Race Weekend Central

Kyle Busch Wins First XFINITY Series Practice of 2015

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Rowdy is back. A new season for the NASCAR XFINITY Series is officially under way with the first practice session of the year at Daytona for the Alert Today Florida 300. Kyle Busch, piloting the No. 54 Toyota for the fourth consecutive season, led the way on Friday afternoon with a speed of 191.681 mph. …

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Justin Marks to Run Daytona With RAB Racing

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Justin Marks will have an opportunity next week to make his Daytona 500 debut at the Daytona International Speedway. Marks will also drive the No. 29 for RAB Racing in the Alert Today Florida 300, a day prior to “The Great American Race.” If he makes the Daytona 500 by finishing position in the Budweiser …

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Turner Scott Motorsports Morphs Into Two Joint Ventures

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It appears that the spat between Harry Scott, Jr. and Steve Turner that threw much of the 2014 season up in the air is now over.  Turner is now out of the picture, but Scott still needed some cooperation in order to continue running the operation. In two separate announcements on Thursday, the future of …

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Alex Tagliani, Kenny Habul Among Road Course Ringers Entered for Nationwide Series at Mid-Ohio

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Habul. Marks. O’Connell. Maybe not household names in the vocabulary of most NASCAR fans, but this weekend, they’ll get their time to shine. The NASCAR Nationwide Series is running its second consecutive road course race this weekend, with this one taking place at a relatively new track for the sport’s second-tier division: the Mid-Ohio Sports Car …

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Justin Marks To Drive For Turner Scott Motorsports In Two Races

Turner Scott Motorsports announced Monday that former Camping World Truck Series racer Justin Marks will drive their No. 31 Chevrolet in the road races at Road America and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.  As both races are standalone events, regular driver Dylan Kwasniewski will move over to the No. 42 in order to replace regular driver Kyle Larson, …

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Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond

All day at Richmond (Sept. 11), through coverage of practice and qualifying, the hype was all over Kevin Harvick‘s No. 33 car and how he finally had the horses to run with Kyle Busch. There was also plenty of press regarding the charity competition within Joe Gibbs Racing between Busch and Denny Hamlin. Meanwhile, Carl …

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