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Xfinity Breakdown: Cole Custer Makes His Case for Championship Favorite at Chicagoland

Before the Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, Tyler Reddick was the topic du jour. Due in part to his championship-winning run at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Reddick was though to be the best at running the high line, a necessity for getting around Chicagoland as fast as possible. The subtext was that if the defending Xfinity …

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Cole Custer Dominates Camping World 300

2019 Chicagoland NXS Cole Custer Burnout Nigel Kinrade Photography

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

On a hot day in Joliet, Illinois, Cole Custer was on fire. Leading five times for 151 of the 200 laps, Custer won Saturday’s Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This win is his fourth win of the season and his sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win. Custer qualified second …

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Joey Logano Wins Camping World 300 Pole

NASCAR Xfinity Series Camping World 300 - Practice

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Defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano has won the pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Camping World 300 later this afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway. Logano put the No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang at the top of the leaderboard with a top speed of 177.556 mph. In second was the No. 00 …

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Christopher Bell Sweeps All 3 Stages for 2nd Straight Win at Iowa Speedway

2019 Iowa I NXS Christopher Bell celebrates NKP

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Christopher Bell had some uncharacteristic results coming into the CircuitCity.com 250, including two finishes outside the top 10 in the previous three races. But he’s always been tough to beat on short tracks, and that was once again the case at Iowa Speedway on Father’s Day. Bell led 186 of the 250 laps and swept …

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Cole Custer Wins CircuitCity.com 250 Pole at Iowa Speedway

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Amidst all the developments surrounding NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series post-race inspection, NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers qualified for the 2019 CircuitCity.com 250 at Iowa Speedway. Cole Custer won the pole for his No. 00 team with a time of 23.779 seconds (132.470 mph). He will lead the field to the green flag for 250 laps …

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Cole Custer Snags 3-Race Sponsor, Production Alliance Group

Cole Custer - 2019 Production Alliance Group 300 Winner

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Cole Custer and Stewart-Haas Racing have gained a new three-race primary sponsor in Production Alliance Group, the team announced Friday (June 14). The red and black colors of Production Alliance Group will be on Custer’s No. 00 Ford Mustang at Darlington Raceway on Aug. 30, Dover International Speedway on Oct. 5 and Oct. 19 at …

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2-Headed Monster: Should Stewart-Haas Racing Keep Clint Bowyer?

2019 Michigan I CUP Clint Bowyer helmet NKP

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At the end of 2019, Clint Bowyer‘s contract with Stewart-Haas Racing expires. He’s spent the last three seasons with the team, and while the pair have produced two wins together, snapping Bowyer’s six-year winless streak last year, the No. 14 hasn’t been anywhere close to winning a championship. With budding talents Cole Custer and Chase …

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Xfinity Breakdown: Tyler Reddick Answers Back in Season-Long Game of HORSE

2019 Atlanta NXS Tyler Reddick NKP

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Your shot, Christopher Bell and Cole Custer. That’s essentially what Tyler Reddick and his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing team did on Saturday (June 8) at Michigan International Speedway, winning the LTi Printing 250 to respond to his two top rivals in a NASCAR Xfinity Series season that is increasingly resembling a playground game of …

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4 Burning Questions: Is Christopher Bell About To Replace Clint Bowyer?

#20: Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota Supra Rheem

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What will Stewart-Haas Racing’s Lineup look like in 2020? .@StewartHaasRcng is shaping up to have another busy summer, as it has multiple drivers with contracts that end after '19 including @ClintBowyer and @Daniel_SuarezG. ➖@SmithfieldFoods' deal also up for renewal, though it's unclear whether @Aric_Almirola's is timed concurrently. pic.twitter.com/jdLqDdEO2u — Adam Stern (@A_S12) June 6, 2019 …

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Frontstretch Podcast: Poc-oh-no, Chase Briscoe Chats Season-Best Run

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In this week’s edition of the Frontstretch Podcast, Dustin Albino and Mike Neff discuss a lackluster Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway where Kyle Busch cruised to the victory. That wasn’t the only reason why Busch was in the headlines this past weekend. He assessed his Truck Series team as being a “2” out of 10, …

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NASCAR Mailbox: Is 2019 Cole Custer’s Best Chance at an Xfinity Championship?

2019 Las Vegas I NXS COle Custer NKP

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Cole Custer is now in his third full season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This is the first year, though, that he has scored multiple wins, and we are only in June. Custer had only two career wins before this season, coming at Homestead in 2017 and Texas in November 2018. He has solidified himself …

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Xfinity Breakdown: Triangle Not Too Tricky for Cole Custer

2019 Pocono NXS Cole Custer Car Phil Allaway

(Photo: Phil Allaway)

Cole Custer had the car to beat for the entire scheduled distance of the Pocono Green 250 on Saturday afternoon. And even when the race went into overtime for the first time in NASCAR Xfinity Series history at Pocono Raceway, Custer was able to snatch back a victory that appeared to have slipped through his …

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