NASCAR NATION ARTICLES (617)

NASCAR suspends Truck Series veteran Johnny Sauter

On Tuesday, NASCAR announced that Sauter would be suspended from this weekend’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill.

"What we typically do…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on June 18, 2019 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Kyle Busch wins Pocono 400

Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Pocono 400 to claim his fourth Cup win of the year and his third Pocono win in the last four races at the track.

Busch outran…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on June 2, 2019 at 5:10pm — 1 Comment

Kyle Larson fends off Harvick to win wild All-Star Race at Charlotte

Larson deftly held off a charging Kevin Harvick to win his first All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his first Cup Series win of any kind this season.…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on May 18, 2019 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Kyle Busch goes 5-for-5 in NASCAR Trucks with Charlotte win

Busch passed Ben Rhodes with 39 of 134 laps remaining and held off Brennan Poole in a three-lap shootout at the finish to win Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on May 17, 2019 at 11:01pm — No Comments

NASCAR announces tweak to 2019 rules package for select tracks

NASCAR officials announced Wednesday a tweak in the 2019 baseline rules package for select tracks, adding aero ducts to the three remaining race tracks where a 550 horsepower engine will run, but where cars were not originally required to be fitted with the ducts — Pocono Raceway, Darlington Raceway and the season finale at Homestead-Miami…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on May 8, 2019 at 5:12pm — No Comments

NASCAR returns to single-car qualifying at all oval tracks

NASCAR officials announced Wednesday that all three national series will return to single-car qualifying at all oval tracks.

The rules change ends a run of five-plus years for the group qualifying format, which was introduced before the 2014 season. The group qualifying system will remain for the series’ three road-course…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on May 1, 2019 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Chase Elliott wins after massive last-lap crash at Talladega

Chase Elliott won Sunday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway as the race finished under caution due to a large wreck on the backstretch on the last lap.

Elliott led 44 of 188 laps, including the final four laps. He beat…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 28, 2019 at 6:35pm — No Comments

NASCAR confiscates Austin Dillon’s decklid

When the No. 3 went through the template station of inspection on Friday, not only did the rear deck lid not fit but officials also noticed bondo on the lid, where it appeared the putty had been used to alter its shape.…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 27, 2019 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Contemporary Sports Leadership Principles

Abstract

Any successful sport must have a strong leader with good qualities in applying the necessary principles. Effective collaboration of the team members is of critical importance to enhance competitive performance. Many players are more comfortable to exercise their skills in a free environment fully. Most of the players prefer to get a competent leader who is always sensitive to all the aspects of the sport. In the current sports sector, many changes have…

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Added by Ronnie Wilde on April 26, 2019 at 4:36am — No Comments

SMI receives offer from Sonic Financial Corp. to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock

Speedway Motorsports Inc. announced Wednesday that it has received a non-binding proposal from Sonic Financial Corp. to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock other than those already held by Sonic.

Bruton Smith and his family own and control Sonic Financial Corp. Smith is the founder and majority stakeholder in Speedway Motorsports…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 24, 2019 at 12:10pm — No Comments

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Added by Eve♥#9 on April 24, 2019 at 8:31am — 1 Comment

Justin Haley to make Cup debut at Talladega

Justin Haley will make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut for Spire Motorsports in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Haley, a three-time NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series winner, will pilot the No. 77 Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the famed 2.66-mile Alabama track.

The F.O.E. is an…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 23, 2019 at 11:26am — No Comments

NASCAR admits mistakes; Looks to return to roots in 2021

Steve Phelps went to his first race with his dad at the age of 5. The Vermont short track racing scene gave him the bug.

He signed with NASCAR in their New York sponsorship department. He’s since been promoted several times. Now, he works out of NASCAR Headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida and serves as the President of the sport.

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 23, 2019 at 10:30am — No Comments

Dale Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller's mother passes away at 65

JR Motorsports revealed the news on Monday following Easter weekend, stating that Brenda Jackson passed away at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.

Not only was she…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 22, 2019 at 5:01pm — No Comments

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Added by Eve♥#9 on April 20, 2019 at 9:41am — No Comments

City of Nashville rejects $56 million renovation funding for Fairgrounds Speedway

Speedway Motorsports, Inc. pitched a plan calling for $54 million in bond payments and $2 million in cash from the city of Nashville. That money would then be put into upgrades at the Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville to bring it to the standards of a NASCAR National Series track.

Mayor David Briley and his administration blocked the…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 19, 2019 at 11:00am — No Comments

Best of S197 Mustang Brakes by American Muscle

In honor of National Mustang Day, AmericanMuscle’s Justin Dugan brings you his top 3 picks for S197 (2010-2014) Mustang GT front brake kits. With this ‘best of’ video, Justin shines light on a few options for budget minded Mustang owners to increase their stopping power without breaking the bank. Covering everything from a stock…

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Added by Eddie Lopes on April 17, 2019 at 10:30pm — No Comments