By Matt Courson, Staff Writer MARTINSVILLE, V.A. — Alex Bowman was eliminated from NASCAR Cup Series competition Sunday evening at Martinsville Speedway. Also eliminated in the Round of 8 was Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, and Kurt Busch. Bowman entered the race at Martinsville 25 points below the cutline in essentially a must win situation. […]
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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 Jerry Jordan, Editor Kevin Harvick has started outside the Top 10 just seven times all season, racked up nine wins and still, he didn’t advance to the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway but he gave it a valiant, albeit controversial, attempt on the final turn of the final lap as he intentionally wrecked Kyle […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer A late-race mistake on pit road ended Martin Truex Jr.’s hopes for a second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Loose Wheel The 2017 champion entered pit road at Martinsville Speedway with just over 50 laps to go in the lead. Truex, like his NASCAR Playoff rivals, took four tires. However, the […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Despite a failing motor at the end of the Draft Top 250, Justin Haley held on to advance to the Championship 4 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. At the start of the final Stage at Martinsville Speedway, Haley restarted just outside the top-five. The driver of the No. 11 Leaf […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Avoiding the mayhem, Zane Smith clinched the final Championship 4 spot and 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Rookie-of-the-Year honors. Despite a caution-filled final Stage for the NASCAR Hall of Fame 200, Smith stayed out of trouble. The GMS Racing driver kept his No. 21 LaPaz / MRC […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Chase Elliott appeared to be cruising to a top-10 at Texas Motor Speedway until tire cording trapped the NASCAR Playoffs driver a lap down. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was running inside the top-10 in the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 as the second Stage drew to a close. Elliott was forced […]
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By Jerry Jordan, Editor JUSTIN, TX – It had been 72-hours, 28-minutes and 34-seconds since Christopher Bell – or any other NASCAR driver – turned a lap at Texas Motor Speedway due to continued rain and mist that stalled in the area but his third-place run was a bright spot in what had been a […]
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AJ Allmendinger and Nutrien Ag Solutions will team up at Martinsville Speedway for the penultimate race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) season. The Nutrien Ag Solutions Digital Hub, an innovative platform that provides access to field-level insights, local weather stories, invoices and payments, and the latest product information, will don the No. 16 […]
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By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer JD Motorsports driver Ryan Vargas utilized the traction compound and stayed out of trouble to earn his first career top-10 at Texas Motor Speedway. Back on the Lead Lap Vargas earned the free pass under the eighth caution of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 on lap 159. During the caution […]
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