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Personal, professional transitions in effect, Larson right at home at Auto Club

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Zack Albert NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 3:55 pm FONTANA, Calif. — The Southern California full celebrity treatment welcomed Kyle Larson upon his Friday arrival to Auto Club Speedway. The track brought some Hollywood glitz and glamour to its Walk of Fame, and Larson rolled up in style, chauffeured by the speedway’s 1948 Chevrolet […]

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Best 10-lap averages at Auto Club Speedway

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 1:47 pm Take a look at which drivers have led the way with the best 10-lap averages at Auto Club Speedway in this weekend’s practices ahead of Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). PRACTICE 2: RESULTS Pos Car Driver From […]

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Kevin Harvick leads second practice at Auto Club Speedway

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 1:42 pm After posting the fastest time in Friday’s opening practice, Kevin Harvick led the charge once again in second practice for Sunday’s Monster Energy Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Harvick ticked off a lap around the 2-mile oval at 186.075 mph in the […]

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Pit stall assignments for Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 12:47 pm See where your favorite driver will pit for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Source: https://www.nascar.com

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Full team rosters for Auto Club

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 17, 2018 at 10:35 am NASCAR announced this offseason that it will standardize at-track team rosters across all three national series in 2018, providing a structure for the number of personnel working on each vehicle during the course of a race weekend. Official team rosters for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR […]

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Teams that made qualifying lap at Auto Club have tire option

March 17, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 11:57 pm The 24 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams that passed pre-qualifying inspection and made a qualifying lap Friday at Auto Club Speedway will have the option to purchase a new set of sticker tires for the start of the race, series Managing Director Richard Buck […]

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Harvick ‘extremely confident’ No. 4 team has shot at history at Auto Club

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Pat DeCola NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 9:05 pm FONTANA, Calif. — In the immortal words of Major League II‘s Lou Brown, “We won a game yesterday. If we win one today, that’s two in a row. If we win one tomorrow that’s called a winning streak. It … has … happened … before.” […]

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Truex Jr. speeds way to Busch Pole Award at Auto Club Speedway

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 8:15 pm Martin Truex Jr. earned his second Busch Pole Award of the season and his first at Auto Club Speedway when he sped his No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota around the track at 186.567 mph in the final round of Friday qualifying. Truex, who also started […]

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Ryan Blaney gets rare treat while making DC Comics stop

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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Brad Keselowski went off the grid to climb mountains and marvel at the majesty of California’s giant sequoias. Keselowski’s Team Penske teammate, Ryan Blaney, did something altogether different.

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Bubba Wallace learns about life, fate and racing from ‘The King’

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service March 16, 2018 at 4:58 pm Since a spectacular and celebrated runner-up finish in his season-opening Daytona 500 debut, Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. says he’s found a necessary balance between huge optimism and a big dose of confidence that comes with such a fantastic season start and the harsher […]

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Harvick speeds to fastest practice lap at Auto Club

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 3:30 pm Kevin Harvick, winner of the last three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, continued his speedy ways at Auto Club Speedway as he raced his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to the fastest time in Friday’s practice session, recording a lap at 189.066 mph. Harvick’s […]

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Jimmie Johnson on the future: ‘I will be around a while’

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 2:07 pm Jimmie Johnson said he viewed news that longtime sponsor Lowe’s will depart sponsorship of his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in 2019 as “an opportunity” to find a new sponsor who will support a proven seven-time NASCAR champion. “This is really a unique opportunity,” Johnson […]

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Fontana frenzy: Logano’s block, Hamlin’s crash and Busch’s victory

March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Chase Wilhelm NASCAR.com March 16, 2018 at 9:39 am Fierce racing, doors banging on the final lap and short tempers highlight the mayhem that was the 2013 Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Ahead of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, Sirius XM), take a […]

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March 16, 2018 RNW Staff

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Nominations for Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award to close March 23

March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Brad Norman NASCAR.com March 15, 2018 at 3:09 pm DAYTONA BEACH – The caution is out. Nominations for The NASCAR’s Foundation 2018 Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award will close on Friday, March 23, at midnight. The award honors the philanthropic ideals and vision of the late Betty Jane France, who started the foundation in […]

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Harry Gant

March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 15, 2018 at 1:47 pm Born: January 10, 1940 Hometown: Taylorsville, NC   Premier Series Stats Competed: 1973-94 Starts: 474 Wins: 18 Poles: 17 Years on Ballot: 1   Harry Gant was a man with many nicknames: “Handsome Harry” for his good looks, the “Bandit” due his long-time sponsor Skoal […]

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March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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Exclusive: Kurt Busch’s Darlington throwback scheme revealed

March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Staff Report NASCAR.com March 15, 2018 at 12:01 pm Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kurt Busch played a starring role in one of the most memorable finishes in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history — and certainly the closest. This season marks 15 years since Busch and Ricky Craven battled door-to-door, to and through the start/finish […]

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March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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Long before Tyler Reddick and Elliott Sadler put triple-zeros in the margin-of-victory column last month at Daytona, one NASCAR finish stood alone for paper-thin proximity. Fifteen years later, it still stands out for its bustle, its drama and yes, those famed .002 seconds that determined a winner and second place. Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch […]

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How Ricky Craven’s No. 32 from closest finish found a fitting resting place

March 15, 2018 RNW Staff

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By Zack Albert NASCAR.com March 15, 2018 at 8:13 am As with any historic moment, plenty of artifacts exist from Ricky Craven’s final big-league NASCAR win. Where they all wound up 15 years later is a story in itself. Foremost among the memorable pieces: the bright, Tide-sponsored PPI Motorsports No. 32 that Craven drove to […]

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