Though 2020 brought a new slate of challenges and obstacles for NASCAR’s teams, drivers and media outlets, there were still 36 races run and countless moments captured by the sport’s photographers. Kickin’ The Tires managed to cover 34 of the 36 NASCAR Cup Series races this year, capturing thousands of photos in what was NASCAR’s […]
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Monday (November 16), NASCAR tested the Generation 7 racecar that will be used in competition for the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022. Drivers Martin Truex Jr. and Kurt Busch rounded both of the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s layouts, the 1.5-mile oval and the 2.28-mile Roval road course.
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer Following the opening stage of Sunday’s Season Finale 500 from Phoenix Raceway, it looked as though Joey Logano would soon be sewing up his second title in the NASCAR Cup Series. However, just like Zane Smith and Chase Briscoe did in the weekend’s Gander RV & Outdoors Trucks and Xfinity […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer The radical playoff chaos enveloped the closing laps of Sunday night’s Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway, the final race determining the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Cup Series. And with the goal firmly in place, Brad Keselowski was ready to fight. And fight he did. Following a speeding penalty on […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer With just a little less fuel in the tank for race leader Kyle Busch Wednesday at Texas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex Jr. would have no worries entering Martinsville Speedway this weekend. However, with Busch grabbing the fuel-mileage win at Texas, Truex could only manage second place, stacking up significant points […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer With 25 laps to go in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race from Texas Motor Speedway, the playoff grid in its entirety took a shuffle. And it included bent metal, spinning cars, and Justin Allgaier and Ross Chastain right in the middle of it. As the two occupied the front row on […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer Five of NASCAR’s Cup Series 2020 playoff drivers will be featured in an upcoming episode of the CBS show Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebek. The episode, which airs October 13 at 7 p.m. ET, will include seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, 2012 champion Brad Keselowski and 2014 champion Kevin Harvick along […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer Kyle Busch’s abnormal 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season has, in a way, come to an end. The defending series champion has been bumped from the playoffs after finishing 30th in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 from the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. The elimination marks 2020 as the first year […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer For the third time in 2020, Chase Briscoe was the driver to beat in an Xfinity Series road course race. This time, it was at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, a track Briscoe tamed in 2018 and returned on Saturday night to lead a race-high 23 laps. In the rain […]
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By: Zach Catanzareti, Staff Writer The finish of Sunday’s Yellawood 500 from Talladega Superspeedway, by most accounts, was astonishing, breathtaking and controversial. And Erik Jones was in the middle of it all. Restarting ninth at the second attempt at an overtime finish, Jones catapulted to the front. The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hooked […]
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