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Kurt Busch, substituting for Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, won the pole on Saturday morning for Saturday afternoon’s Nationwide Series race at the Watkins Glen International road course.
Busch’s lap at 123.241 mph was a new track record.
Second fastest was Kyle Busch with a lap at 122.970 mph.
Carl Edwards finished third in qualifying and Elliott Sadler [...]

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Time is apparently not healing the wounds of Jimmie Johnson in relation to his recent run-ins with Kurt Busch.
Johnson, in the middle of a quest to win his sixth straight Sprint Cup championship, made that very clear during a press conference Friday at Watkins Glen International.
About two questions into the [...]

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Hope sprung like crazy for Dale Earnhardt Jr. this past spring. He was racking up top-12s, top-10s and top-fives in bunches. After finishing second at Kansas in early June, he cruised into the summer third in the point standings and with a Chase berth packaged with a nice satin bow.
Or [...]

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Newton, Iowa – Some final thoughts from Iowa Speedway:
Another NASCAR race at Iowa Speedway and another enthusiastic sellout crowd. That’s three this year alone – a Camping World race, two Nationwide Series races.
It just may be time to take the track’s request for hosting a Sprint Cup race seriously.
The place [...]

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Newton, Iowa – Jack Roush will field a car for Ricky Stenhouse Jr., David Ragan and Andy Lally at this weekend’s Grand-Am Sports Car Series race at Watkins Glen International.
The news was supposed to be kept under wraps but Stenhouse blurted it out during his post-race press conference at Iowa [...]

Brad Keselowski, whose weekend was put in doubt when he severely injured his ankle during a test session early in the week, held off Kyle Busch to win the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday afternoon.
The victory was the second of the season for Keselowski and the third of his career.
It [...]

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Shifting gears will make an encore performance at Pocono Raceway today. How wildly that encore is applauded in the garages depends on which driver you talk to.
Here is what a couple of drivers had to say about shifting for the turns at the 2.5-mile Pocono superspeedway.
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Roush [...]

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Antron Brown moved into the No. 1 position in Top Fuel Saturday to close qualifying at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash.
Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations as No. 1 qualifiers of the NHRA Full [...]

Newton, Iowa – It’s not often that one driver will thank another for wrecking him late in a race. But that is exactly what Ricky Stenhouse did after he was rammed from behind as he headed for the finish line in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway Saturday night.
That’s because the ram job [...]

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Saturday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway has been postponed because of rain.
The rain began shortly after the start of the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125.
When the cars were parked after 17 laps, rookies Parker Kligerman, Joey Coulter and Cole Whitt held the top three positions.
The 50-lap race will resume at [...]