(Getty Images Photo) By REID SPENCER FORT WORTH, Texas – Joey Logano believes he did the right thing when he turned Matt Kenseth at Kansas Speedway in the fifth race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. For his part, Kenseth says he won’t change the way he races, despite a two-event suspension he incurred for dumping Logano last […]
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(Getty Images Photo) By REID SPENCER MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Brad Keselowski’s race—and perhaps his quest for a second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship—came undone on Lap 435 of Sunday’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway. With Keselowski and teammate Joey Logano trying to coordinate a restart—Logano choosing the outside lane and dropping down in front of Keselowski’s […]
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(Getty Images Photo) By REID SPENCER TALLADEGA, Ala. – The effective end of Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway came moments after Kevin Harvick’s Chevrolet clipped Trevor Bayne’s Ford and ignited a multicar wreck in the tri-oval during the one attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish. The caution ended the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title run for Dale Earnhardt Jr., […]
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(Getty Images Photo) By MARK McCARTER TALLADEGA, Ala. – This wasn’t the storybook finish that fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. coveted. Earnhardt came into Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500 needing a victory to advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. As a six-time winner at Talladega Superspeedway, it was very much within the realm of possibility and […]
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(Getty Images) By JIM PEDLEY KANSAS CITY, Kan. – It was a picture-post card autumn day in America’s Heartland for both fans and a couple of Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship contenders at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. But on the final green flag pit stop of the Hollywood Casino 400, things got cold and dark for two of […]
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(Todd Warshaw/2015 Getty Images) By REID SPENCER The No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet sported a green paint scheme on Sunday at Kansas Speedway, but the car was running like a certain black No. 3 of old. In his strongest run of the season, Austin Dillon had the No. 3 solidly in fifth place and was chasing reigning series champion […]
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(Jonathan Ferrey/2015 Getty Images) By JIM PEDLEY KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. used to own Talladega Superspeedway. After a disappointing run at Kansas Speedway in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, he’ll need to re-ascend to the throne next Sunday if he is to keep his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship hopes intact. Can do, Earnhardt, who finished 21st at […]
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