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Thinkin’ Out Loud: Kevin Harvick Rakes in All of the Chips in Vegas

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Who’s in the headline As Martin Truex Jr. did last year en route to his first championship, Kevin Harvick has a firm grip on what it takes to go fast at mile-and-a-half tracks and is letting the rest of the garage know he has no intention of letting them come play in his sandbox. Harvick …

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Daily Fantasy NASCAR DraftKings Forecast: 2018 Pennzoil 400

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We were all witnesses to what is now referred to as “Harvicking” last weekend at Atlanta. If you didn’t have Kevin Harvick in your DraftKings lineup and still somehow ended up cashing out, consider yourself incredibly lucky. But now, NASCAR heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the Pennzoil 400. Intermediate tracks are …

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Did You Notice?: The New Dale Earnhardt, Debunking NASCAR’s Decline

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Did You Notice? … The way fans reacted to Austin Dillon’s last-lap punt of Aric Almirola to win the Daytona 500? I ran a poll after the race on Twitter and 67 percent of fans surveyed thought Dillon was over the line. It didn’t matter what Almirola said after the fact (he doesn’t blame Dillon at …

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DC Solar to Sponsor Kyle Larson, Jamie McMurray in 2018

2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA USA Friday 24 March 2017 Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson World Copyright: Nigel Kinrade/NKP

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Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray will have a new primary sponsor in DC Solar for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. DC Solar will be onboard the CGR Chevrolets for an unspecified number of races as the primary sponsor of McMurray’s No. 1 and Larson’s No. 42, the team …

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2017 NASCAR Cup Team Review: Chip Ganassi Racing

2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA USA Friday 24 March 2017 Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson World Copyright: Nigel Kinrade/NKP

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Chip Ganassi Racing exploded onto the the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series scene. Across the board, it was their best year yet. Led by 25-year-old Larson and 15-year veteran Jamie McMurray, CGR found Victory Lane early and often. They also set a new team record in laps led while earning their best championship finish in …

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Daily Fantasy Forecast Powered by DraftKings: Ford EcoBoost 400 Preview

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Martin Truex Jr. (Photo: Barry Cantrell / NKP)

DraftKings’ daily fantasy NASCAR heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the Ford EcoBoost 400. This race also marks the final event of the season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The green flag flies Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET on NBC and can also be heard on your local MRN affiliate. Cars …

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Strong Run for Jamie McMurray at Phoenix; First Top 10 Since Charlotte

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Jamie McMurray‘s roller coaster season hit another pinnacle on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. A string of tough finishes over the past month led to his elimination from the playoffs at Kansas Speedway, three weeks ago. However, Sunday saw McMurray run in the top 10 most of the afternoon, and just barely missed a top-five effort. …

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Who’s Hot & Who’s Not In NASCAR: Halloween Trick or Treat Edition

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Halloween came a couple of days early for drivers and teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Sunday. It seemed once the new lights at the half-mile paperclip oval turned on, so did the intensity as the laps began to wind down. Whether it was a trick, a treat, or somewhere …

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Round of 8 Set Amid Chaotic Kansas Cup Race

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When the checkered flag flew over the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway Sunday evening, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff field dwindled from 12 to eight drivers. Given their deficits coming into this race, many expected it would take a victory from Jamie McMurray or Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to keep their championship hopes …

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Martin Truex Jr. Scores Cup Pole in Kansas

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Martin Truex Jr. scored his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season and his 15th in his career Friday evening at Kansas Speedway, posting a lap at 188.029 mph. Truex will lead the field to the green in Sunday afternoon’s Hollywood Casino 400 with Kevin Harvick  starting on the outside pole. Ryan Blaney …

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5 Points To Ponder: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Falls Just Short At Talladega

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ONE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Falls Just Short In the end, on a day dedicated in his honor and the 17th anniversary of his late father’s last win, it was not to be for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished seventh at the end of an insane race at Talladega. “I would have loved to have won …

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Playoff Driver Jamie McMurray Crashes Out Early in Talladega

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, AL USA Friday 13 October 2017 Jamie McMurray, Chip Ganassi Racing, Cessna Chevrolet SS World Copyright: Nigel Kinrade NKP

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Talladega Superspeedway’s first hit on the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs occurred early and violently Sunday on lap 25 of the Alabama 500. Jamie McMurray, who slowed to enter pit road under green, got hit from behind by Erik Jones, spinning into the path of Jeffrey Earnhardt. The Nos. 1 and 33 made …

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