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Bubba Wallace on getting NASCAR to ban the Confederate Flag | EPISODE 20 | CLUB SHAY SHAY
Bubba Wallace and Shannon Sharpe discuss the removal of the Confederate Flag from NASCAR tracks. 'There are 3 types of people: Ones that will never accept change, ones that consider it, and those that are for it. Life is much bigger than yourself. It's about our brothers and sisters and making this a better place,' says Wallace. View the full article
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Bubba Wallace wants to win to “shut up some of his haters” | EPISODE 20 | CLUB SHAY SHAY
Bubba Wallace tells Shannon he wants to start winning so he can shut up some of his haters. 'Winning the Daytona 500 would be the start to that and then we build off of it…We’ve got no excuses. I got the funding, I got the car and I got the people.' View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR nixes Jennifer Jo Cobb's planned Cup Series debut
On Monday, NASCAR confirmed that Cob has not been approved to compete on superspeedway tracks in the Cup Series thus would not be making her planned debut in Rick Ware Racing’s No. 15 Chevrolet. While Cobb, 47, has made a combined 247 starts in the Xfinity and Truck series, a NASCAR spokesman told Motorsport.com that Cobb is only currently approved to compete on superspeedways in ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Matt DiBenedetto: Top-10 at Richmond "long overdue"
After starting the season with three finishes of 28th or worse, DiBenedetto was mired 35th in the NASCAR Cup Series driver standings. Over the next four weeks, the team have put together better finishes and finally broke through with their first top-10 finish Sunday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. DiBenedetto, 29, had fallen a lap down before the final caution of the race but took the wave-around ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Hamlin: "We should have won" Richmond Cup race
Hamlin is leading the regular season standings and has no finish worse than 11th. In nine races, he's scored eight top-fives and has won five stages. Despite all this, he has yet to reach Victory Lane. Sunday was just the latest opportunity that slipped away. Alex Bowman snatched away the race lead on the final restart and led just ten laps en route to his third career win. "Yeah, I mean ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Joey Logano: Bowman "kind of snookered everybody" in win
Hamlin led on the final restart with 10 of 400 laps remaining with Logano lined up alongside him. While Hamlin had led the most laps in the race, Logano had shown the ability to lead late in the event. It looked like the duo would duel to the finish. Enter Alex Bowman. Bowman, who had run consistently in the top-five most of the race but got sent to the back of the field early at the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Richmond NASCAR Cup: Bowman snatches late win from long-time leader Hamlin
In a race dominated by Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman pounced on a late restart to charge past Joey Logano and leader Denny Hamlin to assume control of the race in the dying stages. He had little trouble from that point hanging on for the win, finishing 0.381 seconds ahead of Hamlin to secure his first win driving the #48 car - which he took over after seven-time Cup ...Keep reading View the full article
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HIGHLIGHTS: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond
Full highlights from Sunday's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway for the NASCAR Cup Series View the full article
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[motorsport] Alex Bowman steals the show with win over Hamlin at Richmond
On a restart with 10 of 400 laps remaining Sunday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, Bowman – who had not led a lap in the race up to that point – navigated around leader Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano to take the lead. He had little trouble from that point hanging on for the win, finishing .381 seconds ahead of Hamlin to the victory in the ToyotaOwners 400. It’s Bowman’s first win of the 2021 ...Keep reading View the full article
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FINAL LAPS: Alex Bowman holds off late charge from Denny Hamlin to win
Alex Bowman overtook Denny Hamlin with only ten laps to go at Richmond, crossing the finish line after overcoming a pit road penalty. View the full article
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Kevin Harvick hits the wall HARD after losing a tire at Richmond
Kevin Harvick wrecks at Richmond with only 20 laps to go after blowing his right rear tire between turns one and two. View the full article
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Ryan Newman spins out at Richmond after making contact with Austin Cindric
Ryan Newman lost control of his car after getting clipped by Austin Cindric on Sunday. Newman was able to recover and drive off with only minor damage after tapping the wall. View the full article
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[motorsport] Nemechek tops Busch in wreck-marred Richmond Truck race
Nemechek dominated a caution-marred race Saturday at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, leading 114 of 250 laps, and held Busch at bay over the closing laps to win the ToyotaCare 250. The win is Nemechek’s second of the 2021 NASCAR Truck season and he’s quickly established himself as a championship favorite in his first full season with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Nemechek, 23, now has eight ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Truck Falls Off Bridge, Saved by Safety Chains; CyberLandr Cybertruck Camper, and a Silverado Conversion You Gotta See!
Truck Falls Off Bridge in Idaho, Saved by Safety Chains A Ford F-350 was found hanging over the railing of the Malad Gorge bridge on Idaho Interstate 84, connected to its trailer by only the safety chains. Rescuers were able to retrieve two dogs and two human occupants from the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries. Is View the full article
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[fourwheeler] What Is SHERP the Ark?! Check Out This Extreme ATV
According to the manufacturer, it’s not actually a sport utility vehicle—it’s an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). Whatever you call it, SHERP the Ark 3400 is impressive. Earlier this year on Top Gear America, Jethro Bovingdon got to—throw?—one of these 10-wheeled beasts around when the guys were comparing $250,000 luxury SUVs in Colorado. Where SHERP (The SHERP? View the full article
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Austin Dillon joins the RaceHub crew to discuss the upcoming weekend at Richmond
Austin Dillon chats with the RaceHub crew about his past performances at Richmond Raceway and what to expect there this weekend. View the full article
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[motorsport] Austin Dillon once dreaded Richmond but now "it's my favorite"
At one point early in Dillon’s Cup career, he made no secret the Virginia short track was his “least favorite” and he wouldn’t be upset if NASCAR dropped it off the schedule entirely. In his first nine races at the track with Richard Childress Racing, Dillon didn’t finish better than 13th and four times finished outside the top-20. In fall 2018, Dillon and his No. 3 Chevrolet team ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty Limited
It’s always a good thing when the time comes for one of our quarterly long-term vehicle reports and we genuinely have nothing to say. During the past three months we’ve managed to log 5,441 additional miles on our 2020 Ford F-250 Super Duty and can say with authority that we have almost no complaints. The View the full article
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[autosport] Harrison Burton to make NASCAR Cup debut at Talladega
The 20-year-old son of retired NASCAR ace Jeff Burton won four times in his first full season in the second-tier Xfinity Series last year with Joe Gibbs Racing, placing eighth in the standings, and currently lies third in the Xfinity points. He will become the fourth member of the Burton racing family to compete at Cup level when he joins the Marty Gaunt-owned team, which narrowly failed to ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Meet the Hellwagon, a 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer With a 707-HP Hellcat Swap
UPDATE: This Hellwagon is now headed to Mecum. It will be auctioned off at the Kissimee Summer Special Event from August 27-29. There’s no pre-auction estimate, but for reference the listing on the page of the shop that built this incredible Jeep Grand Wagoneer has it listed for $128,000. After talking with the owner in View the full article
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[fourwheeler] 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz First Look
It’s not every day that an automaker gets to create an entirely new category of vehicle. Or at least create a new category within their own lineup of vehicles. However, that seems to be exactly what Hyundai has done with the introduction of the all-new 2022 Santa Cruz, which the company is calling a “Sport View the full article
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[motorsport] Harrison Burton to make NASCAR Cup debut at Talladega
DEX Imaging will serve as the primary sponsor on the car. “We’re proud to represent such an innovative brand in DEX Imaging and equally proud to have Harrison make his first NASCAR Cup Series start with us,” said Marty Gaunt, President, Gaunt Brothers Racing. “As a Toyota team, we’ve seen firsthand how well Harrison has developed. He’s been racing and winning in Toyotas for years ...Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] What Is a Jeep FC Forward Control?
“What is that, a VW microbus with a Willys pickup truck bed stabbed on the back of it?” Although we’ve never actually heard somebody ask that exact question upon first laying eyes on a Jeep Forward Control FC-150 or FC-170, we can see where somebody would have a hard time positively identifying exactly what a View the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR just tried dirt racing, so what about ice?
Likely not in the United States, but the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series recently completed what it considered a very successful test of running on ice at Val Thorens, France. Team FJ took one of its 400 horsepower NASCAR Euro race cars to the mountains – utilizing studded tires – and spent a whole day testing on ice. For over 10 years, the French venue annually hosts an event dedicated to ice ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] SHR struggles amplify Chase Briscoe's rough rookie season
A best finish of 18th through the first eight races of the 2021 season; not a single lap led; and currently ranked 27th in the series standings. All this from a driver who led the Xfinity Series last year with a career-high nine wins and led more than 1,000 laps. But the problem goes deeper than Briscoe. His advancement to the Cup Series came in the same season that his Stewart-Haas Racing ...Keep reading View the full article