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Bayley Currey Completes Road to Recovery Program, Suspension Lifted

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Bayley Currey has been reinstated by NASCAR after successfully completing its Road to Recovery program, NASCAR announced Wednesday (Sept 18). Currey was suspended on Aug. 15 after he failed a drug test before the races at Bristol Motor Speedway. The substance was from a pre-workout supplement, according to Currey. “I was obviously not aware that …

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Friday Faceoff: Should NASCAR Allow Teams to Have More Than 4 Cars?

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Regarding the suspensions of both Bayley Currey and Matt Borland, did NASCAR handle them appropriately, or should something be done differently going forward? Adam Cheek: I believe so. There’s no place for that in the sport; if you’re going to use substances prohibited by NASCAR — on your own time or in the offseason — you’re …

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Bayley Currey Fails Drug Test, Ejected from Bristol

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Bayley Currey was scheduled to pull double duty this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, running the No. 52 for Rick Ware Racing in the Cup Series, as well as the No. 17 Xfinity car. However, NASCAR removed him from the racetrack on Thursday (Aug. 15). Sources told Frontstretch that when Currey tested positive for a substance that’s …

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Entry List: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

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For Saturday night’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, there are a total of 39 teams entered.  As a result, no one will fail to qualify for the race. As compared to last weekend at Michigan, there are only a few changes at the back of the grid.  As announced on Friday, Rick Ware Racing …

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Rick Ware Racing Plans to Run 3 Cars in ‘7 to 8 Races’ in 2019

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After debuting a third car during All-Star weekend in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, followed by its first points-paying race being the Coca-Cola 600, Rick Ware Racing plans to run a third entry in “seven to eight races” this season, the team tells Frontstretch. “We have some opportunities that we don’t want to turn …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not in NASCAR: Pocono Predictability

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Pocono Raceway is not a thrilling race track. It’s not even an exciting one, and barely qualifies as interesting. So the results in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race weren’t all that surprising. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch won for the fourth time this season and the 55th time in his Cup career, holding …

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Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2019 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

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The Headline(s): Martin Truex, Jr. quipped that he did his best work after 10 p.m., and that proved to be the case during a marathon Coca-Cola 600. Capping a dominant performance over the last 150 laps of Sunday’s race and capitalizing on a controversial pit cycle that saw Truex dump backmarker Bayley Currey only to …

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Entry List: 2019 Toyota Owners 400

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The entry list for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway has been released. 37 cars are competing for 40 spots on the grid for Saturday’s race (April 13).  That means all cars will make the field and compete under the lights in the 400-lap event. There’s just one …

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Entry List: 2019 Food City 500

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This weekend, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway (April 7) for the Food City 500, the eighth event of the 2019 season.  38 cars make up this weekend’s entry lists for 40 spots on the grid, meaning nobody will go home after qualifying. There are only a few minor changes …

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Kyle Busch Wins iK9 Service Dog 200 at ISM Raceway

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Kyle Busch led 116 of the 200 laps en route to winning the iK9 Service Dog 200 at ISM Raceway, his second consecutive victory in the Xfinity Series. Busch won by a 3.025-second margin over Ryan Truex, who earned his career-best Xfinity Series finish. Despite the seemingly easy nature of the victory, it was not …

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Bayley Currey Making Cup Debut at ISM

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Bayley Currey will make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at ISM Raceway, driving for Rick Ware Racing in its No. 52 in the TicketGuardian 500 on March 10, the driver announced March 6. Ready to roll to @ISMRaceway for my #monsterenergycupseries debut in the @RickWareRacing #52! pic.twitter.com/YpkGR8i1OD — Bayley Currey ?? …

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Bayley Currey to Run Partial Truck Season With Vizion Motorsports

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Vizion Motorsports, formerly known as NextGen Motorsports, has hired Bayley Currey to run its entry during the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season. Currey, 22, will drive the No. 35 Toyota Tundra in certain races throughout the season, though the team does not have a specific number in mind. However, Vizion Motorsports will not …

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