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2015 Frontstretch Cup: Staff Predictions for the STP 500 at Martinsville

2015 Frontstretch Cup: Staff Predictions for the STP 500 at Martinsville

Mar 28, 2015
Welcome to our eighth year of staff predictions! Each week, our experts attempt to tell you who the winner of each Cup race will be. Take a look to see who your favorite writers think will win it all (or at least score some points) this week! Think you can out-prognosticate our staff? Leave your …

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Joey Logano Claims 2nd Pole of 2015 at Martinsville

Joey Logano Claims 2nd Pole of 2015 at Martinsville

Mar 27, 2015
No matter the type of track, Team Penske keeps finding ways to shine. A week after teammate Brad Keselowski’s win at Auto Club Speedway, Joey Logano ran a 19.232-second lap to claim the pole for Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Logano’s second pole of the season. Following Logano was Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman, …

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Cole Custer Paces 2015 Kroger 250 Practice at Martinsville

Cole Custer Paces 2015 Kroger 250 Practice at Martinsville

Mar 27, 2015
In the first practice for one of the youngest Camping World Truck Series fields ever at Martinsville Speedway, the series’ youngest winner topped the charts, Cole Custer, now 17, put up a blazing 19.711-second lap to top the only Camping World Truck Series practice on Friday (March 27). Custer, who won last season at New …

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Ryan Newman Tops Rain-Delayed 2015 STP 500 Practice at Martinsville

Ryan Newman Tops Rain-Delayed 2015 STP 500 Practice at Martinsville

Mar 27, 2015
While one Richard Childress Racing teammate struggled, the other was the quickest on the track. Ryan Newman ran a lap time of 19.355 seconds to top the charts for the Sprint Cup Series’ lone Friday practice session. He was joined by RCR affiliates AJ Allmendinger and Martin Truex Jr. in second and fifth, along with Hendrick Motorsports …

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Friday Faceoff: Phantom Debris, Toyota’s Tough Start & Truck Series Youth at Martinsville

Friday Faceoff: Phantom Debris, Toyota’s Tough Start & Truck Series Youth at Martinsville

Mar 27, 2015
1) Much has been said already about the debris cautions during last weekend’s Auto Club 400. Give it to us straight: is NASCAR in the right or the wrong? Kevin Rutherford, Managing Editor: No doubt: NASCAR has made some questionable calls in years past when it comes to throwing the caution vs. not throwing the …

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Martinsville Rain Delays Could Dampen Chase Elliott’s Cup Debut

Martinsville Rain Delays Could Dampen Chase Elliott’s Cup Debut

Mar 27, 2015
Raining out qualifying would nix the XFINITY Series champion’s first Cup start.
Off the Wall With… Cole Whitt

Off the Wall With… Cole Whitt

Mar 27, 2015
Welcome to Off the Wall, where we ask your favorite drivers the same five questions that are… well, off the wall! We’ll check in with a different driver each time to get a peek into life outside the racecar. In this edition, Sprint Cup driver Cole Whitt dishes the answers. What’s fun besides racing? Whitt: …

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Team Xtreme Racing Withdraws From Martinsville, Worker Reports Unpaid Work on Reddit

Team Xtreme Racing Withdraws From Martinsville, Worker Reports Unpaid Work on Reddit

Mar 27, 2015
The problems for Team Xtreme Racing extend beyond the owner. A worker for the team, which competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with the No. 44 Chevrolet, took to Reddit to accuse team owner John Cohen of going two weeks without paying his employees’ salaries. Using the name Daegoba, the worker indicated that this problem is not …

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Considering Hotel in Turn 2?

Mar 27, 2015
The Indianapolis Business Journal is reporting that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is considering using some of the loans from the state of Indiana that will give the track $100 million for upgrades in order to build a 125-room hotel outside of turn 2 of the 2.5-mile oval. The hotel, if built, would serve as …

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Slipstream Saturday: 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix Preview

Mar 27, 2015
The second round of the Formula 1 season gets written this weekend as the series visits the Sepang track for the Malaysian Grand Prix. There’s been a spate of news in the interim since Australia, with perhaps the most notable being that there will be no German Grand Prix on the calendar this year. That …

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Tech Talk: Tony Gibson on Kurt Busch’s Hot Start & What to Expect at Martinsville

Tech Talk: Tony Gibson on Kurt Busch’s Hot Start & What to Expect at Martinsville

Mar 27, 2015
Tony Gibson started the year off with Regan Smith behind the wheel while NASCAR had Kurt Busch on suspension but he was still working with Busch during that time, so when his usual driver came back last week they hit the track fast. Last week at Auto Club Speedway, they were three-quarters of a lap …

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4 Burning Questions at Martinsville: Dastardly Debris & Kurt Busch’s Chance to Cash In

4 Burning Questions at Martinsville: Dastardly Debris & Kurt Busch’s Chance to Cash In

Mar 26, 2015
Another year has passed, and another West Coast Swing is in the books. The 2015 edition NASCAR’s annual early-season excursion out West produced a litany of storylines that will serve as the bedrock for the rest of the 2015 season’s plot. Kevin Harvick has emerged as the clear favorite for the title, while teammate Kurt …

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