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By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor Kyle Larson, who was without his full-time crew chief Chad Johnston this week, because of a lug nut violation at Pocono Raceway has failed post-race inspection following the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Larson came home with an impressive third-place finish, but according to NASCAR his No. 42 Target Chevrolet, prepared this week by interim crew chief Philip Surgen, fell outside of the tolerance on the laser scanner following the event. A NASCAR Spokesperson states that any penalties stemming from this violation willRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich. – In the second race that featured NASCAR’s new lower-downforce package, Joey Logano lowered the boom—again. There was one major difference between Joey Logano’s victory in Sunday’s FireKeepers 400 at Michigan International Speedway and his win May 21 in the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte. This one counted in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and punched Logano’s ticket into the Chase. But it remained abundantly clear that Team Penske already has a handle on the aerodynamic configuration the sanctioning body isRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor I’m sure I sound like a broken record by now, but Kyle Larson is closing in on finding victory lane in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.  Racing this week without his crew chief, Chad Johnston (suspended after a lug nut violation in Pocono) Larson qualified seventh for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, and he was in contention all day long thanks to some great work on restarts. “My restarts were pretty good,” Larson said after the race. “You’ve got to have a good guy behindRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – The maiden voyage of the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Pocono Raceway was shorter than planned, but race winner Kyle Larson wasn’t complaining. NASCAR awarded the checkered flag in the Pocono Green 250 to Larson when the race was red-flagged after 53 of 100 scheduled laps and then called because of persistent rain. The victory was Larson’s first of the season and fourth in the series, but it was a source of frustration to runner-up Erik Jones, who arguably had theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The 2016 Coca-Cola 600 marked the second year of NASCAR’s 600 Miles of Remembrance program. In addition to the patriotic paint schemes that many teams ran, on the windshield of every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car, where the name of the driver usually sits, was instead the name of a fallen service member. Most of the names hit close to home for each NASCAR team. For some, like SO3 Denis Christian Miranda, whose name adorned Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Target Chervolet, was once the roommateRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – For NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin, today’s Hisense 4K TV 300 marked his first Xfinity Series race of 2016. This was also Hamlin’s first race in the Xfinity Series since Dover International Speedway last fall. Hamlin qualified his Hisense USA Toyota Camry third, behind teammates Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez. The beginning of the race was filled with cautions, preventing many from getting into a rhythm. Hamlin followed Jones by Suarez as he spun his times on the start. BothRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – Ty Dillon’s Hisense 4K TV 300 began with a 10th place starting position. Dillon and his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Camaro was also fastest in the final practice session on Thursday. Dillon slipped back on the initial start, fighting hard in the middle of a three wide situation. Dillon had slight contact from the No. 12 of Ryan Blaney, but recovered. Dillon quickly fell out of the top 15. Dillon stabilized after several laps, and slowly began to move forward,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – Coming into the Hisense 4K TV 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Erik Jones sat third in points and was looking at continuing his momentum from his win two weeks ago at Dover International Speedway. Jones was fastest in the first practice and qualified his No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry on the pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race. This was the fourth pole for Jones this season. Jones easily cleared teammate Daniel Suarez as Suarez spun his tires on the start. JonesRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. – After coming within a lap of possibly winning the 2016 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Kyle Larson looks forward to the Coca-Cola 600 and the 600 Miles of Remembrance. The 600 Miles of Remembrance is a NASCAR initiative that pays tribute to Fallen Service members. For the 600 Miles of Remembrance, the names of Fallen Servicemen and women will be on the windshields of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, as well as the pacecar. Larson talked about the 600 Miles of Remembrance,Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Writer After an impressive start to All-Star weekend on Saturday morning with the rain-delayed Sprint Showdown, all eyes were on the new NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race format to see if it could equal the excitement from the preliminary race, but the new format fell well short of expectations as the Showdown overshadowed the main event. The Sprint Showdown started off with a photo finish between Trevor Bayne and Chase Elliott in the first segment of the All-Star preliminaries as Bayne made a daring three-wide pass forRead More