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By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor The news we expected came down Wednesday. Hendrick Motorsports announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least the next two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races while he continues to recover from concussion-like symptoms. This will undoubtedly drop Earnhardt from Chase contention, and upon his return, Earnhardt will have to hope for a health waiver from NASCAR (which should be awarded) at which point he will then have to win a race before the end of the regular season if he wants to Chase hisRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer After retiring from the cockpit in 2015, four-time series Champion Jeff Gordon will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the next two events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway. Gordon will be filling-in for his former teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is recovering from concussion-like symptoms that also caused him to sit out this past weekend at New Hampshire. “I know there’s probably a lot of speculation about what type of injury or symptoms I’m dealing with,” said Earnhardt on hisRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Eldora Speedway, Christopher Bell took home the victory in a thrilling finish as he held off a hard charging Bobby Pierce. Bell scored the victory on half-mile dirt oval in his third career Truck Series race, while Pierce scored the first ever top five for his MB Motorsports team. Truck Series Chase 10 races into the 2016 Camping World Truck Series Season, there have been six different winners. Only one of those winners, Kyle Busch,Read More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer Will Power took his third victory of the year in the No. 12 Verizon Penske Chevrolet yesterday on the streets of Toronto. In doing so, the points battle at the top of the order in the Verizon IndyCar Series has tightened considerably. Here are five takeaways from this weekend’s action. 1 ) First to Worst Just seven days ago, Tennesse’s Josef Newgarden was the talk of the town, having thoroughly trounced the entire field in Iowa. He earned high praise, considering the fact that heRead More

TORONTO (Sunday, July 17, 2016) – Will Power feels he’s been on the wrong side of enough caution periods in the Verizon IndyCar Series that he’ll gladly accept the timely one that helped him win the Honda Indy Toronto. The 2014 series champion claimed his third win of the season and third on the streets of Exhibition Place by 1.5275 seconds over teammate Helio Castroneves, driving directly into the 2016 championship conversation in the process. Power now sits second in the standings despite missing the season opener, 47 points behindRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer At the beginning of the weekend, New Hampshire Motor Speedway looked like it would be a promising race for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookies. Chase Elliott topped the final practice session after qualifying in the seventh position. Ryan Blaney qualified 14th with fellow rookies Brian Scott and Chris Buescher mired deep in the field. Scott was the first rookie to find issues as he was hit with a pass thru penalty for having too many crewmembers over the wall on lap 39. Scott wasRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – In a race that saw many of the usual suspects go into hiding in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth battled to the front of the field from the 18th starting position and pulled away after a late restart to win Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Winning for the second time this season and for the third time at the Magic Mile, Kenseth crossed the finish line 1.982 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart, who solidified his position inRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer At the start of the weekend, the New Hampshire 301 did not look as if it would be a good race for Greg Biffle and his No. 16 NESN Fuel Ford Fusion team. Biffle was 34th in the opening practice, and qualified his Roush Fenway Racing Ford in the 28th position. In the following practices on Saturday, Biffle’s team improved his car, as he was 15th fastest in the second practice. Biffle was 19th fastest in the final practice. After the race went green onRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor The pressure on the shoulders of Alex Bowman must have been immense all week long, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell as the young driver from Tucson, Arizona looked calm, cool and collected while driving in relief of NASCAR’s most popular driver — Dale Earnhardt Jr. Bowman got the call mid-week to run the Sprint Cup Series race for Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 88 team, after Earnhardt found out that what he believed to be a sinus infection was actually symptoms of a concussionRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor For the past three years, Tony Stewart seemed to be a punchline of many jokes in the NASCAR circle. However, after how Stewart has performed over the last month, not many competitors who are vying to hoist this season’s Sprint Cup trophy are laughing anymore. Stewart looks focused, determined and the 45-year old driver showed his competitive spirit again in the New Hampshire 301 on Sunday. Stewart started the day from the 12th position, and he held serve by the time the competition caution came out on lap 35. UnderRead More