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John Hunter Nemechek, Berry’s Bullets Team for Las Vegas

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John Hunter Nemechek has picked up additional sponsorship from Berry’s Bullets for his No. 38 Ford in the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend in the NASCAR Cup Series, Front Row Motorsports announced Thursday, Feb. 20. Berry’s has sponsored Nemechek before, serving as his primary sponsor in both NASCAR Xfinity Series and …

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Myatt Snider Wins Pole at Daytona in Xfinity Debut

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#21: Myatt Snider, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet Camaro TaxSlayer, Wins the pole for the NASCAR Racing Experience 300.

Myatt Snider won the pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15) in what will be his first career Xfinity start. Snider turned a speed of 188.43 miles per hour to win the pole in the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet — a car that will …

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Late-Race Big One Collects More Than Half of Remaining Truck Series Field at Daytona

As the laps clicked away and the field inched closer and closer to the checkered flag during Friday night’s (Feb. 14) NextEra Energy 250, you could feel the intensity ramp up. With less than three laps remaining, that pressure finally reached a boiling point. A three-wide charge for the lead ended in contact between ThorSport …

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Noah Gragson, Caesar Bacarella Lead NASCAR Xfinity Daytona Practices

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Noah Gragson and Caesar Bacarella led the NASCAR Xfinity Series field in the two practice sessions held Friday afternoon (Feb. 14) for the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR Xfinity Practice 1 In the first practice, Gragson paced the session with a speed of 190.21 mph. The Las Vegas native is entering his second …

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Timmy Hill to Do More Than Participate in 2020 Daytona 500

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Entering Bluegreen Vacations Duel number two, Timmy Hill had to race his way into the Daytona 500. Based on the outcome from the first race Thursday night (Feb. 13), he needed to finish ahead of JJ Yeley. Hill raced alongside Yeley for awhile in the race, but a lap 43 crash ended Yeley’s night, putting …

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ARCA 101, Part III: Meet the Contenders

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Over the past two days, Frontstretch has laid out the respective changes and the impact they will have on the ARCA Menards Series. But who will contend for victories? Who are drivers to keep an eye on this season? This final installment of ARCA 101 answers those questions. There are only five drivers competing full-time …

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ARCA 101, Part II: What the Changes Mean

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The second part of the Frontstretch ARCA Menards Series preview trilogy analyzes how the changes will affect the whole series. Part 1 broke down those changes, but what do those mean for competitors and fans? The main issue with ARCA last year was its low car count. Charles Krall, manager of communications for ARCA, said …

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Corey Heim Joining Venturini Motorsports for Part-Time ARCA Ride

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Corey Heim has joined Venturini Motorsports for the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season, the organization announced Thursday (Jan. 16). Heim will race part time with the team in all three divisions of the series, seven races in all. “I am really looking forward to getting into one of Venturini Motorsports Toyotas and hitting the track …

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