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[motorsport] Kyle Busch ready to kick off his "best round" in NASCAR playoffs
Of the three top drivers entering the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs (Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr.), Busch is the trio’s most recent race winner. Busch won the Sept. 22 race at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, the only driver in the trio to win in the playoffs so far. The trio’s lack of wins have raised questions about whether they will all advance to Homestead as ... Keep reading View the full article
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Will we ever see an all-electric version of NASCAR?
Spencer Gallagher talks with Daryl Motte about the possibility of having an all-electric version of NASCAR. View the full article
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Joey Logano says being a NASCAR driver gives him the perfect amount of fame
Joey Logano tells Daryl Motte why he's comfortable with the amount of fame he has as a NASCAR driver. View the full article
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Kurt Busch talks about the wild NASCAR silly season: ‘Right now it’s an owner’s market.’
Kurt Busch talks with Daryl Motte about the wild NASCAR season and why he think it's an "owner's market." View the full article
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[motorsport] Xfinity title contender Hemric docked points, loses crew chief
Hemric and his No. 21 Richard Childress Racing team were assessed an L1 penalty and stripped of 10 driver and owner points after his car was found to be too low following last Saturday’s race at Kansas Speedway. Hemric’s crew chief, Danny Stockman Jr., was also fined $10,000 and suspended from the next race, which means he will sit out the Nov. 3 playoff race at Texas Motor ... Keep reading View the full article
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AUTO RACING: Auto Racing Glance
AUTO RACING: Auto Racing Glance View the full article
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AJ Allmendinger says one of his dreams is to run a full year with Michael Shank Racing
AJ Allmendinger talks with Daryl Motte about his close relationship with Michael Shank and how someday he'd love to run a full season in one of his cars. View the full article
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Kevin Harvick talks with Shannon Spake about where the No. 4 team needs to improve
Kevin Harvick checks in with Shannon Spake to talk about how his team can reduce mistakes and where they need to improve. View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Mil-Spec Baja Beast Hummer H1
Mil-Spec Automotive (MSA) has released another Hummer H1 build. View the full article
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[motorsport] Meeke relishing "completely different" Toyota atmosphere
The former Citroen, Peugeot and Prodrive Mini driver says four-time world champion Makinen brings a different dimension to the team. Meeke has shied away from direct comparisons between the Yaris WRC he spent last week testing and the Citroen C3 WRC he drove until the French squad dropped him in May. He has, however, hinted at an improved working environment compared with what he knew at ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Latvala slump left Toyota "worried"
The Finn, who was confirmed in a Yaris WRC for another season last week, suffered a shocking run through the mid-season, but has recovered to score three podiums from the last four rallies – and finished second on the two most recent rounds in Turkey and Wales. Makinen conceded Latvala had been unlucky, suffering the brunt of Toyota’s mechanical problems, but has complimented Latvala on a ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Supercars says NASCAR demo was a 'massive hit'
DJR Team Penske dusted off the Joey Logano race-winning Ford Fusion that resides in its museum for a series of demos across the Gold Coast weekend, Supercars stars Fabian Coulthard and Scott McLaughlin taking the wheel of the Cup-spec stock car. As first reported by Motorsport.com, the demos were staged as part of a bold plan to bring a NASCAR exhibition race to the Gold Coast event as soon as ... Keep reading View the full article
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Joey Logano & Andy Petree compare Chase Elliott to the 'Big 3'
Joey Logano and Andy Petree compare Chase Elliott to the 'Big 3' through the first 6 races of the playoffs. View the full article
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[motorsport] Kurt Busch to make NASCAR TV broadcasting debut at Martinsville
Busch will serve as a race analyst for Fox Sports for Fox Sports 1’s broadcast of Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race from Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Busch will join Fox’s Vince Welch and Phil Parsons in the booth. Busch dipped his toes into the broadcasting waters during the recent Truck race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, serving as a turn announcer for Motor Racing ... Keep reading View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Cal4Wheel Raffles Off Jeep
California Four Wheel Drive Association (Cal4Wheel) is keeping with its tradition of raffling off a Jeep. View the full article
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[motorsport] New NASCAR aero rules bring speed and need to be "mentally tough"
In sharp contrast to the aero rules employed during the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, drivers noticed higher speeds during Tuesday’s Goodyear Tire test at the track. Tuesday morning’s session was spent predominantly in single-car runs, but participants still seemed to be able to notice the roughly 150 horsepower increase from the package used in ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Roush Fenway taps Scott Graves as crew chief for Newman in 2019
Graves, who originally joined RFR in 2006, most recently worked at Joe Gibbs Racing as crew chief for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suarez before he was replaced by Dave Rogers earlier this month. On Tuesday, RFR announced Graves would return to the organization to serve as a crew chief in the Cup series with Newman, who is moving over to RFR from Richard Childress Racing at ... Keep reading View the full article
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Hermie Sadler & Larry McReynolds talk Chase Elliott's momentum as he guns for a championship
Hermie Sadler and Larry McReynolds talk Chase Elliott's momentum after having won 3 of the last 11 races as he guns for a championship. View the full article
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Larry McReynolds is starting to worry about Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 team
Larry McReynolds explains why he is worrying about the recent performance of Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 team. View the full article
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Winner's Weekend: Chase Elliott - Kansas
Chase Elliott and crew chief Alan Gustafson recap the strategy that brought them to victory lane in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. View the full article
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[motorsport] Truex 'fortunate' to still be in playoffs after Kansas
The Furniture Row Racing driver sealed his passage into the round of eight with a fifth place finish at Kansas last weekend, having entered the race on the cusp of the cut-off spot. A crash at Dover and a 23rd place finish at Talladega in his "evil to drive" Toyota that suffered with rear-end handling had initially hurt his Round of 8 pursuit. It came in contrast to a promising start to the ... Keep reading View the full article
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[motorsport] Chase Elliott: "We have just as good a shot as anybody" at title
Since August, practice has made perfect. Elliott entered his third fulltime season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series saddled with the question of “When will he win?” His victory in August at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International finally answered that question and it also locked him into the playoffs for the second consecutive season. “I felt like as a team we were capable of ... Keep reading View the full article
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[autosport] Chase Elliott's recent 2018 NASCAR Cup form turnaround 'surreal'
Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott says his recent NASCAR Cup series form has been "surreal", having turned his season around to make the round of eight in the playoffs View the full article
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[fourwheeler] Episode 33 of The Truck Show Podcast: Ram SRT-10
Herb Helbig, retired Viper engineer, talks about how the Ram SRT-10 became the world’s fastest production truck. View the full article
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[autosport] Truex 'fortunate' to still be in NASCAR Cup playoff contention
Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr says he is "fortunate" to still be in the 2018 playoffs View the full article