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JGR Continues To Dominate, Build Depth

Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington Raceway was indicative of the season Joe Gibbs Racing is having. All four JGR entries finished in the top five with Kyle Busch winning and posting his 16th perfect driver rating in the series. It was Busch’s first perfect rating at Darlington and his first since the August 2011 Bristol [...]

NASCAR Suspends Crew Members For Violation Of Substance Abuse Policy

Jackson L. Dodson II, a crew member in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Frank W. Earnhardt, a crew member in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, have been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.   On May 9, Dodson was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock [...]

Busch Dominates at Darlington as JGR Sets Nationwide Series Record

Kyle Busch dominated the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 on Friday night en route to his 56th career Nationwide Series victory and fifth series win of 2013. Joe Gibbs Racing in general was the class of the field all night at Darlington...Show More Summary

Larson Armed And Ready For Darlington

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kyle Larson received some valuable experience and advice recently that could serve him well this weekend at Darlington Raceway. Larson, along with Turner Scott Racing teammate Nelson Piquet Jr., participated in a private team test at the egg-shaped oval in April. Although Piquet had raced at the track in the NASCAR [...]

Smith Takes Over Top Spot; First Time For JR Motorsports

After a wild race Saturday evening at Talladega Superspeedway, the points lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series changed hands for the first time this season. Regan Smith was able to wrestle the points lead away from Sam Hornish Jr. with a win in the Aaron’s 312. Hornish finished 25th. When the series arrives in Darlington [...]

Rewind 10 years to see history made at Darlington

This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Series — and the Nationwide Series, for that matter — head to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Darlington is one of the most historic and favorite tracks on the circuit, so much so that it’s garnered at least two nicknames over the years — the track “Too too tough to tame” and [...]

NASCAR Nationwide Series: Aaron’s 312 at Talladega – Race Results

POS Driver Car # MFG 1 Regan Smith 7 Chevrolet 2 Joey Logano 22 Ford 3 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet 4 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet 5 Justin Allgaier 31 Chevrolet 6 Parker Kligerman 77 Toyota 7 Mike Wallace 1 Chevrolet 8 Jason White 24 Toyota 10 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet 11 Elliott Sadler 11 Toyota [...]

Piquet Pronounces Canadian Road Course Ready

The countdown to Labor Day weekend’s inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park has begun.Former Formula One competitor and current NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Nelson Piquet Jr. tested a Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado on the 2.459-mile road course this week in preparation for the Sept. 1 event. His conclusion: [...]

Kligerman Hopes For Strong Restrictor-Plate Showing

Parker Kligerman is quietly fashioning a solid season, hoping to strengthen his bid to claim the NASCAR Nationwide Series crown with a strong showing in Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Kligerman led only two laps during his most recent visit to the 2.66-mile tri-oval. Don’t let that fool you, though, as those two laps were [...]

Two NNS Teams Penalized Following Post-Race Incidents At Richmond

Penalties have been levied to two NASCAR Nationwide Series teams as a result of their involvement in separate post-race incidents following last Friday’s race at Richmond International Raceway. Thomas Costello and Michael Scearce, both crew members for the No. 2 team, have each been fined $15,000 and suspended from NASCAR until the completion of the [...]

Isn't It About Time That NASCAR Cracks Down on Fighting in the Sport?

Friday night's post-race alleged assault by two members of the Richard Childress Racing organization upon Nationwide Series driver Nelson Piquet Jr. and a still unidentified other person at Richmond International Raceway is very troubling. According to police and media reports (per USA Today), Michael A. Show More Summary

Report: Piquet Jr. spins Scott, post-race altercation leads to kick in the jewels, arrests [w/video]

It seems as if NASCAR drivers are hellbent on blurring the line between their sport and pro wrestling. Nelson Piquet Jr. and Brian Scott got into a little scuffle after a Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway recently. Show More Summary

NASCAR Nationwide Series: ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond – Race Results

POS Driver Car # MFG 1 Brad Keselowski 22 Ford 2 Kevin Harvick 33 Chevrolet 3 Kyle Busch 54 Toyota 4 Brian Vickers 20 Toyota 5 Regan Smith 7 Chevrolet 6 Elliott Sadler 11 Toyota 7 Sam Hornish Jr 12 Ford 8 Kyle Larson 32 Chevrolet 9 Travis Pastrana 60 Ford 10 Reed Sorenson 43 [...]

Two RCR crewmembers arrested after Nationwide Series race

The dispute between the teams of Nelson Piquet Jr. and Brian Scott wasn't settled on pit road after Friday night's Nationwide race. Two crewmembers from Scott's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing team were arrested and charged with misdemeanor...Show More Summary

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Group vows a nationwide series of suicide and "insider" attacks on foreign troops, military airbases and embassies.

Nelson Piquet kicks Brian Scott below the waist after Richmond Nationwide race

Do we now have a new go-to move to settle all pit road driver confrontations? Nelson Piquet and Brian Scott's on-track disagreement spilled over to pit road after Friday night's Nationwide Series race at Richmond when Scott got out of his car and approached Piquet. Show More Summary

Stenhouse Ready To Put Rookie Stripe Among Top 10

Things didn’t break Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s way at Kansas Speedway. But they knew the Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate was there. The race report shows the two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion finishing 11th – which matches his career-best finish, one position away from his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series top 10. But it also notes [...]

Video: Watch these videos of an NHRA racer's bodywork blowing off into a crowd

Just a few months ago, fan safety at racetracks was a hot topic following the last-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series crash at Daytona that sent large pieces of racecars into the grandstands injuring 33 fans. Now, a freak incident at a National...Show More Summary

Nuts for Nationwide: Analyzing The Nationwide Top Five

Kyle Busch may have stolen most of the glory so far in the 2013 Nationwide Series season, but the Nationwide championship hunt is shaping up to be one of the better battles in recent memory — that is, if things stay as close as they are heading into next week’s ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond. Sam Hornish Jr. Show More Summary

Nationwide Series Sees Some Of Its Best Competition In Recent Years

Close competition is a must in NASCAR and this season bodes one of the closest points races in recent years. Only two points separate NASCAR Nationwide Series standings leader Sam Hornish Jr. and second-place Regan Smith, and the remaining top five are all within nine points of the standings lead after the first six races of the season. [...]

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