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KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Kyle Larson won his ninth NASCAR Cup race on Sunday which was the second time this season he has won three Cup races in a row. His magical season was capped by the fact that his car number and paint scheme mirrored the scheme Rick Hendrick, son of car owner Rick Hendrick, used on his short career in NASCAR.  Twenty-one years ago, Ricky was killed in a place crash traveling to the Martinsville Cup race, but the day is still celebrated every year.

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KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Ty Gibbs won his fourth race of an abbreviated season by taking the checkers at Kansas Speedway in playoff race on Saturday. Gibbs passed playoff driver and defending series champion Austin Cindric with 11 laps remaining in the 200-lap Kansas Lottery 300 at the 1.5-mile oval. It’s the fourth time in the five postseason races so far that a non-playoff driver has gone to Victory Lane.

Kyle Larson notched another win

FORT WORTH, TX – RIS – Kyle Larson became the first driver to be part of the NASCAR Cup  final four at Phoenix Speedway. Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway found Larson dominating the race even though he had plenty of drivers who were very competitive chasing him. Larson led 256 of 334 laps at the 1 1/2-mile track and got his eighth win this season, staying in front through seven restarts in the final stage. Three of those restarts came after incidents involving other playoff contenders in the closing laps.This was the first chance for anyone to guarantee a shot at racing for the Cup title in Phoenix on Nov. 7.

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FORT WORTH, TX – RIS – John Hunter Nemechek used a two-tire final pit stop to gain track position and roared back to pass Daniel Hemric to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.  He was in the No.54 Toyota from Joe Gibbs Racing made famous by Kyle Busch was competing in the series. With 20 laps to go, his march to the front was impressive. 

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(CONCORD, NC – OCT 14, 2021 – RIS) Tony Stewart announced today that Tony Stewart Racing will field a Top Fuel dragster for his fiancée Leah Pruett and a nitro Funny Car for current champion Matt Hagan.

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(CONCORD, NC - OCT 13, 2021) Monday and Tuesday were the first truly open test sessions for the new Next Gen car that will see its first on-track competition at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with the Feb 6, 2022 'The Clash at L. A. Memorial Coliseum.'

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NASCAR completed a two-day Next Gen test at Charlotte Motor Speedway and as part of that, Travis Geiser, NASCAR competitiondirector for Team Penske, answered some questions from members of the media on Tuesday afternoon. Here is a transcript of that session.

Kyle Larson celebrates with another epic burnout

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(CONCORD, NC – OCT. 10, 2021 – RIS) A problem with the battery and alternator belt couldn't keep Kyle Larson out of Victory Lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway's Bank of America ROVAL™400. After the crew replaced the battery and alternator belt and he dropped back in the pack, Larson drove back to the front to lead the last eight laps of the race, beating out Tyler Reddick by 0.782 second. Chris Buescher took third, another eight plus seconds back with Kyle Busch fourth and Denny Hamlin fifth.

'Dinger taking his third consecutive ROVAL checkers

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(CONCORD, NC - OCT 9, 2021 - RIS) Break out the brooms: AJ Allmendinger took the checkered flag for his third straight victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 on Charlotte Motor Speedway's ROVAL™. Current champion Austin Cindric finished second, followed by Daniel Hemric, Justin Haley, Brandon Jones and Noah Gragson. All of the top six finishers are locked into the next round of the playoffs. 

Can Chase Elliott win his third-straight ROVAL?

Starting Line Up 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400, Sunday, Oct. 10
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Starting Line Up 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400, Sunday, Oct. 10
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Pos, Driver, Car
1) Denny Hamlin (P), No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota
2) Brad Keselowski (P), No. 2 Wurth Ford
3) Joey Logano (P), No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford
4) Christopher Bell (P), No. 20 Irwin Trade Strong Toyota
5) Martin Truex Jr. (P), No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota
6) Ryan Blaney (P), No. 12 DEX Imaging Ford
7) Kevin Harvick (P), No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford
8) Chase Elliott (P), No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
9) Kyle Busch (P), No. 18 M&M's Toyota
10) Kyle Larson (P), No. 5 HendrickCars.com 

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Ford Press Release: DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 5, 2021 – • Former Ford GT driver and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Joey Hand will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Will Chase Elliott win his third consecutive Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 and to punch his ticket to the Round of 8 in NASCAR's 2021 Playoffs? Can Denny Hamlin find Victory Lane for the first time ever at Charlotte? Which driver might play Playoff spoiler on the ROVAL? Storylines abound heading into this weekend's pivotal Playoff showdown. (RIS photo – John Davison)

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 4, 2021) – The drama of the NASCAR Playoffs shifts into high gear this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, as the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 and the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina give NASCAR’s championship contenders one final shot to advance to the Round of 8.

Bubba Wallace celebrates in Victory Lane

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TALLADEGA, AL – RIS – Darrell “Bubba” Wallace won the rain-shortened NASCAR Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday.  The race was postponed on Sunday due to rain, but the rain persisted on Monday, but the race was called because of more rain and NASCAR monitoring the situation on radar. 

(TALLADEGA, AL – OCT 2, 2021 – RIS) Following North Carolinian Tate Fogleman's first career win in the Camping World Truck Series race earlier, Brandon Brown scored his first career Xfinity Series race when encroaching darkness after a pair of late race cautions forced NASCAR to end the race under caution before the scheduled distance.

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TALLADEGA, AL – RIS – Tate Fogleman spun leader John Hunter Nemechek out on the final lap of the NASCAR Camping World truck race in overtime to win in an upset.  The final lap saw To0dd Gilliland leading with Nemechek alongside.  Nemechek was able to get by the damaged truck with lap the lap to go.  Before the finish line, Fogleman turned Nemechek and took the checkers.

cancer survivors join Daniel Hemric and Kurt Busch in painting pit wall pink

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CMS Press Release: CONCORD, N.C. - Sept. 28, 2021 – Alongside dozens of pink shirt-wearing breast cancer survivors, NASCAR drivers Kurt Busch and Daniel Hemric joined officials from Charlotte Motor Speedway and Blue Cross NC in painting Charlotte Motor Speedway's pit wall pink on Tuesday.

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LAS VEGAS, NV - RIS -Denny Hamlin moved on to field of eight with a convincing victory in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Hamlin outran the field in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in his second win of the season, leading 137 of the 267 laps in the South Point 400. His first victory at the 1.5-mile Nevada oval was the 46th of his Cup Series career.

Josh Berry celebrates his win

(LAS VEGAS, NV – SEP 25, 2021 – RIS) Josh Berry took advantage of driving as a sub for Michael Annett to capture his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series race, sweeping around Justin Allgaier after late green flag pit stops to win the first Xfinity playoffs race by over four seconds. Berry's car headed a JR Motorsports sweep of the top three positions, followed by Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson. Reigning 2020 champion Austin Cindric came home in fourth position, with Daniel Hemric finishing fifth.

Christian Eckes Leads Thorsport Four Truck Sweep at Las Vegas
(LAS VEGAS, NV – SEP 24, 2021 – RIS) Christian Eckes made personal and series history in taking his first career NASCAR win, heading the four Thorsport trucks to a first-ever top four finish for the same team. Ben Rhodes took second, followed by Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter. Rhodes' second place finish moved him into the points lead as the series goes to Talladega next weekend.

Josh Hart in Friday qualifying

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Josh Hart scored a monumental NHRA Top Fuel upset in Sunday's DEWALT NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway; Hart edged Top Fuel points leader Brittany Force Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Kyle Koretsky (Pro Stock) and Angelle Sampey (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also scored victories on Sunday at the Bellagio of drag strips
Charlotte Motor Speedway's Fall Season of Speed continues with the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 Oct 9-10

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BRISTOL, TN - RIS - Kyle Larson won the NASCAR Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway, but he had help.  It is a long story, but in the end, teammate Chase Elliott, who had fallen laps down while battling with Kevin Harvick, decided to help fellow Hendrick Motorsports driver Larson.  The incident is in the eye of the watcher, but regardless, Larson won the race with Kevin Harvick second.  The result was familiar.

John Force toppd the Nitro Funny Car class

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Forces Dominate Nitro, Stanfield Tops Pro Stock, Steve Johnson Quickest Motorcycle at DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals
NHRA Release: CONCORD, N.C. – Both Brittany and John Force enjoyed another impressive performance in qualifying on Friday, as each raced their way to provisional No. 1 positions in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. 

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BRISTOL, TN - RIS - AJ Allmendinger went sliding across the finish line after he was hit by Austin Cindric to win Friday night’s Xfinity Series race and beat Cindric for the regular-season title.  In the final laps a late caution bunched the field together and led to a final run to the checkers,  The end featured more rubbing,  Cindric had an ample lead before the caution, but a determined Allmendinger shove and pushed his way for the lead with one lap to go.  The result was just what the fans wanted.  Although they booed Cindric early, he was later cheered.

(BRISTOL, TN – SEP 16, 2021 – RIS) Chandler Smith took advantage of a late race restart to lead the final five laps of the UNOH 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after Sheldon Creed dominated, leading 190 laps. Creed finally lost the lead after the final restart, ropping bac, to finish 19th after a tire went down.

(RICHMOND, VA – SEP 12, 2021 – RIS) Martin Truex Jr overcame penalties to head a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep of the top three finishing positions in the Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders at Richmond Raceway. Denny Hamlin led just under half the laps, running at the front for 197 of the 400 laps, while Truex was in front for 80 laps. Christopher Bell led 10 laps on his way to the third-place finishing position, while the fourth Gibbs driver, Kyle Busch, finished ninth after a couple of penalties that sent him down pit road and possibly cost him a win. The four Gibbs cars led 326 laps of the race distance. 

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RICHMOND, VA – RIS – Noah Gragson remains white hot in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series.  He won his second consecutive race on Saturday afternoon by beating the field.  He had earlier won last week at Darlington Raceway. Gragson held onto the lead after a restart with seven laps to go and held off Justin Haley on Saturday for the win.

Hamlin celebrates his win with a burnout

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(DARLINGTON, SC – SEP 5, 2021 – RIS) Denny Hamlin drove to his fourth victory at Darlington and first of the 2021 season, winning the 2021 Cook Out Southern 500. Hamlin stayed in front of a charging Kyle Larson to take his 45th career NASCAR Cup Series win in a race that saw several Playoffs qualified driver knocked out of the race early.

(DARLINGTON, SC - SEP 5, 2021 - RIS) Sheldon Creed ran roughshod over the field in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series In It to Win It 200 at Darlington, heading the field for 104 of the 147 laps and only easing off late in the race. John Hunter Nemechek and Chandler Smith were the only other lap leaders, with Smith at the front for 4 laps during a caution and Nemechek leading once for the 39 remaining laps of the "Lady in Black as Darlington is known.

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DARLINGTON, SC - RIS - Noah Gragson held off Harrison Burton in overtime to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday afternoon.  In a race dominated by Denny Hamlin in the famous No.54 Toyota Supra from Joe Gibbs’ shop, Gragson had what it took to hold off the competition.  What it took was a large launch on the restart in the overtime period.  Burton made it a close finish, but in the end Gragson got his first win of 2021 and trip to the playoffs. It looked for a while like a NASCAR Cup Series regular, Denny Hamlin, might take the victory.  But a penalty on the final pitstop with less than 10 laps to go took him out of contention and opened the door for Gragson.

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – RIS – Ryan Blaney survived a rough and rowdy late race melee and went on to hold of Chris Beuscher in the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway for his second straight win and momentum in the coming playoffs.  The win came in overtime. Blaney dodged every wreck and held on to the lead as the laps ran down.  It was his third win of the season, the first time he has had multiple wins.

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – RIS – Justin Haley nipped teammate A.J. Almendinger on the final lap to win the NASCAR Xfinity race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday afternoon.  The race was scheduled to be held on Friday night, but rain prevented any racing at after Lap 19.  The race was the first of two races at the 2.2-kmile speedway on Saturday.  The NASCAR Cup cars will race at 7:00 PM Saturday night.  Haley’s team, Kaulig Racing has won six of the last eight speedway races.

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BROOKLYN, MI – RIS – Ryan Blaney passed William Byron on a late restart and then held off the field for victory in the NASCAR Cup Firekeeper’s Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Though many will say Blaney was the surprise winner, but in a race which ran more like a speedway race (see Daytona and Talladega), his driving was masterful.  It all started with a big push as the drivers came to the restart with ten laps to go.  Kyle Busch’s push propelled Blaney to the lead, which he never gave up. Blaney edged Byron by 0.077 seconds – the closest finish on the two-mile track since electronic scoring began. He has two victories this season and six overall. He only led once for those final eight laps.

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BROOKYN, MI – RIS - AJ Allmendinger won his second straight Xfinity Series race in a triple overtime win at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday. Allmendinger held off Brandon Jones, who finished runner-up after multiple overtimes due to cautions toward the end of the event.

MADISON, IL – RIS - Defending Camping World Truck series champion Sheldon won the playoff NASCAR Camping World truck series at WWT Raceway on Friday night in dominating fashion.  Creed won the first two stages and toped it off with a victory as he took the checkers at the end of the race.  He took the lead on Lap 3 and never looked back. It took him only 20 seconds to advance that lead to two seconds.

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(SPEEDWAY, IN – AUG 15, 2021 – RIS) AJ Allmendinger more than made up for his disappointment in Saturday's Xfinity Series race by leading the last two laps of a second overtime restart to take his second career NASCAR Cup victory.

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(SPEEDWAY, IN - AUG 14, 2021 - RIS) Austin Cindric set a big exclamation point on the Indycar/NASCAR Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard NASCAR Xfinity Series race on the heels of Will Power's win in the Indycar race in a Penske Indianapolis car. 

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WATKINS GLEN, NY – RIS – Kyle Larson ran up front all day and cruised to victory in the NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. It was Larson’s fifth win of 2021.  He finished ahead of teammate Chase Elliott..  Elliott had won the past two races at Watkins Glen but started at the back for an inspection violation that also led to the ejection of crew chief Alan Gustafson, among other penalties. He had to avoid a spinning Ryan Newman on the second lap in Turn 1. .Elliott was also docked ten driver points and other penalties. It is third time among Larson’s five wins that Elliott has finished second to Larson. Among Elliott’s two wins this year, Larson finished second to him once.

(WATKINS GLEN, NY – AUG 7, 2021 – RIS) Ty Gibbs had a "Monster" of a race in the Xfinity Series Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 – winning his third series race of the ten he has contested this year, dominating the race over Watkins Glen's 2.45 mile road course, leading five times over 43 of the 82 laps with Austin Cindric's 22 laps in front next.

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WAKTINS GLEN, NY – RIS – Austin Hills won the lightning shortened NASCAR truck series race at Watkins Glen International for his second win of the season.  Hill made it two wins at WGI.  He had yesterday won the ARCA series race at the Glen. The United Rentals 176 became the United Rentals 150, as multiple lightning strikes within an eight-mile radius of the track along with the scheduling of the NASCAR Xfinity Series event, forced the sanctioning body to shorten the series’ regular season finale, 11 laps short of the finish.

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Earlier today it was announced that Brad Keselowski will be joining Roush Fenway Racing as a full-time driver and minority owner of the organization beginning in 2022.  A press conference was held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame to discuss the deal, which included Jack Roush and Steve Newmark of Roush Fenway Racing, Ed Weiss of the Fenway Sports Group and Keselowski.