Articles in NASCAR - Nationwide Series
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
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Gladeville, Tenn. – Come late Saturday night, look for the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver standings to experience a major shakeup about the same time the Grand Ole Opry closes up shop across town for the umpteenth time.
Four of the top 10 drivers in NASCAR’s junior circuit will skip Saturday evening’s [...]
Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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Nashville – I’d forgotten how much fun it can be to talk to a NASCAR driver who seems to enjoy the company, and how simple and easy it is when you don’t have to hack your way through layers of PR guardians.
I got a reminder the other day when Kenny Wallace [...]
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Braun Racing has announced that former Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will drive the No. 32 Dollar General Toyota in the upcoming NASCAR Nationwide Series’ inaugural event at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin) and at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
Villeneuve earned his first career CART Series win at Elkhart Lake and the return [...]
Kyle Busch overcame pit-road trouble and late restarts to win Saturday’s Tech-Net Auto Service 300 Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The victory was the fifth in 12 starts for Busch in 2010. It was the 33rd of his Nationwide career and it was his sixth at CMS.
It came despite the fact that he was [...]
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Brian Ickler will make his Roush Fenway Racing debut this weekend in the Tech-net Auto Service 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway driving the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford Fusion. It is Ickler’s fourth career Nationwide Series start, but his first at the 1.5-mile track.
Ickler takes the place of Colin Braun, who was taken out of the truck after [...]
By Nick Bromberg | Senior Correspondent
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The two-day test of the new Nationwide Series car concluded Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway, and if there was any consensus among the drivers who tested the car it was that the car was loose. Real loose.
“It just drives with a ton of front grip,” 2008 Nationwide champion Carl Edwards [...]
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NASCAR has placed Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 21 car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, on probation until June 16 for a rule violation he committed during the race at Dover International Speedway on May 15.
Bowyer was found to have violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing – aggressive driving) of the [...]
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Kyle Busch survived two late restarts to get the victory in the Heluva Good! 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway Saturday afternoon.
The victory was his second of the season.
Busch lead all but 14 of the 205 laps and would have won sans drama had two yellow flags not waved in the final seven [...]
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Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin will be manning the front row for the start of today’s NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Busch won the pole for the Heluva Good! 200 with a lap at 158.228 mph at Dover International Speedway.
It was his third pole of the season.
Busch has three victories in Nationwide this season and [...]
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Denny Hamlin won Saturday night’s Royal Purple 200 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Nationwide Series race by holding off teammate Kyle Busch after a restart with five laps to go.
Hamlin had the lead on the restart but was passed briefly by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. Hamlin, who led a race-best 11 lapls, quickly recaptured [...]