After a decade of great races on these types of tracks, …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Lawsuit Against Justin Boston Highlights Problems With Pay-to-Play

2015 Martinsville I Cwts Justin Boston Truck Credit Amy Henderson

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When Kyle Busch Motorsports and rookie Justin Boston parted ways early last month, the 25-year-old implied the split was performance-based. While it’s not that surprising to see a rookie struggle in his first season behind the wheel in the Truck Series, Boston’s performance was nowhere near that of full-time teammate Erik Jones and part-time Daniel …

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Kyle Busch Motorsports Suing Former Driver Justin Boston, Sponsor

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When Kyle Busch Motorsports and Justin Boston announced they would no longer be competing together in early July, no one really knew why. Now they do. KBM owner Kyle Busch filed a lawsuit this week against Boston and Zloop — a computer recycling company owned by Boston’s father — alleging that they missed $650,000 in …

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Midseason Swap: Christopher Bell Replaces Justin Boston at Kentucky

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Christopher Bell’s phone rang with some news from Kyle Busch Motorsports Wednesday: the No. 54 is yours. Jayski tweeted Wednesday that Bell, fresh off a fifth-place finish in his Camping World Truck Series debut at Iowa, will replace Justin Boston in Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Toyota Tundra this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. NCWTS: Bell …

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ROK Mobile Joins Justin Boston, Kyle Busch Motorsports for Charlotte Truck Race

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When Justin Boston heads to Charlotte, he’ll have a new sponsor on board. Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that ROK Mobile will sponsor Boston’s No. 54 Toyota Tundra in this Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. “I’m really honored to drive the ROK Mobile Toyota Tundra this weekend at …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: What to Watch For in Atlanta

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For the first time since 2011, the Camping World Truck Series opens its season with back-to-back races, rather than sitting dormant for about a month following the season opener. After a two-year hiatus, the Truck Series returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway Saturday evening in a rare doubleheader with the XFINITY Series. XFINITY will start first …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: New Season, New Hope

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Friday night, the Camping World Truck Series comes out of its winter hibernation for the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway. As with every offseason, NASCAR has made a few changes headed into this year. From new faces to rules changes, there’s plenty to catch up on ahead of Friday night’s …

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Going By the Numbers: NASCAR’s Newbie Cup Runneth Over in 2014

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The 2014 season is over, and NASCAR’s gained the highest degree of attention – positive or otherwise – it’s received in years. And yet, you’re not happy. That’s certainly the case for many fans and viewers of the sport, who look at the experiment that was the new Chase format with disdain, even outrage. The …

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Five Points to Ponder: Reflecting On NASCAR’s 2014 Journey

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ONE: Stewart-Haas Racing’s crazy path to a second title When Stewart-Haas Racing announced they would run four cars in 2014 with Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick behind the wheel, media and fans alike thought co-owners Stewart and Gene Haas were crazy. Three of the four are among the most outspoken drivers …

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Couch Potato Tuesday: ESPN’s Field Of Four, Not 43

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I’m going to make a statement up front before I even start the critique: I hate watching championship battles. Why? The race doesn’t even matter, only the points do. That’s why I prefer final events in which the championship is decided ahead of time; that way, the races can be covered fully instead of picking …

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Kyle Busch Motorsports Adds Justin Boston, Matt Tifft to 2015 Lineup

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Over the past weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced the addition of Justin Boston and Matt Tifft to its driver lineup for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2015. Boston will run the full schedule in search of winning the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award after running the full ARCA Racing Series …

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Pace Laps: Chase Mess, Justin Boston’s Nationwide Debut, Cole Custer Makes History & More

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Sprint Cup Series: A Hodge-Podge for Chase Drivers – Let’s ignore the fact there were 15 cautions at Loudon, and that most of them happened in the second half of the race, leading to an event that felt like a stop-and-go commute downtown in a major city during rush hour.  The result of all the cautions …

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