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Jimmie Looking For Momentum At TMS
Saturday, 7 Apr, 2018 – 19:49 | Comments Off on Jimmie Looking For Momentum At TMS
Jimmie Looking For Momentum At TMS

FORT WORTH, Texas _ Mired in a career-worst slump, Jimmie Johnson _ Who else?_ paced Saturday afternoon’s weather-delayed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice for the 22nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas …

Jimmie Wins Homestead, Historic Seventh Title
Sunday, 20 Nov, 2016 – 19:19 | Comments Off on Jimmie Wins Homestead, Historic Seventh Title
Jimmie Wins Homestead, Historic Seventh Title

For most of Sunday’s season-ending Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, things looked grim for six-time champion Jimmie Johnson. But as can happened in an event in which the competitors are traveling at 190 …

Contenders Have Tough Friday
Saturday, 19 Nov, 2016 – 9:04 | Comments Off on Contenders Have Tough Friday
Contenders Have Tough Friday

No member of the Championship 4 will start Sunday’s season-ending, championship-deciding Sprint Cup  race anywhere near the front row at Homestead-Miami Speedway as all contenders had blah qualifying efforts on Friday.
Instead, non-contender Kevin Harvick (177.637 …

Stewart Very Ready To Bid Adieu
Friday, 18 Nov, 2016 – 16:09 | Comments Off on Stewart Very Ready To Bid Adieu
Stewart Very Ready To Bid Adieu

Sunday, after competing in the season-ending Sprint Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, three-time champion Tony Stewart will drive off into the sunset. Well, into the swamps of South Florida, anyway.
Stewart announced long ago that …

Jimmie Way Too Quietly On Verge Of Big History
Friday, 18 Nov, 2016 – 9:44 | Comments Off on Jimmie Way Too Quietly On Verge Of Big History
Jimmie Way Too Quietly On Verge Of Big History

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
An apt slogan for auto racing in 2016 might be: Wake me when it’s over. It’s been a bore of a season. Sanitized drivers, blah racing, unappealing machinery, absurd politics and drab …

Logano Wins PIR; Championship Race Field Set
Sunday, 13 Nov, 2016 – 18:04 | Comments Off on Logano Wins PIR; Championship Race Field Set
Logano Wins PIR; Championship Race Field Set

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Joey Logano won Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Speedway in overtime and in doing so secured a spot in next weekend’s four-driver Championship 4 Chase playoff finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
“Man this feels …

Arizona Driver Alex Bowman On Pole In Phoenix
Saturday, 12 Nov, 2016 – 8:20 | Comments Off on Arizona Driver Alex Bowman On Pole In Phoenix
Arizona Driver Alex Bowman On Pole In Phoenix

Alex Bowman, who is substitute driving for injured Dale Earnhardt Jr., won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.
The race at PIR will set the field for the season-ending Championship 4 …

Edwards Wins Texas; Earns Final Four Berth
Monday, 7 Nov, 2016 – 8:23 | Comments Off on Edwards Wins Texas; Earns Final Four Berth
Edwards Wins Texas; Earns Final Four Berth

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
FORT WORTH, Texas – Rain returned to Texas Motor Speedway on Lap 293 of Sunday night’s AAA Texas 500, with Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship contender Carl Edwards …

Edwards Wins Texas; Earns Final Four Berth
Monday, 7 Nov, 2016 – 8:13 | Comments Off on Edwards Wins Texas; Earns Final Four Berth

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Carl Edwards, who began Sunday’s rain-plagued Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway last in Chase points, ended the race with a trip to Victory Lane and the automatic berth in the championship-deciding Round …

Bad Brad Looking Good In Texas
Saturday, 5 Nov, 2016 – 17:02 | Comments Off on Bad Brad Looking Good In Texas
Bad Brad Looking Good In Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – Brad Keselowski served notice Saturday afternoon that he intends to be a player during Round 8 of NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship at Texas Motor Speedway.
The 2012 Sprint Cup Series champion, …