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Keselowski Wins At Texas, Clinches XFINITY Owner’s Title For Penske

By Reid Spencer

FORT WORTH, Texas—Brad Keselowski’s love affair with the Lone Star State continued in full force on Saturday with a hard-fought NASCAR XFINITY Series victory in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway.

Keselowski grabbed the lead from Coors Light Polesitter Austin Dillon on Lap 189 of 200 after a restart with 16 laps left in the race. The No. 22 Team Penske Ford finished 1.137 seconds ahead of the No. 88 JR Motorsports entry driven by Kevin Harvick, who passed Dillon for the runner-up spot with four laps left.

The victory was Keselowski’s second of the season, his second at the 1.5-mile speedway and the 34th of his career. The eighth win of the season for the No. 22 Ford (accomplished by Keselowski and teammates Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney) clinched the third straight XFINITY Series owner’s championship for Roger Penske.

“To get our team owner, Roger Penske, No. 4 as far as XFINITY championships go, I’m really proud of that,” said Keselowski, who also won a series title as a driver in 2010. “When I came to (Team Penske) in 2010, we didn’t have any, and now we have four in five years, so I’m really proud of that accomplishment.”

In his last four starts at Texas, Keselowski has won twice and finished second twice. In his last 12 XFINITY Series starts at the Cowtown track, Keselowski has posted 11 finishes of seventh or better.

Victory Lane, however, hardly seemed a likely destination for Keselowski in the early going. Harvick and Kyle Busch dominated the opening laps and came to pit road running 1-2, respectively, for pit stops under caution on Lap 79.

But a broken shifter proved Busch’s undoing, as his No. 54 Toyota was limited to fourth gear and fell out of the running for the victory. Under that same caution, the second of the race, Harvick returned to pit road twice because of a loose wheel and spent the bulk of a subsequent 34-lap green-flag run regaining the positions he lost.

Kyle Larson also took a turn at the front of the field, leading 50 laps before a tire rub finally popped his left rear on Lap 176 and sent his No. 42 Chevrolet spinning through the tri-oval and out of the lead, handing the top spot to Harvick, who was in close pursuit.

Harvick came to pit road with the lead but left in third place under caution on Lap 181, leaving Keselowski and Dillon to battle for the top position after a restart on Lap 185.

“First off, Austin Dillon was really good and he was one of the toughest guys to beat,” Keselowski said in Victory Lane. “He ran a heck of a race. Harvick looked really good, Kyle Busch looked really good and Kyle Larson I thought was going to run away with the race until he had that flat.

“There was a lot of competition out there today, and that makes this win very special for the whole Discount Tire Ford team.”

Erik Jones ran fourth behind Keselowski, Harvick and Austin Dillon, with Ty Dillon taking the fifth spot. Chris Buescher came home 11th but moved closer to the series title. With two races left, he leads eighth-place finisher and reigning series champ Chase Elliott by 24 points.

“It isn’t comfortable yet,” Buescher warned. “It is a cushion that we have, and I guess you average that out to 12 spots per race, so if we go out and finish top-10 the last two, we should be in good shape.

“That would be cutting it too close for comfort, but we need to just have some solid runs the next two weeks.”

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday, November 07, 2015

1. (2) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 200, $74829.

               2. (8) Kevin Harvick(i), Chevrolet, 200, $56590.

               3. (1) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 200, $47982.

               4. (3) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, 200, $43341.

               5. (9) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, $35321.

               6. (5) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 200, $33389.

               7. (11) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 200, $30662.

               8. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, $30590.

               9. (4) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, $28454.

               10. (14) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 200, $30317.

               11. (12) Chris Buescher, Ford, 200, $26711.

               12. (13) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 200, $26155.

               13. (18) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 200, $25624.

               14. (6) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 200, $19195.

               15. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 200, $25567.

               16. (24) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, 200, $24841.

               17. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200, $24715.

               18. (19) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 200, $24589.

               19. (7) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Ford, 199, $24462.

               20. (23) Ryan Truex, Ford, 199, $24836.

               21. (25) Blake Koch, Toyota, 198, $24210.

               22. (21) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 198, $24078.

               23. (15) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 197, $23927.

               24. (26) Mason Mingus(i), Chevrolet, 195, $23775.

               25. (32) David Starr, Toyota, 194, $23774.

               26. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 193, $23497.

               27. (22) Ray Black Jr.(i), Chevrolet, 192, $23371.

               28. (33) Eric McClure, Toyota, 190, $23245.

               29. (38) Martin Roy, Chevrolet, 190, $23169.

               30. (29) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 189, $17419.

               31. (37) Derek White, Chevrolet, 188, $23063.

               32. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 180, $23002.

               33. (16) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 178, $16962.

               34. (35) Harrison Rhodes #, Chevrolet, Engine, 102, $22927.

               35. (31) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Handling, 42, $16863.

               36. (28) Mike Bliss, Toyota, Transmission, 40, $21200.

               37. (36) Josh Reaume #, Dodge, Suspension, 14, $14200.

               38. (27) TJ Bell(i), Toyota, Electrical, 12, $19200.

               39. (40) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, Vibration, 9, $12200.

               40. (34) Jeff Green, Toyota, Transmission, 4, $11200.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 139.607 mph.
Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 08 Mins, 56 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.137 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 4 for 23 laps.
Lead Changes: 17 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders:   A. Dillon(i) 0; B. Keselowski(i) 1-8; A. Dillon(i) 9-54; K. Busch(i) 55-59; K. Harvick(i) 60-78; K. Busch(i) 79; B. Keselowski(i) 80-117; K. Larson(i) 118-121; B. Keselowski(i) 122-123; K. Larson(i) 124-163; B. Keselowski(i) 164-165; R. Sieg 166; D. Armstrong 167-169; K. Larson(i) 170-175; K. Harvick(i) 176-180; B. Keselowski(i) 181; A. Dillon(i) 182-189; B. Keselowski(i) 190-200.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): B. Keselowski(i) 6 times for 62 laps; A. Dillon(i) 2 times for 54 laps; K. Larson(i) 3 times for 50 laps; K. Harvick(i) 2 times for 24 laps; K. Busch(i) 2 times for 6 laps; D. Armstrong 1 time for 3 laps; R. Sieg 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 1,126; C. Elliott – 1,102; T. Dillon – 1,096; R. Smith – 1,095; E. Sadler – 1,008; D. Wallace Jr. # – 1,001; D. Suarez # – 1,000; B. Scott – 959; B. Gaughan – 959; R. Reed – 854.

November 7, 2015
Kyle Busch Outduels Teammate Matt Kenseth for 75th XFINITY Win

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Overcoming obstacles in the XFINITY Series is commonplace for Kyle Busch.

In Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Busch brushed aside a pit road speeding penalty, a hole in the nose of his No. 54 Toyota, a pit stop that dropped him to seventh for the penultimate restart, an unwelcome green-white-checkered-flag restart and a teammate who had the fastest car for much of the afternoon.

The end result was Busch’s 75th XFINITY Series victory, extending his own record. Busch won for the third time at Kansas and for the fifth time in 20 starts this season.

The race also saw Chris Buescher add one point to his series lead over Chase Elliott. Though both drivers had issues — Elliott a wreck during qualifying that sent him to a backup car and the back of the field; and Buescher a pit road speeding penalty — Buescher won a drag race to the stripe to come home sixth to Elliott’s seventh and leads the standings by 27 points over the defending champion.

But the final 43 laps of the event were vintage Kyle Busch. Restarting seventh on Lap 157 after the seventh caution of the afternoon, Busch surged into second place in a single lap. For the next 28 circuits, he harried teammate and eventual runner-up Matt Kenseth before clearing his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate through Turn 4 on Lap 185.

Busch survived a green-white-checkered after Joey Gase’s engine blew and oiled the 1.5-mile track with five laps left. Picking the outside lane, Busch cleared Kenseth entering the first turn and pulled away to win by .607 seconds.

“I wasn’t sure we had enough for that 20 car (Kenseth) today, but there at the end of the race, the track was cooling down and certainly getting freer and it looked like Kenseth just was too loose,” Busch said. “And I was able to really get the gas down and drive real hard and had a good car to stick through the corner.

“This Monster Energy Camry was awesome, (crew chief) Chris Gayle and the guys did a fantastic job for me in getting me a really good piece there at the end to be able to battle with Matt, and it’s cool to end up in Victory Lane any day… I wasn’t sure how I was going to get the pass done, but fortunately, finally there I was able to do it.”

Kenseth suffered a loose-handling condition late in the race and couldn’t keep Busch behind him.

“It’s frustrating to get beat again,” said Kenseth, who has finished second in each of his last four XFINITY Series starts. “We were out front in Chicago and had the better car, but second is the (next) best place to finish, I guess.

“Kind of aggravating when you get beat, but we were too free at the end. I didn’t give Wheels (crew chief Mike Wheeler) good enough information on the tires. I did everything I could to hold off Kyle except for wrecking. Just couldn’t do it.”

Joey Logano finished third, followed by fourth-place Ty Dillon and fifth-place Regan Smith.

Busch would like nothing better than to duplicate his victory in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kansas (2:15 p.m. ET on NBC). After a 20th-place finish last Sunday at Charlotte in the first race of the Chase’s Contender Round, Busch could earn a spot in the Eliminator 8 Round with the ninth XFINITY/Sprint Cup weekend sweep of his career (including his three-series sweep at Bristol in 2010).

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – Kansas Lottery 300
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
Saturday, October 17, 2015

1. (4) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 204, $80362.
2. (1) Matt Kenseth(i), Toyota, 204, $74147.
3. (10) Joey Logano(i), Ford, 204, $51553.
4. (5) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 204, $46468.
5. (3) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 204, $40735.
6. (2) Chris Buescher, Ford, 204, $39801.
7. (12) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 204, $35943.
8. (15) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 204, $33833.
9. (6) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 204, $33734.
10. (8) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 204, $32818.
11. (14) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Ford, 204, $31338.
12. (18) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 204, $30784.
13. (16) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 204, $30230.
14. (23) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, 204, $29716.
15. (7) Kevin Harvick(i), Chevrolet, 204, $23577.
16. (9) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 204, $23041.
17. (17) Ryan Reed, Ford, 204, $28953.
18. (20) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 203, $28491.
19. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 203, $28280.
20. (13) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 203, $28568.
21. (19) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 203, $27957.
22. (22) David Starr, Toyota, 203, $27841.
23. (11) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 203, $27705.
24. (30) Mason Mingus(i), Chevrolet, 201, $27595.
25. (25) Blake Koch, Toyota, 200, $27608.
26. (31) Eric McClure, Toyota, 198, $27347.
27. (34) Harrison Rhodes #, Dodge, 195, $27237.
28. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Engine, 187, $27115.
29. (40) Jennifer Jo Cobb(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 138, $20964.
30. (24) Cale Conley #, Toyota, Accident, 113, $27153.
31. (33) Korbin Forrister(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 103, $26697.
32. (26) Michael Self, Chevrolet, Engine, 95, $26586.
33. (29) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, Handling, 79, $26470.
34. (39) Ryan Ellis(i), Chevrolet, Fuel Pressure, 53, $20358.
35. (35) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Fuel Pressure, 51, $20221.
36. (28) TJ Bell(i), Toyota, Electrical, 30, $24040.
37. (38) Timmy Hill(i), Chevrolet, Vibration, 25, $17040.
38. (37) Mike Harmon, Dodge, Engine, 20, $22040.
39. (32) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, Engine, 14, $21040.
40. (27) Jeff Green, Toyota, Suspension, 3, $14040.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 121.455 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 31 Mins, 10 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.607 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 42 laps.
Lead Changes: 7 among 2 drivers.

Lap Leaders: M. Kenseth(i) 1-117; K. Busch(i) 118-151; M. Kenseth(i) 152-175; K. Busch(i) 176; M. Kenseth(i) 177-181; K. Busch(i) 182; M. Kenseth(i) 183-184; K. Busch(i) 185-204.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): M. Kenseth(i) 4 times for 148 laps; K. Busch(i) 4 times for 56 laps.

Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 1,093; C. Elliott – 1,066; R. Smith – 1,060; T. Dillon – 1,057; D. Wallace Jr. # – 976; E. Sadler – 974; D. Suarez # – 962; B. Gaughan – 927; B. Scott – 922; R. Reed – 825.

October 17, 2015
NASCAR Racing Schedule for Kansas Speedway

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series travel to Kansas Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. All of the on-track action will be broadcast on NBC Sports Live Extra. Please see the full schedule below.

All times are Eastern.

Friday, Oct. 16:

On Track:

1-2:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
2:30-3:20 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
4:30-5:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
6:15 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra

GarageCam: (Watch live)

12:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series
4 p.m.: XFINITY Series

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

11:30 a.m.: Joey Logano
11:45 a.m.: Chris Buescher
Noon: Matt Kenseth
12:15 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
2:30 p.m.: Carl Edwards
3:30 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
7:15 p.m.: Post-NSCS qualifying

Saturday, Oct. 17:

On Track:

11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
12:45 p.m. ET: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra
2:30-3:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
4 p.m.: XFINITY Series Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra (Green flag: 4:18 p.m. approx.)

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

6:45 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race

Sunday, Oct. 18:

On Track:

2:15 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles) – NBC/Live Extra (Green flag: 2:31 p.m. approx.)

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

5:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Series Race

TV Schedule- Additional NASCAR Coverage

Saturday, Oct. 17:

2 p.m.: NASCAR America Live – NBCSN
3:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN

Sunday, Oct. 18:

11 a.m.: NASCAR RaceDay – FOX Sports 1
1 p.m.: NASCAR America Sunday – NBCSN
1:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN
6 p.m., NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Post-Race – NBCSN
6:30 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap – NBCSN
Midnight: NASCAR Victory Lane – FOX Sports 1

October 15, 2015
Weekend Schedule for Kansas

Here’s the weekend lineup for the NASCAR weekend at Kansas Speedway.

The Sprint Cup Series hits the track first on Friday at 1:00 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. The Sprint Cup practice sessions can also be heard on MRN. I’ve seen some conflicting reports on this with some outlets saying NBCSN and others saying CNBC. The XFINITY Series hits the track at 2:30 p.m. for their first practice session. That can be seen on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. They’ll be on track again for their final practice session at 4:30 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. Sprint Cup Series qualifying begins at 6:00 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. You can also hear the radio broadcast on MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio (subscription required for the latter). Forty-four cars are entered for the race, so one will fail to make the field.

The Sprint Cup cars hit the track on Saturday for their second practice session at 11:30 a.m. on CNBC and NBC Sports Live Extra. XFINITY Series qualifying starts at 12:30 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. With 41 cars on the entry list, one will fail to make the show. Sprint Cup Series final practice starts at 2:30 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. Countdown to Green for the XFINITY race starts at 3:30 p.m. on NBCSN. The green flag flies for the Kansas Lottery 300 at approximately 4:18 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. You can also hear the radio broadcast on MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

NASCAR Raceday hits the air Sunday at 11:00 a.m. on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports Go. NASCAR America Sunday starts at 1:00 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. Countdown to Green starts at 1:30 p.m. on NBC. Motor Racing Network hits the air at 1:30 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies begin at 2:00 p.m. The green flag for the Hollywood Casino 400 flies at approximately 2:31 p.m. on NBC and NBC Sports Live Extra. You can also hear the radio broadcast on MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. The post-race show starts shortly after the conclusion of the race on NBCSN. NASCAR Victory Lap starts at 6:30 p.m. on NBCSN. NASCAR Victory Lane starts at midnight on Fox Sports 1.

October 15, 2015
Dillon on Fire in Charlotte

CONCORD, NC – Austin Dillon was on fire at Charlotte Motor Speedway; at one point, literally. Dillon qualified his No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet on the pole for Friday’s Drive for the Cure 300 by edging fellow cup driver Kasey Kahne with a speed of 183.524 mph. During pre-race activities, one of the fireworks that were set off, misfired and landed on Dillon and his car, burning his fire suit. Dillon laughed it off and went on to win the race, which capped a sweep of both XFINITY races at Charlotte this year.

“I was actually praying, and the fireworks hit me in the back,” Dillon said. “I didn’t know if it was a sign from God or what. But it got me going right there with a firework in the butt.”

After the race, Dillon thanked his team and dedicated the victory to two friends who are fighting breast cancer.

“It’s pretty cool to say we’ve swept both races at our home track,” Dillon said. “We didn’t start the race very strong. I told Danny (Stockman, crew chief) we were really tight and needed to make some adjustments. He made great calls and took big swings at it. Those guys made this Rheem Chevrolet fast. We pulled away there at the end, it was great.

“This is a special win for us not only as a team but me personally. I know two people close to me that are battling breast cancer and this win is for them. It’s an honor to be able to bring home this trophy for them. I hope it brings a few smiles when they’re having a rough day.”

Kyle Busch appeared to have the car to beat, leading a race-high 102 laps. He also took the all-time lead in the XFINITY series at Charlotte with 1,288 laps led, breaking the previous record held by Mark Martin with 1,257.

However, he lost several spots during a lap 147 restart. As he tried to work his way back to the front, he and Kahne got into a battle for third place that saw both cars touch a number of times. Busch eventually got the spot, but Kahne drove deep into Turn 3 and got into Busch which sent him into the outside wall. Both cars were damaged in the incident, but Busch clearly got the worst of it. He pulled his car off the track, finishing 31st and left without commenting.

When asked about the incident, Kahne said, “Kyle got mad because he got into it with his teammate (Jones) off Turn 2 on the start. “That shuffled him back to where I was,” Kahne continued, “and I’m racing to try to get by him. He started beating on me down the back and on the front, and I overdrove Turn 3 and got into him.”

Erik Jones was a distant second, followed by Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez and Regan Smith. Series leader Chris Buescher finished seventh and extended his lead in the series to 26 points over Chase Elliott who finished ninth.

The NASCAR XFINITY Series travels to Kansas Speedway next Saturday for the Kansas Lottery 300.

Click here for the complete results.

October 10, 2015
NASCAR Racing Schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway

This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series will compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway while the Camping World Truck Series is off. All of the on-track action will be broadcast on NBC Sports Live Extra. Please see the full schedule below.

All times are Eastern.

Thursday, Oct. 8:

On Track:

1:30-2:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
3-3:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
5:30-6:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
7:20 p.m: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN/Live Extra
8:40 p.m.: Whelen Southern Modified Tour race (150 laps, 37.5 miles)

GarageCam: (Watch live)

1:00 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series
2:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

12:15 p.m.: Regan Smith
3 p.m.: Carl Edwards
4 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
8:20 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series qualifying

Friday, Oct. 9:

On Track:

3:30-4:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
4:45 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra
6:30-7:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
8 p.m.: XFINITY Series Drive for the Cure 300 Presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra (Green Flag 8:18 p.m. approx.)

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

10:15 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race

Saturday, Oct. 10:

On Track:

7 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 501 miles) – NBC/Live Extra (Green Flag 7:21 p.m. approx.) – RACE POSTPONED TO SUNDAY DUE TO RAIN

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

10:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race

Sunday, Oct. 11:

Pre-Race Schedule:

11:40:00 a.m.: NSCS Drivers Introductions
12:30:00 p.m.: Start of the Bank of America 500 (334 Laps, 501 Miles)

On Track:

12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 (334 Laps, 501 Miles) – NBC/Live Extra (Leaderboard)

TV Schedule- Additional NASCAR Coverage

Thursday, Oct. 8:

5 p.m.: NASCAR America Live – NBCSN

Friday, Oct. 9:

6 p.m.: NASCAR America Live – NBCSN
7:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN

Saturday, Oct. 10:

4 p.m.: NASCAR RaceDay – FOX Sports 2
5 p.m.: NASCAR America Live – NBCSN
6 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN
11 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Post-Race – NBCSN – Postponed Due To Rain
11:30 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap (tape) – NBCSN – Postponed to Sunday Due To Rain
12:30 a.m.: NASCAR Victory Lane – FOX Sports 1 – Postponed Due To Rain

October 7, 2015
Regan Smith outduels Cup regulars for “Hisense 200” win

By Brian Citino

DOVER, Del. (Oct. 3, 2015) — When Kyle Busch leads 110 laps in a NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Dover International Speedway, chances are you’re going to see him in Sunoco Victory Lane at the end of the race.

So when he was out in front of the field for most of the early part of Saturday’s “Hisense 200” NASCAR XFINITY Series race, typically you’d win a few dollars if you placed a wager on him finishing in the same position. But in racing, especially at this level, nothing is guaranteed.

And so it was that a typical Dover scene morphed into a very atypical one, as Regan Smith led the final 80 laps of the race and captured his first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory at the Monster Mile.

“It was a really fulfilling win for a lot of reasons,” Smith said. “With this group of guys and Jason [Burdett] as our crew chief, it’s been a really good year.”

Following a rain delay and a red flag of almost 31 minutes after the race’s halfway point, Smith was able to get the lead from the two race favorites, Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, to capture the lead in his No. 7 Fire Alarm Services Chevrolet. And he didn’t look back from there.

“It’s all about track position,” Busch said. “It’s everything, and I didn’t have it.”

Following a lengthy run in Dover’s NASCAR XFINITY Series history that saw NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regulars earn wins in the lower series, 2015 has told quite a different story. Fans have been treated to wins from NASCAR XFINITY Series regulars Chris Buescher in the spring, and now Smith this weekend.

“Kyle Busch is the man here,” Smith said. “I said earlier that I didn’t know if I could run with him or Denny [Hamlin]. I wanted to see if we could keep up with them. As the restart played out, we had to earn [the lead]. But yeah, you know any time you beat the Gibbs cars, you’ve worked your tail off.”

Jason Burdett, crew chief for the No. 7, said he was surprised they were able to get ahead of the Gibbs duo, but knew his car was good enough if it got track position.

“The first half of the race, obviously, [Hamlin] and [Busch] were the class of the field,” Burdett said. “The clean air makes such a big difference. I knew if we got out into clean air that we had an opportunity.”

The win, paired with a 28th-place finish for Ty Dillon, moved Smith into third place in the standings, 36 points behind XFINITY Series leader Buescher.

Hamlin and Busch finished second and third, respectively, with Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson rounding out the top five.

October 3, 2015
NASCAR Racing Schedule for Dover and Las Vegas – Updated

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series will compete this weekend at Dover International Speedway while the Camping World Truck Series travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra. Events for the Camping World Truck Series can be seen on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2.

All times are Eastern. Please note that all times are subject to change due to weather conditions.

Friday, Oct. 2:

On Track – Dover:

11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)
1:30-3:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)
3:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER) (Lineup)

GarageCam: (Watch live)

10:30 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)
1 p.m.: XFINITY Series (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)

Press Conferences – Dover: (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

9:45 a.m.: Joey Logano
10 a.m.: JRM/One Main Financial announcement
10:15 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
10:30 a.m.: Kyle Busch
12 p.m.: Matt Kenseth
12:25 p.m.: Clint Bowyer
1:30 p.m.: Jeff Gordon

Saturday, Oct. 3:

On Track – Dover:

8:35-9:20 a.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – CNBC/Live Extra (CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER)
11:30-12:15 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
12:15 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra – CANCELED –(Lineup)
2-2:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
3:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Hisense 200 (200 laps, 200 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra

Press Conferences – Dover: (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

5:15 p.m.: Post-XFINITY Series Race

On Track – Las Vegas:

Noon-2:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – FS2
7:05 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS2
10 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 (146 laps, 219 miles) – FS1

Sunday, Oct. 4:

On Track – Dover:

2:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 (400 laps, 400 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra

Press Conferences – Dover: (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

5:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race

October 1, 2015
Blaney Soars to Second Kentucky Win in XFINITY Series Overtime Showdown

Sept. 26, 2015
By Chris Knight

SPARTA, Ky. – Ryan Blaney would not be denied Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway.

In fact, Blaney may owe a pushing Regan Smith dinner after a green-white-checkered restart proved to be the saving grace for the driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang, who won his second NASCAR XFINITY Series win of the season in Saturday night’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300.

Blaney appeared to be heading towards Victory Lane, but an attack from Ty Dillon on a restart with eight laps to go sent him from first to third.

Then, a caution waved with four laps remaining and reset the field into overtime.

“We were just even with the 3 (Dillon), and the 7 (Smith) gave us a good push [on the final restart],” said Blaney who captured his fourth career XFINITY Series win. “Luckily we were able to get a good [push] and just get a little bit of position on the 3 to kind of use up the race track and get in front of him. I knew once we were clear we had a really good shot at it.

“A great Discount Tire Ford Mustang. We were great all night. It was just a matter getting up the front. Clean air was so important.”

As for the next-to-last restart, which saw Blaney’s winning chances temporarily fall, momentum worked against him.

“Kentucky is such a great race track because you can see three or four wide racing in the first corner and as the leader you have to protect and I didn’t know where the 7 (Smith) was going, he kind of faked me out going to the top and that was able to open up the middle and it just lost all of our momentum.”

For Dillon, he was frustrated with his runner-up performance.

“First of all, I am disappointed for second, and that’s a good thing,” said Dillon. “I’m proud to be sitting here saying that. Earlier this year, we didn’t have that opportunity to say that very often. Man, it hurts when you’ve got a big lead with four to go – I don’t even know what the caution was for – but, that’s a stinger.”

Just before halfway Brennan Poole spun in Turn 1 collecting Harrison Rhodes and spewing liquid from Poole’s car putting the field under the red flag for cleanup.

The race was halted for 18 minutes and 27 seconds, with the field returning to idle conditions with the race resuming with 95 laps remaining.

Brandon Jones grabbed the lead on a busy restart and held it through the next caution. With rain in the area, Jones stayed out, while others pitted.

When racing resumed, Jones controlled the field for 16 laps until Blaney made the pass to retake the lead on Lap 128 and through green flag pit stops, set the tone for the finish of the final stand-alone race of the season.

Chris Buescher, who finished seventh, now leads Dillon by 19 points in the standings with six races remaining. Chase Elliott, who finished fourth, is third, 25 points out.

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race – VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300
Kentucky Speedway
Sparta, Kentucky
Saturday, September 26, 2015

1. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 201, $85169.

               2. (4) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 201, $55180.

               3. (3) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 201, $43973.

               4. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201, $36199.

               5. (22) Brandon Jones(i), Chevrolet, 201, $29266.

               6. (6) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 201, $27116.

               7. (9) Chris Buescher, Ford, 201, $28504.

               8. (10) Erik Jones(i), Toyota, 201, $25292.

               9. (14) Darrell Wallace Jr #, Ford, 201, $25664.

               10. (16) Matt Tifft(i), Toyota, 201, $25134.

               11. (12) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 201, $23783.

               12. (26) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 201, $23353.

               13. (2) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 201, $25398.

               14. (18) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 201, $22437.

               15. (13) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 201, $22650.

               16. (25) Cale Conley #, Toyota, 201, $22113.

               17. (27) Dylan Kwasniewski, Chevrolet, 201, $16206.

               18. (11) Ross Chastain #, Chevrolet, 201, $21875.

               19. (7) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 200, $21761.

               20. (29) David Starr, Toyota, 199, $22137.

               21. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 197, $21531.

               22. (39) Martin Roy, Chevrolet, 197, $21425.

               23. (1) Daniel Suarez #, Toyota, 197, $24698.

               24. (36) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 195, $15167.

               25. (19) Ryan Reed, Ford, 195, $21210.

               26. (34) Carl Long, Toyota, 194, $14954.

               27. (38) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 192, $14847.

               28. (23) Ryan Truex, Ford, Accident, 187, $14741.

               29. (33) Eric McClure, Toyota, Accident, 174, $20615.

               30. (15) Ben Rhodes, Chevrolet, Accident, 167, $20809.

               31. (20) Dylan Lupton, Chevrolet, Accident, 118, $20402.

               32. (17) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, Accident, 96, $20291.

               33. (35) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Suspension, 52, $14200.

               34. (28) Harrison Rhodes #, Chevrolet, Accident, 46, $20109.

               35. (32) TJ Bell(i), Toyota, Rear Gear, 27, $14012.

               36. (21) Michael Self, Chevrolet, Accident, 25, $18889.

               37. (37) Ryan Ellis(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 16, $11889.

               38. (40) John Jackson, Jr., Dodge, Vibration, 12, $10889.

               39. (31) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration, 3, $9889.

               40. (24) Blake Koch, Toyota, Accident, 2, $14889.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 110.238 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 44 Mins, 06 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.519 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 10 for 55 laps.
Lead Changes: 17 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   D. Suarez # 0; B. Scott 1-28; T. Dillon 29-32; D. Wallace Jr # 33; T. Dillon 34-54; R. Blaney 55-84; T. Dillon 85-87; D. Suarez # 88; E. Jones(i) 89-94; B. Scott 95-111; B. Jones(i) 112-127; R. Blaney 128-152; T. Dillon 153-161; E. Jones(i) 162-168; D. Suarez # 169; R. Blaney 170-192; T. Dillon 193-198; R. Blaney 199-201.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): R. Blaney 4 times for 81 laps; B. Scott 2 times for 45 laps; T. Dillon 5 times for 43 laps; B. Jones(i) 1 time for 16 laps; E. Jones(i) 2 times for 13 laps; D. Suarez # 2 times for 2 laps; D. Wallace Jr # 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 982; T. Dillon – 963; C. Elliott – 957; R. Smith – 935; D. Wallace Jr # – 874; E. Sadler – 872; B. Scott – 857; D. Suarez # – 852; B. Gaughan – 836; R. Reed – 735.

September 27, 2015
NASCAR Racing Schedule for New Hampshire and Kentucky

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series will race this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway while the XFINITY Series travels to Kentucky Speedway. Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra. Events for the Camping World Truck Series can be seen on FOX Sports 1. Please see the full schedule below.

All times are Eastern.

Friday, Sept. 25:

On Track – New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

Noon-1:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
1:30-2:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice – FOX Sports 1
3-4:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – FOX Sports 1
4:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra
GarageCam: (Watch live)

11:30 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series
1 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

10:45 a.m.: Joey Logano
11 a.m.: Cole Custer and John Hunter Nemechek
11:15 a.m.: Matt Kenseth
3 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
3:30 p.m.: Ryan Newman
5:45 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Qualifying

On Track – Kentucky Speedway:

3:30-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
6-7:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra

Saturday, Sept. 26:

On Track – New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

9-9:55 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
10:10 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 1
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice- CNBC/Live Extra
1 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 175 (175 laps, 185.15 miles) – FOX Sports 1

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

3 p.m.: Post-Camping World Truck Series Race

On Track – Kentucky Speedway:

4:45 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra
8 p.m.: XFINITY Series VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra

Sunday, Sept. 27:

On Track – New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

2 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 (300 laps, 317.4 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra

Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

5:15 p.m.: Post-Sprint Cup Series Race

TV Schedule- Additional NASCAR Coverage

Friday, Sept. 25:

6 a.m., NASCAR America (re-air) – NBCSN
7 a.m., NASCAR America (re-air) – NBCSN
2:30 p.m., 1979 Daytona 500 (re-air) – FOX Sports 1

Saturday, Sept. 26:

12:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Setup – FOX Sports 1
6 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying (re-air) – NBCSN
7:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN

Sunday, Sept. 27:

11:30 a.m.: NASCAR Race Day – FOX Sports 1
1 p.m.: Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge – Circuit of the Americas (tape) – FOX Sports 1
1 p.m.: NASCAR America Sunday – NBCSN
1:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series: Countdown to Green – NBCSN
5:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show – NBCSN
6 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap – NBCSN
11:30 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap (re-air) – NBCSN
12:30 a.m.: NASCAR Victory Lane – FOX Sports 1

September 24, 2015