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[motorsport] Logano takes Vegas Cup win with late pass, advances to title race
Chastain took the field three-wide on a restart with 16 of 267 laps to move into the lead but Logano – among a group of cars that had pit for new tires during the previous caution – was coming up fast through the field. Logano finally caught Chastain with two laps to go and easily made his way around him to reclaim the lead and held on by 0.817 seconds for the victory. With the win ...Keep readingView the full article
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Joey Logano passes Ross Chastain late to win at Las Vegas, advances to the Championship 4
Joey Logano passes Ross Chastain late to win at Las Vegas and advance to the championship race at Phoenix Raceway. View the full article
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NASCAR playoffs: Joey Logano wins South Point 400 in Las Vegas
The 2022 NASCAR Playoffs Round of 8 kicked off Sunday with the South Point 400 in Las Vegas. Here are the top moments! View the full article
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Bubba Wallace goes after Kyle Larson in HEATED exchange
Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace fight on-track after wreck off turn four at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article
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Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace FIGHT after wreck at Las Vegas
Kyle Larson and Bubba Wallace fight on-track after wreck off turn four at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Altercation between Wallace and Larson after Vegas NASCAR wreck
On Lap 95, Larson slid up into Wallace and knocked him into the outside wall. As Wallace came back down the track, he slammed into the right-rear of Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet, sending both cars spinning. Playoff driver Christopher Bell was also swept in the crash and fell out of the race. After exiting his own car, Wallace walked over to Larson’s wrecked car and started shoving ...Keep readingView the full article
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NASCAR playoffs: South Point 400 top moments from Las Vegas
The 2022 NASCAR Playoffs Round of 8 kicks off Sunday with the South Point 400 in Las Vegas. Here are the top moments! View the full article
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[motorsport] All 34 of Kurt Busch's NASCAR Cup Series victories
Kurt Busch's career has been a long one. As of 2022, he and Kevin Harvick were the only full-time Cup drivers to have competed in NASCAR during the pre-playoff era. Kurt was clear that this was not a retirement announcement and we could very well see him on track again, but we'd still like to take the opportunity to look back on all 34 of his NASCAR Cup Series triumphs. At the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Berry takes Las Vegas Xfinity win, advances to Championship 4
While battling A.J. Allmendinger for the lead, Berry hit the wall in Turn 4 on Lap 168 of 301 but Berry was able to hang on and clear Allmendinger for the lead. Berry then had to fend off a late charge by his JR Motorsports teammate, Noah Gragson, and cleared him by 1.125 seconds at the checkered flag for the victory. With the win, Berry automatically advances to the series’ ...Keep readingView the full article
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Josh Berry wins at Vegas, advances to Championship 4 at Phoenix
Josh Berry pulls off the win at Las Vegas and advances to the championship race at Phoenix. View the full article
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Tyler Reddick on moving to 23XI Racing next season
Tyler Reddick said he was pleased that 23XI Racing and RCR could come to an agreement so he could join 23XI Racing in 2023. View the full article
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Denny Hamlin on Kurt Busch stepping away from full-time racing
Denny Hamlin on Kurt Busch’s decision to not race full time next year and how Busch has handled the last few months trying to recover from a concussion. View the full article
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[motorsport] Reddick takes pole position at Las Vegas over Cindric
Reddick, the next-to-last driver to qualify, posted the fastest average lap speed of the day (184.603 mph) to win the pole for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Reddick’s No. 8 Chevrolet looked like it catch the wall off Turn 4 but he still ended up with plenty of speed. The pole is the third this season for Reddick and fourth of his career. All three of his career wins have ...Keep readingView the full article
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Kurt Busch retires from full-time racing; Tyler Reddick joining 23XI Racing early
Kurt Busch announced Saturday he won't race full time next season due to lingering concussion symptoms. View the full article
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[motorsport] Ryan Blaney leads Saturday's Cup practice at Las Vegas
Blaney topped the charts with an average lap speed of 183.517 mph, which he set in the first few minutes of the Group A session. However, late in his 31-lap run on the track, Blaney reported a tire issue. “I kind of felt something start to go wrong. I decided to come in,” he said. “It went flat coming down pit road. Fortunately, we caught it. Now, it’s trying to figure out what the ...Keep readingView the full article
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Kurt Busch to step away from full-time racing
Kurt Busch opening statement on not racing full time next year. View the full article
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[autosport] Kurt Busch to sit out 2023 NASCAR Cup season, Reddick in early 23XI move
Busch, the 2004 Cup champion, has been sidelined from competition since he suffered symptoms from a concussion in a 23 July accident during qualifying at Pocono. The 44-year-old said on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that he's “still not 100-percent and I’m still not cleared to race”, so could not commit to compete for a championship in 23XI's #45 Toyota next season. “This ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Kurt Busch steps away from full-time NASCAR competition
Busch, 44, has been sidelined from competition since he suffered symptoms from a concussion in a July 23 accident during qualifying at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. “I’m still not 100-percent and I’m still not cleared to race,” Busch said Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As a result Busch said he will not race again this season and could not commit to compete for a championship in the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] HMS names Blake Harris as next crew chief for Alex Bowman
Harris, 35, is currently in his first season as a Cup crew chief for driver Michael McDowell at Front Row Motorsports, where McDowell has enjoyed a career-best season with 12 top-10 finishes in 32 starts so far. Harris will complete the year with McDowell before moving to HMS in mid-November. He is replacing Greg Ives, who announced in August he would step down as crew chief for Bowman and the ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Justin Allgaier to return in 2023 for eighth season with JRM
The organization announced Thursday Allgaier and his longtime sponsor, Brandt Professional Agriculture, will return its No. 7 team in 2023. Brandt, JRM’s second longest-tenured sponsor, will serve as primary sponsor in 20 races and serve as an associate sponsor for all remaining races. Brandt and Allgaier, 36, joined JRM for the 2016 season, and Allgaier has been a consistent title ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] 2022 NASCAR at Las Vegas - Start time, how to watch, schedule & more
Christopher Bell earned a dramatic win at the Charlotte Roval that saved him from playoff elimination. Instead, it was reigning champion Kyle Larson, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and the sidelined Alex Bowman who cut from the ever-shrinking playoff field. The last driver to transfer was Chase Briscoe, beating Larson by just two points. His advancement was not without ...Keep readingView the full article
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Celebration of Life for Jack Holbert - Saturday October 15 @ High Point Raceway
A Celebration of Life will be held at High Point Raceway this Saturday, October 15. Racer Productions and the entire off-road racing community extend their condolences to the family of High Point Raceway co-founder, and lifelong friend of the Coombs family, Jack Holbert. View the full article
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NASCAR president Steve Phelps committed to safety, communication with drivers
NASCAR president Steve Phelps spoke this week about Next Gen safety, revenue sharing, communication with drivers and more, Bob Pockrass writes. View the full article
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[motorsport] Tander: Hard not to blow smoke at SVG success
Tander chalked up his fifth Bathurst 1000 win and his second alongside van Gisbergen, adding to their 2020 win, as the pair combined to largely dominate Supercars’ showpiece event last Sunday. Van Gisbergen’s second Great Race triumph arrived a week after finishing on the WRC2 podium and scoring points on his World Rally Championship debut at Rally New Zealand. The Mount Panorama victory ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Bowman to miss at least the next three NASCAR Cup races
Bowman, 29, suffered a concussion in a wreck early in the Sept. 25 race at Texas Motor Speedway. He went on to finish the race but has not competed since. In a statement, Hendrick Motorsports said Bowman was evaluated Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh, Pa., by Dr. Michael “Micky” Collins, clinical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports Medicine Concussion ...Keep readingView the full article