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Daily Fantasy NASCAR DraftKings Forecast: 2022 Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum

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Finally, the NASCAR season is once again upon us! Up first is the 2022 Busch Light Clash, so let’s get your daily fantasy NASCAR DraftKings rosters ready for Sunday’s (Feb. 6) main event, airing at 6 p.m. ET on FOX. For the first time ever, the Clash will be held at the Los Angeles Memorial …

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Kyle Busch Quickest in Qualifying for Busch Light Clash at the L.A. Coliseum

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Kyle Busch will start on the pole in heat one of Sunday’s (Feb. 6) Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after putting down a fast lap of 13.745 seconds, or 65.478 mph. He edged out Tyler Reddick, whose lap speed of 65.402 mph was enough for the heat two pole. Justin Haley, who …

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Zane Smith Adds Michael Roberts Construction Sponsorship

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Michael Roberts Construction will sponsor Zane Smith in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Front Row Motorsports announced Jan. 28. The company will be on board the No. 38 Ford in six events, including Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, Kansas Speedway and the championship race at Phoenix Raceway. “I …

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CJ McLaughlin Running Partial Xfinity Schedule for RSS Racing

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CJ McLaughlin is returning to RSS Racing for several races in the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, he announced Jan. 17. SciAps will once again sponsor McLaughlin. The stint is for 14 races, according to McLaughlin’s Facebook page. SciAps’ website currently lists 13 events: both events at Daytona International Speedway in February and August, at …

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Tony Kanaan Returns to CGR for Indy 500

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Tony Kanaan will attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with Chip Ganassi Racing, the team announced Jan. 17. The American Legion will sponsor the effort. Kanaan ran four races for the team in the NTT IndyCar Series last season, with a best finish of 10th in the 2021 Indy 500. It’s official! ?@TonyKanaan will …

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Tatiana Calderon Joins AJ Foyt Racing for Road & Street Courses

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Tatiana Calderon will run the road and street courses in the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season for AJ Foyt Racing, the team announced Jan. 17. Calderon will pilot the No. 11 with sponsorship from ROKiT. She is the first female to drive for AJ Foyt Racing. “I’m thrilled and very thankful to Jonathan Kendrick, ROKiT …

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Brandon Brown Adds LGBcoin for Full Xfinity Season

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Update: According to FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass, NASCAR has not yet approved the scheme. Update- Jan. 2, 2022: Brandonbilt Motorsports issued a statement. “We are very aware and appreciative of the process required to approve sponsors and paint schemes and would not attempt to circumvent that process. Brandonbilt Motorsports submitted our most recent sponsors and …

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Bob Keselowski Dead at 70

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Bob Keselowski, 1989 ARCA Menards Series champion and father to NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski, died Dec. 22. He was 70. A cause of death was not revealed. Brian Keselowski posted on Twitter last week that Bob battled cancer that past two years. “My dad will always be my hero,” Brad Keselowski said in …

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2021 NASCAR Top Storylines: New Track, Who Dis?

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This time last year I anxiously awaited the 2021 NASCAR season and looked forward to the new racetracks that were set to run, including the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track, Circuit of the Americas and Nashville Superspeedway. I also was unsure of how the COVID-19 pandemic might affect things, as Auto Club Speedway was already …

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Riley Herbst, Monster Energy Staying With Stewart-Haas in Xfinity in 2022

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Riley Herbst will continue to pilot the No. 98 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Nov. 15. Monster Energy will also stay on as a partner. Herbst finished his second full-time Xfinity season and first with SHR, earning five top fives and 13 top 10s in 2021. He ended the year 11th …

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