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Friday Faceoff: Is the Bump-and-Run Acceptable?

Nascar Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400

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The spring short track season ended with a bump-and-run move at Richmond International Raceway when Carl Edwards moved teammate Kyle Busch out of his way en route to the win.  Is the bump and run for the win a legit move, or does it sink into the waters of dirty driving? Amy Henderson, Senior Editor: …

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Revamped Front Row Motorsports On the Rise In NASCAR

2016 Texas I Cup Landon Cassill Racing Matthew T Thacker Nkp

(Photo: Matthew T. Thacker/NKP)

It’s not yet 10 in the morning on Saturday, but the Sprint Cup Series has already been on track at Bristol Motor Speedway. Early morning practice has come and gone, leaving just one more session for teams to get things right for the Food City 500 the next day.  The early hour means that race …

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The Frontstretch 5: Pictures that Say More Than Words Alone

2016 Fontana Nxs Darrell Wallace Jr Laughing Brett Moist Nkp

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  If that’s true, the pictures here speak volumes, far more than I could possibly convey in mere paragraphs. Racing, at its heart, is about people. Here, some of the people show a myriad of emotions. Photography is intimacy at its raw core; it sees people as …

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The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2016 Toyota Owners 400

2016 Richmond I Cup Kurt Busch Pack Racing Matthew T Thacker Nkp

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Who… gets my shoutout of the race? Some days just don’t go as planned.  It just seems like if you’re Kasey Kahne, that would be more or less every day. The No. 5 team and he have had more than their fair share of bad luck over the last couple of seasons, often having finishes …

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Off the Wall With: Landon Cassill

We’re back for season two of Off the Wall With… and we’ve got five brand-new questions for your favorite racing personalities!  This week, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Landon Cassill stops by. Cassill, driving for Front Row Motorsports full-time this year led 20 laps at Bristol last weekend in arguably his strongest performance to date …

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Holding a Pretty Wheel: Welcome Back, Smoke

2015 Bank Of America 500 Tony Stewart Charlotte Cup Mike Neff

(Photo: Mike Neff)

These last few weeks and months must have seemed like an eternity to Tony Stewart, a man whose life has been heretofore defined in fractions of seconds. They certainly seemed as so to his fans, who have been awaiting Stewart’s return since the three-time Sprint Cup champion was sidelined by a freak injury in an …

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Friday Faceoff: Do Fans Belong in the Garage?

2016 Bristol I Cup Kytle Bsuch Crash Damage John Harrelson Nkp

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A fan was injured after being struck by Kyle Busch’s car when Busch pulled into the garage with terminal damage at Bristol.  The fan placed the blame on Busch, but was it the driver’s fault?  And could the incident spell the end to some of the access fans have enjoyed? Sean Fesko, Staff Writer: This …

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The Frontstretch 5: Items That Should Be on the Collective NASCAR Mind This Week

2016 Bristol I Cup Matt Dibenedetto Racing John Harrelson Nkp

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1. Fans need to know who the drivers are The finish at Bristol featured something you don’t see very often: a pair of top-10 runs by a couple of the smallest teams in the sport.  Matt DiBenedetto and Clint Bowyer proved that at a track where the price of the equipment takes a back seat, …

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The Big 6: Questions Answered After the 2016 Food City 500

2016 Bristol I Cup Carl Edwards Leads Matthew T Thacker Nkp

(Photo: Matthew Thacker / NKP)

Who… gets my shoutout of the race? I’ve got a pair of them this week. Well, make it three, because Matt DiBenedetto deserves all the accolades he can get after an impressive performance that Carl Edwards said afterward was probably more difficult for the No. 83 team than the win was for his. There’s more on …

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Erik Jones Claims Win in Wild XFINITY Series race at Bristol

2016 Bristol I Nxs Erik Jones Checkerd Flag Nascar Via Getty Images

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Kyle Larson led 94 laps in the 200-lap feature portion of Saturday’s XFINITY Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300…but it wasn’t enough.  Kyle Busch led 43 laps…but it wasn’t enough.  Instead, polesitter Erik Jones had the restart of his life with just three laps to go, getting by second-place and then leader Larson, pulling Busch past Larson …

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Erik Jones Wires It to Win First Heat Race at Bristol

2016 Phoenix I Nxs Erik Jones Matthew T Thacker Nkp

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Making the most of a brand-new format Saturday Erik Jones dominated in the first of two heat races running the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jones put the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Game Stop Toyota on the pole for the race with his No. 1 qualifying spot.  Sprint Cup regulars Kyle Larson …

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