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Ross Chastain and Chase Elliott lead driver head-to-head matchups to look forward this weekend | NASCAR Race Hub
The "NASCAR Race Hub" crew talked about the head-to-head matchups between Ross Chastain vs. Chase Elliott and Joey Logano vs. Tyler Reddick as they look ahead to the 2023 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. View the full article
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'That race track has a lot of character' - David Ragen on the excitement to race at North Wilkesboro | NASCAR Race Hub
The "NASCAR Race Hub" crew shared their excitement for the 2023 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro and discussed what the drivers should look forward to. View the full article
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[motorsport] Ty Gibbs' team wins All-Star Race pit crew competition
Gibbs’s crew on the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team completed a four-tire pit stop in 13.012 seconds to lead all 37 entries in both the All-Star Race and the Open. As the top-performing Open team, Gibbs will start Sunday night’s 100-lap Open race from the pole. “All credit to them,” Gibbs said of his pit crew. “I don’t think you should be interviewing me. You should be ...Keep readingView the full article
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to see a Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro next year
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said it would be very risky to have a Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro but he would like to see one. He also said the track would need to be repaved. View the full article
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[motorsport] Kyle Larson tops All-Star Race practice at North Wilkesboro
Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson ended up posting the fastest average lap speed (109.143 mph) in Friday’s 50-minute practice session at the .625-mile oval in preparation for Sunday night’s All-Star Race. Brad Keselowski ended up second-fastest (108.407 mph) and Denny Hamlin was third (108.204 mph). Chris Buescher, Keselowski’s teammate at RFK Racing, was fourth and Chase Briscoe ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Elliott on more Cup short tracks: "Do you want it or not?"
A revitalized and renovated North Wilkesboro will host its first NASCAR races since 1996 this weekend – a Truck race on Saturday and the Cup Series’ All-Star Race on Sunday night. While capacity crowds are expected this weekend – and the venue will seat around 35,000 fans – Elliott said the future of North Wilkesboro will depend on the continued support from the NASCAR industry and ...Keep readingView the full article
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High Point PAMX Event May 27/28 Cancelled
The upcoming PAMX event at High Point Raceway next week, May 27/28, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. View the full article
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HighpointHigh Point PAMX Event May 27/28 Cancelled
The upcoming PAMX event at High Point Raceway next week, May 27/28, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. View the full article
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North Wilkesboro FOX Bet Super 6: NASCAR legend's insight, All-Star picks
FOX Sports analyst and NASCAR Top 75 honoree Bobby Labonte shares what he'd change about his incredible career and gives his FOX Bet Super 6 picks for the All-Star Race contest featuring North Wilkesboro Speedway. View the full article
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NASCAR race at North Wilkesboro Speedway provides unique experience for drivers
The NASCAR All-Star Race in North Wilkesboro, N.C. will feature a different surface and a different car than most drivers are used to. That challenge is part of the fun for most. View the full article
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2023 NASCAR All-Star Race odds, Kyle Larson favorite to win
Kyle Larson is the All-Star Race betting favorite as NASCAR returns to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the first time since 1996. View the full article
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[motorsport] WRC closing in on 14-round 2024 calendar
The championship had hoped to roll out a 14-round schedule for this season, although plans to add an event in the Middle East failed to come to fruition. However, the target to add a desert based round in Saudi Arabia remains a key goal for 2024, with plans for a test event to be held later this year. “Our ambition is 14 events. I think we will be quite happy with 14 events for the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[autosport] Shane van Gisbergen to make NASCAR Cup debut at Chicago
NASCAR is running on the streets of Chicago for the very first time this year, and the three-time Australian Supercars champion will be joining them, driving the #91 Trackhouse Racing team entry. Champion in 2016, 2021, and 2022, Van Gisbergen is already one of the most successful racers in Supercars history. He is ranked fourth on the all-time wins list and won the prestigious Bathurst ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Shane van Gisbergen to make NASCAR Cup debut at Chicago
NASCAR is running on the streets of Chicago for the very first time, and the three-time Australian Supercars champion will be joining them. Van Gisbergen will pilot the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing team entry with sponsorship from Enhance Health. Quad Lock will serve as an associate sponsor on the Chevrolet Camaro. “I can honestly say I have dreamed about an opportunity in ...Keep readingView the full article
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. on emotions after racing at North Wilkesboro Speedway in August
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was quite emotional after the CARS Tour race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in August. It was a step to what should be an amazing Sunday night for the NASCAR All-Star Race. View the full article
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Polarizing star Ross Chastain addresses criticism: ‘I just need to hit less things’
The Trackhouse driver, who can't seem to avoid the spotlight for the wrong reasons, opens up about his recent on-track transgressions. View the full article
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[motorsport] Kyle Larson ‘excited and nervous’ over Indy 500 debut next year
Larson will race Arrow McLaren’s fourth Chevrolet-powered car, with support from his NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick, alongside the squad’s regular roster of drivers in the 2024 Indy 500. The 2021 Cup champion says it’s been his “dream” to contest the event and will also run NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte later that day. “It probably still won’t seem real until I get ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR 2023 North Wilkesboro schedule, entry list, and how to watch
Darlington Raceway may have been throwback weekend, but NASCAR's return to North Wilkesboro is the ultimate throwback. NASCAR returns to one of the original circuits that was part of the inaugural Cup season in 1949, a track that hasn't hosted a Cup race since 1996 and hasn't been repaved since the early 1980s. William Byron won his third race of the season last weekend at Darlington, but ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] "Huge sense of pride" in Kevin Harvick's return to the No. 29
None was bigger than when Harvick was thrust into the Cup series in 2001 following the death of Dale Earnhardt in a last-lap crash in the Daytona 500. Harvick, who was competing in what is now the Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing at the time, had planned to run a handful of Cup races in 2001 and become Earnhardt’s teammate in 2002. One week into the 2001 season, however ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Tanak: M-Sport has the data to tackle "big job" of developing Puma WRC
The 2019 world champion once again showed flashes of speed during last weekend's WRC round in Portugal, but ultimately finished fourth, 2m04.1s adrift of the eventual winner Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera. The event was Tanak's second on gravel following Mexico where a turbo issue was among the problems that halted his charge. Last weekend the Estonian displayed impressive pace through the first ...Keep readingView the full article
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Ross Chastain says he spoke with Rick Hendrick after Darlington
Ross Chastain said he called Rick Hendrick and has talked with Hendrick, General Motors and Kyle Larson. He said he still is amazed that Rick Hendrick knows his name even if “right now, it’s for the wrong reasons.” View the full article
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Daniel Suárez expects a challenge this weekend at North Wilkesboro
Daniel Suárez says it is difficult to say how the Cup cars will race at North Wilkesboro, but he expects a challenge on the old pavement. View the full article
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[motorsport] Chastain: Darlington wreck "brought a lot of heat down on me"
Finishing 19th in a Late Model race may not sound like fun, but his participation was part of the lead-in events to this weekend’s All-Star Weekend and the reopening of the iconic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway. “My fun meter is pegged,” Chastain said after Wednesday night’s race. “We were just loose, loose from the moment we unloaded. We just couldn’t get there. Made a lot ...Keep readingView the full article
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Ross Chastain said Darlington obviously did not play out how he expected
Ross Chastain explains why Darlington obviously did not play out how he expected. View the full article
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Kevin Harvick speaks on the CARS Tour
Kevin Harvick said racing in the CARS Tour is more about being a co-owner of the series than learning anything for the Cup car here at North Wilkesboro Speedway. View the full article