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Did You Notice?: Better to Be a NASCAR Minor League Champion Than Failed Prospect?

2022 Las Vegas NASCAR Xfinity pole winner AJ Allmendinger NKP

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NASCAR Xfinity and Truck series championship contenders AJ Allmendinger and Ben Rhodes enjoy vying for wins in their respective divisions.

Ben Rhodes Reigns Supreme, Sweeps All 3 Stages on Bristol Dirt

Nascar Camping World Truck Series

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It was a full day of racing Saturday at Bristol, capped off with the Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt. When the dust settled, the smoke cleared and the trucks got unstuck, it was Ben Rhodes who claimed supremacy, winning the first two stages and rallying late to win the race as well.

Couch Potato Tuesday: How FOX Can Improve Broadcasts Everywhere, Not Just Richmond

Kevin HArvick and Chase Briscoe lead a pack of cars at Richmond Raceway, April 2022. Photo: NKP

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This past weekend began a short track season, much along the lines of what NASCAR fans used to have in the 1990s. Richmond, Martinsville and Bristol in back-to-back-to-back weeks before a trip to Talladega. Good times? Toyota Owners 400 In the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that pre-race coverage for races on FOX or …

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Xfinity Breakdown: Ty Gibbs Continues Dominance at Richmond

2022 Xfinity Richmond pack racing - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images via NASCAR Media)

(Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images via NASCAR Media)

Ty Gibbs took home the checkered flag yet again on Saturday (April 2) in the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway, marking his third win of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. John Hunter Nemechek, Sam Mayer, AJ Allmendinger and Riley Herbst rounded out the rest of the top five, after Herbst made a late move …

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Drivers React to Turn 11 Scramble That Left Zane Smith Victorious in XPEL 225 Truck Race at COTA

Truck Series

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AUSTIN, TX — Despite an abundance of cautions, it was a relatively tame battle for the lead in the first 44 laps of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Circuit of the Americas. Zane Smith won both stages by staying on the track while other cars pitted, but Kyle Busch was the dominant car …

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Tracking the Trucks: Corey Heim Wins Home Race With Last Lap Pass in Atlanta

Gateway

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In a Nutshell: HAMPTON, Ga. – Corey Heim made a last-lap pass on fellow Georgia native and teammate Chandler Smith to win at his home race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in only his fifth career Truck Series start. Smith was shuffled back to finish fourth as Ben Rhodes and Ty Majeski finished second and third, …

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