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[motorsport] Kyle Busch on Atlanta: "It was ours to lose and we lost it"
Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race turned into a one-on-one battle between the brothers as together they led 235 of the 260 laps (Kurt had the most with 144). But it was Kyle who emerged as the leader thanks to a lightning-fast green-flag pit stop on Lap 213 by his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew. Kurt, however, stayed in the hunt and as the two raced side-by-side coming off Turn 4 on Lap ...Keep readingView the full article
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HIGHLIGHTS: Kurt Busch wins at Atlanta after battle against brother Kyle
Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart at Atlanta Motor Speedway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Kurt Busch outduels brother Kyle in dramatic Atlanta Cup win
After spending much of the race swapping the lead, Kyle Busch emerged as the leader on Lap 213 of 260 following the final round of green-flag pit stops. But Kurt did not go away and methodically began chasing Kyle back down. With the help of Kurt’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Ross Chastain, slowing him up, Kurt passed Kyle with 25 laps remaining. Although Kyle mounted several more ...Keep readingView the full article
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FINAL LAPS: Kurt Busch bests brother Kyle in wild finish at Atlanta
Kurt Busch picked up his 33rd career victory on Sunday at the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400. View the full article
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[motorsport] Sunday's Atlanta Cup race briefly halted for track repairs
During the break between Stages 2 and 3 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race and following pit stops, drivers and track officials noticed several chunks of asphalt had come up in the racing groove near the restart zone on the frontstretch. NASCAR ended up halting the race for nearly 20 minutes while a crew made repairs to the affected area. Atlanta was last repaved 24 years ago ...Keep readingView the full article
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Suarez, Stenhouse Jr. and Ware wreck at Atlanta
Cody Ware created a chain reaction wreck after getting loose and making contact with Anthony Alfredo, causing Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Daniel Suarez to lose control and slam into the wall. View the full article
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[motorsport] IndyCar veteran Marco Andretti wins SRX race at Slinger
The third-generation racer whose grandfather is Mario Andretti and father is Michael Andretti held off local star Luke Fenhaus in a two-lap shootout to take the win at the 1/4-mile, high-banked asphalt oval. “Honestly, I know it’s not a popular win, but I tried to be as clean as possible,” said Andretti, 34. “I’m so proud of him (Fenhaus). I’m trying to learn from him, to be honest ...Keep readingView the full article
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HIGHLIGHTS: NASCAR Xfinity Series Credit Karma Money 250
Kyle Busch lands his 102nd win at Atlanta for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Credit Karma Money 250. View the full article
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[motorsport] Kyle Busch wins Atlanta Xfinity race after contact with teammate
Busch held off a wild charge from Jeb Burton on the restart of a two-lap overtime but held on to win Saturday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, winning all five of his series starts this season and claiming his 102nd career win. The race is likely the last for Busch in the series, who said he would step away from the series after he hit win No. 100, which he did earlier this season ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Austin Hill survives 4 OTs to win chaotic Knoxville Truck race
Hill was ruled the leader when a caution came out during the third of four overtimes to take the lead for just the second time in the race. When the fourth two-lap overtime began, Hill got a strong restart, cleared for the lead and held off Chandler Smith by 1.207 seconds to win the first series race at the iconic dirt half-mile track. “We got stuck back in the field and I ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Is it now or never for Kevin Harvick this season at Atlanta?
Harvick is currently ninth in the series standings – and still likely headed for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – but he is far off his stellar 2020 season in which he won a career-high nine races and led more than 1,500 laps. Harvick has yet to earn a win this season and has led a total of 39 laps in the first 20 races. He’s still tops at SHR as the next higher driver in points – Chase ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] NASCAR awaits final sign-off of crash results on Next Gen car
Motorsport.com obtained a copy of a memo sent to Cup Series teams last weekend at Road America from John Probst, NASCAR’s senior vice president of innovation and racing, in which he provided an update to the Next Gen rollout. In the memo, Probst says a crash test of the current spec Next Gen car was done June 30 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway using a crash dummy and was autonomous ...Keep readingView the full article
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[autosport] Is it now or never for Kevin Harvick's 2021 NASCAR Cup season at Atlanta?
Harvick is currently ninth in the series standings – and still likely headed for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs – but he is far off his stellar 2020 season in which he won a career-high nine races and led more than 1500 laps. Harvick has yet to earn a win this season and has led a total of 39 laps in the first 20 races. He’s still top at SHR as the next highest driver in points – Chase ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] WRC confirms partial 2022 calendar including nine events
Dates for the opening two events have been confirmed to give teams a firm timeframe to prepare their all-new cars as the WRC prepares to launch its new Rally1 regulations, which will see Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford run hybrid machines. The 2022 campaign, which could extend to 13 events, will once again kick off at Monte Carlo from January 20-23, followed by a trip to Sweden as crews ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] Breen to join Hyundai WRC line-up for Rally Ypres
The Irishman will drive the third Hyundai factory entry at the August 13-15 event in place of Spaniard Dani Sordo, who has contested the last three events held on gravel roads. As previously reported, Breen has been drafted back into the line-up for next week’s Rally Estonia, which will be his first WRC event since April’s Rally Croatia, where he and co-driver Paul Nagle finished ...Keep readingView the full article
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[motorsport] M-Sport reveals new Ford Puma 2022 WRC car
The British team has taken the covers off its new Rally1 prototype at Goodwood where the car will be completing demonstration runs at the famous Festival of Speed event this week. M-Sport has been working hard behind the scenes developing its new 2022 car although in tests earlier this year it had been running a car based around a Ford Fiesta shell. There had been suggestions that the ...Keep reading View the full article
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Larry Mac on NASCAR’s new July 4th race, Trackhouse, and Hendrick Motorsports under watch? | MCREYNOLDS’ RUNDOWN
On this edition of McReynolds' Rundown, Larry discusses the idea of a new July 4th racetrack, Trackhouse buying Ganassi Racing and if Hendrick Motorsports might be under the microscope. View the full article
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[motorsport] Chase Elliott joins his dad in SRX Series finale at Nashville
Elliott, 25, will compete in the SRX series finale on July 17 at Nashville (Tenn.) Fairgrounds Speedway, joining his NASCAR Hall of Fame father, Bill Elliott, who has been a regular in the series during its inaugural season. SRX, founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and George Pyne, features 12 drivers in identical cars competing in six short track races on a mix of pavement and ...Keep reading View the full article
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Radioactive: Road America – “Getting my (expletive) ass kicked.”
Radioactive from Road America for the NASCAR Cup Series for the Jockey Made In America 250. View the full article
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[motorsport] Atlanta Motor Speedway to reconfigure banking and be repaved
The 'Next Generation' Atlanta Motor Speedway will be narrower than before and have the banking increased from 24 to 28 degrees -- higher than any other intermediate track on the NASCAR schedule. The track width will be deceased from 55 feet to 40 feet in the corners. The frontstretch will be 52 feet wide and the backstretch 42 feet. The current track surface is the oldest in NASCAR and ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Elliott enjoyed his moment at Road America. NASCAR can, too
Elliott had secured a win earlier this season, but it was a rain-shortened event at the Circuit of the Americas – not exactly the best circumstances under which to celebrate. Sunday, however, in front of the largest crowd in the history of the iconic road course, Elliott pulled of a suspenseful burnout on the frontstretch in tight quarters then did another after his TV interview in Turn 5 ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Australia targeting WRC return in 2023
The governing body announced today that it is already working on wooing the WRC back to Australia, with 2023 the current target. That should be well after Australia re-opens its international borders, something that has led to a number of event cancellations over the past 18 months, including this year's Formula 1 and MotoGP races. “Regaining our place on the international calendar for the ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Results won’t change Ogier’s mind on WRC future
The seven-time WRC champion indicated earlier this that he intended to only contest a part campaign next year and dovetail that with possible circuit racing outings. After winning four of the opening six rallies of the season, Ogier’s performances coupled with uncertainty as to how many rallies he will do next season has sparked suggestions he may extend his full-time WRC stay for the full ...Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] "More to come" from Road America runner-up Bell after bad run
The 26-year-old scored his maiden Cup win on the Daytona road course earlier this year, but had endured a disappointing run of form with just five further top-10 finishes in the following 17 points-paying races prior to Road America. Bell had a gradual rise up the order in Sunday's race, earning a penalty for driving through too many pit boxes while pitting under caution between Stages 1 and ...Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Ross Chastain says pair of Ganassi top-10s "a calming factor"
Both Ross Chastain and Kurt Busch showed good speed in Sunday’s race at Road America and remained in contention through 62-lap event on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course. It was the first Cup series race at the track in 65 years. Chastain ended up seventh and Busch fourth, marking just the third time both drivers have finished in the top-10 this season and all three times have come in the ...Keep reading View the full article