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NASCAR 101: Who Didn’t Return to NASCAR in 2019?

#95: Kasey Kahne, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet Camaro Procore Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

In what’s become an annual segment on NASCAR 101 (wait, this is year five? Time is a flat circle), this week takes a look at the drivers who didn’t return to NASCAR in 2019. Now, that phrase sounds a bit more absolute than it actually ends up being. Each year, we discuss the drivers from NASCAR’s …

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ARCA Preview: 2019 Southern Illinois 100 at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

Chili Bowl

(Photo Credit: ARCA Menards Series)

The ARCA Menards Series heads to Southern Illinois for the second and final stop on dirt, with a Labor Day classic taking place on Sunday, Aug. 31, on the dirt track of DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. As the season winds down, the championship battle gets tighter and tighter. The last time ARCA raced, Michael Self got …

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ARCA Preview: 2019 Allen Crowe 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds

Christian Eckes 2019 General Tire 200

(Photo: Christian Koelle)

The ARCA Menards Series returns to action this weekend for the Allen Crowe 100 at Illinois State Fairgrounds. The first of two dirt races on the ARCA Menards Series will have one of the best points battles on its center stage between Christian Eckes and Michael Self. Twenty other drivers will take to the Springfield, …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Chase Briscoe Wins Series Return at Eldora Speedway

2018 Pocono Zach Catanzareti Xfinity Chase Briscoe

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

In a Nutshell: In his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start since winning last year’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Chase Briscoe won the Eldora Dirt Derby by mere inches over his ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger. The driver of the No. 27 Ford survived utilized a flurry of late-race cautions to put himself …

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