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LEBANON, TN – RIS – Chase Elliott came on after rain caused delays on Sunday night, to rally and win the NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway. With rain in the area, officials started the race early to avoid the weather, but before the end of the second stage, parked the cars.  The race resumed at 10:00 pm with Kyle Busch leading. The 300-lap contest came down to a restart with five laps remaining. Elliott, the only driver inside the top five before the final caution to opt out of pitting, led each of the final 39 laps to claim his second victory of the season.

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LEBANON, TN – RIS – Jason Allgaier led all but 53 laps to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday.  In the end it was Allgaier holding off former Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne for the win.  It was the second win and 10th top-10 finish of the season for the 36-year-old Allgaier, who is from nearby Spaulding, Illinois.

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LEBANON, TN – RIS – It rained on the NASCAR Cup series qualifying, but not before Denny Hamlin had the fastest lap and will sit on the pole for Sundays Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway. After Mother Nature made the surprise visit to Nashville Superspeedway with a pop-up shower on Saturday, NASCAR canceled the second round of qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series at the 1.33-mile facility. His fast lap of 29.848 seconds (160.413mph) is standing as the official pole time.

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LEBANANON, TN – RIS – Ryan Preece is two-for-two.  Preece, the winner last year at Nashville Superspeedway, won again on Friday night in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and dominated the race.  The 31-year-old driver from Berlin, Connecticut, won the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rackley Roofing 200 race in 2021 and repeated Friday night before an estimated crowd of 7,000.

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NASHVILLE, TN – RIS  - Ryan Preece won the pole for Friday night's  NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race  at Nashville Superspeedway \named the  Rackley Roofing 200.  Preece motored around the track  a speed of 160.925 mph, Preece topped the charts in Friday’s qualifying session. Preece will be joined on the front row by Zane Smith, who tied his career-best effort in qualifying. Carson Hocevar clocked in third; he has now started in the top three for the last three races.  Both drivers were in Fords.

Bruton Smith at the Media Tour in 2008

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SMI release: Legendary Businessman, Philanthropist
And NASCAR Hall of Famer Bruton Smith Passes Away
Smith had trailblazing careers in motorsports, philanthropy and automotive retail, serving as Founder and Executive Chairman of Sonic Automotive,
Speedway Motorsports and Speedway Children’s Charities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 22, 2022) – A visionary and transformative figure in both business and entertainment, Ollen Bruton Smith, the founder and executive chairman of Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH), Speedway Motorsports and Speedway Children’s Charities died today of natural causes. He was 95.

Carson Hocevar dominated the race on Knoxville's dirt until the truck let him down

(KNOXVILLE, IA – JUNE 18, 2022 – RIS) “Happy Father’s Day, Dad” could be the engraving Todd Gilliland has added to the winning team owner’s trophy after he won the first Camping World Truck Series race he competed this year. The team owner for the deal that got set up just Monday is Todd’s dad, David Gilliland.

Sir Purr, the Carolina Panthers’ mascot, claimed victory in the Mascot Mayhem go-kart race as part of Monday night’s opener to the Cook Out Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway. (John Davison/CMS photo) 

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Sir Purr Roars To Mascot Mayhem Victory In Cook Out Summer Shootout Opener

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SOMONA, CA – RIS - Daniel Suarez dominated the final stage of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, pulling away at the restart and leading almost from beginning to end, holding off hard charges from Chris Buescher.

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SONOMA, CA – RIS – Kyle Busch led 45 of 75 laps to win the HASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the road course at Sonoma’s 1.99 track in wine country.  Busch held off Zane Smith in a frantic two-lap push to the finish at Sonoma  Raceway to earn his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the year; extending his record career total to 62 series victories and a streak of 10 consecutive years with at least one series win.

(SONOMA, CA – JUNE 11, 2022 – RIS) Stretching out a string back to 2017, Kyle Larson out-qualified the field for the fifth race in a row at Sonoma’s road course. In his eight NASCAR Cup Series starts on the California wine country road course, he has never started outside the top five and has one win. Kyle Larson’s pole is his 12th-career pole in his NASCAR Cup Series career.

(SONOMA, CA – JUNE 11, 2022 – RIS) Carson Hocevar accelerated his recovery from a fractured right lower fibula in last weekend’s race at World Wide Technologies Raceway by winning his career first Camping World Truck Series pole by over four tenths of a second over Ross Chastain. 

It's the Blairsville, GA driver's Sixth Eldora Crown Jewel Win
ROSSBURG, OH – JUNE 9, 2022 –Jonathan Davenport’s racing career can be summed up in two words. Battle-tested. 

Principals in school buses highlight Tuesday's shenanigans

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The 29th season of the Summer Shootout kicks off with a fender-banging Mascot Mania go-kart race among Charlotte’s high-profile sports mascots on Monday, the return of school bus racing with area principals on Tuesday, and a full slate of Legend and Bandolero racing each night

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MADISON, IL – RIS – Joey Logano passed Kyle Busch in overtime to win the NASCAR Cup Illinois 300 race on Sunday afternoon.  Logano passed Busch in Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap after Busch slid up the track. Busch had the lead ahead of the two-lap overtime finish, but Logano got the better restart and nosed ahead entering the first turn. Busch then crossed Logano over and had the edge down the backstretch, but his car didn’t stick in the groove in Turn 3 ahead of the 245th and final lap.

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PORTLAND, OR – RIS – The NASCAR Xfinity Series headed out west for a road course race and found the competitors in a race at Portland International Raceway in the rain for the most part.  Road ace A.J. Allmendinger took the lead late in the race and went on to win quite the messy event.  Allmendinger started at the rear for unapproved adjustments. He went off course before the green flag flew and slid off course another time before recovering and working his way through the field.

(MADISON, IL - JUNE 4, 2022 - RIS) Corey Heim won from the pole at the Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway in a green-white-checker overtime finish. The race was slowed by 11 cautions but 23 of the 36 trucks finished on the lead lap.

ST LOUIS, MO – JUNE 4, 2022 – RIS) Chase Briscoe and Cindric topped the final time trials results for Sunday’s inaugural Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race. The first Cup race at World Wide Technologies Raceway 

Corey Heim celebrates his pole at World Wide Technology Raceway

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Joey Logano topped the Enjoy Illinois 300 practice lap charts with a last-minute qualifying simulation on new tires to lead a Penske clean sweep of the top three lap speeds in Friday’s practice session, followed by Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric.

Denny Hamlin won the Coca-Cola 600

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(CONCORD, NC – MAY 29, 2022 – RIS) Denny Hamlin overcame a multitude of problems to win his first points race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, taking the checkered flag 0.119 second ahead of fellow Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch after two overtime attempts stretched the Coca-Cola 600 to 413 laps. Including the stage concluding flags, the race was slowed for 18 times, with one of those including a red flag when Chris Buescher’s car rolled on the front straight ‘ballfield’ after contact with Daniel Suarez’ car. Thirteen driver swapped the lead for 31 lead changes. Hamlin led three times for fifteen laps, including the final round. With regular crew chief Chris Gabehart serving a four-race suspension after a wheel and tire loss, team engineer Sam McAulay served as crew chief, earning his first home track win as a crew chief.

Denny Hamlin will start up front in the Coca-Cola 600

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(CONCORD, NC – MAY 28, 2022 – RIS) Denny Hamlin added a second Coca Cola 600 pole to his career, beating out Kurt Busch by the razor-thin margin of only three thousandths of a second for the top qualifying position in NASCAR’s longest race. Ironically, Hamlin is an owner of Busch’s car, even though Hamlin drives for the Joe Gibbs Racing team.

Josh Berry races under the checkered flag

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(CONCORD, NC – MAY 28, 2022 – RIS) Josh Berry took his second NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the 2022 season, leading 89 of the 200 laps on five different occasions, finally passing Justin Allgaier for the win on lap 178 when Allgaier slid into the wall after the two had swapped the lead back and forth several times. Ty Gibbs never led but finished second, 18 seconds in arrears, chased closely by pole-sitter Sam Mayer, with Noah Gragson about a second behind Mayer in fourth and Ryan Preece fifth. Daniel Hemric was the last car on the lead lap, finishing sixth, with Justin Allgaier a lap down in seventh.

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Officials have announced that all reserved, premium and standing-room-only seats for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 have sold out. CONCORD, N.C. (May 28, 2022) – One of the most anticipated events on the NASCAR schedule – the 63rd running of the Coca-Cola 600 – will be on display in front of a packed house on Sunday, as Charlotte Motor Speedway officials have announced that all reserved, premium and standing-room-only seating has sold out.

(CONCORD, NC – MAY 27, 2022 – RIS) Brandon Jones ruled the ARCA General Tire 150 in qualifying and the race; Zane Smith and Ty Majeski swapped the top position between NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice and qualifying sessions before and Trevor Bayne headed Xfinity practice but Sam Mayer grabbed the pole while Ross Chastain got the lead in the second overtime restart in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Camping World Truck Series race after Carson Hocevar spun.

L-R: Charlotte's Mayor Vi Liles, CMS' Greg Walter, NC Governor Roy Cooper, SMI's Marcus Smith and Michael Waltrip tour the Circle K Speed Street preview

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CONCORD, N.C. (May 26, 2022) – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper toured the all-new Circle K Speed Street at Charlotte Motor Speedway ahead of this weekend’s historic 63rd running of the Coca-Cola 600. Gov. Cooper was joined by Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Concord Mayor Bill Dusch, NASCAR on FOXbroadcaster Michael Waltrip, Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith and Charlotte Motor Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Greg Walter in visiting several of the interactive displays that thousands of fans will enjoy throughout the weekend.

(CONCORD, NC - MAY 26, 2022 - RIS) Preliminary entry lists for the events at Charlotte Motor Speedway this Memorial Day weekend. We will attempt to add the TBA names as they are made available.

(FORT WORTH, TX – MAY 22, 2022 – RIS) Ryan Blaney easily led the most laps in winning the NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway before going on to win the million-dollar special race in overtime when the caution lights came on as he approached the finish line. A slide into the wall by Ricky Stenhouse caused the last second yellow. Blaney led three Penske cars to top four finishes, with only second-place Denny Hamlin breaking up the trio of Blaney, Cindric and Logano.

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FORT WORTH, TX – RIS – The full field for the NASCAR Cup All-Star race is set.  Heading to the big show are Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., winner of the opening run, Chris Beuscher, who won the second stage, and Daniel Suarez, winner of the final 10-lap final stage.  Eric Jones, driver of the No. 43 Petty car won the fan vote and will run in the All-Star race.

FORT WORTH, TX – RIS – Kyle Busch won the pole for the NASCAR Cup All-Star Race on a fast pit stop.  In a complicated way to determine who starts first, drivers faced an elimination concept pitting driver against driver.  The eight fastest cars were faced with a competition on who might win the pole, ending in a battle of pit crews.  It all came down to Busch and Ryan Blaney for that honor.  Busch ousted Ryan Blaney in a head-to-head battle for the pole, with his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team completing a four-tire pit stop, and Busch getting a solid launch and prevailing in the race off pit road and a lap back to the checkered flag in the final matchup.

(FORT WORTH, TX – MAY 21, 2022 – RIS) Tyler Reddick gave Big Machine Racing the team’s first Xfinity Series race win, ending Chevy’s victory drought at Texas, leading William Byron across the line by nearly two seconds, taking the lead a major crash at lap 137 and leading the last 31 laps of the race. 

(FORT WORTH, TX – MAY 20, 2022 – RIS) Stewart Friesen dominated the SpeedyCash.com 220 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 60 of rhe 149 laps run and beating out Christian Eckes by 0.122 second for his third career series victory.

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FORT WORTH, TX - RIS - With a speed of 182.791 mph, Noah Gragson knocked Tyler Reddick off the pole as the last car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying session to win his first career series pole via speed at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, May 20.

(FORT WORTH, TX, MAY 20, 2022 – RIS) John Hunter Nemechek’s roll of fast qualifying runs continued in qualifying for the SpeedyCash.com 220 at Texas Motor Speedway, setting fastest time of 29.612 sec / 182.359 mph for his third straight pole of the season. “Looking forward to seeing what we can do tonight,” said the young driver. Corey Heim joins Nemechek on the front row and Stewart Friesen placed third, with Christian Eckes fourth.

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KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Kurt Busch got by Kyle Larson with eight laps to go and went on to win the NASCAR Cup race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.   Busch was near the top of the leaderbolard all day and in the end it was Larson or Busch to win.  Larson took his usual high one and Busch passed him as the No. 5 Chevy brushed the wall.  After that it was all Kurt Busch, as he never surrendered the lead.

KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS - Zane Smith dominated the Kansas NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in a dominating performance as he led 108 of 134 laps to win on Saturday night.  It was the third victory for Smith, driving the No. 38 Ford 150 out of Bob Jenkins’ Front Row Racing stable. 

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KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Christopher Bell will sit on the pole for Sunday NASCAR Cup race at Kansas Speedway.  Bell ran a fast .lap of 179.575 mph to start first.  . Tyler Reddick joins Bell on the front row after a lap of 178.855 mph. It’s Reddick’s best start of the season.  Kyle Larson (178.772 mph) qualified third. Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric (178.448) qualified fourth. Kurt Busch (178.359) completed the top five. Kyle Busch (177.983) joins his brother in the third row.

(KANSAS CITY, KS - MAY 14, 2022 - RIS) John Hunter Nemechek has become the second-generation “Front Row” qualifier in the family, joining his father Joe in posting fast qualifying times. This time, he qualified on pole position for the Heart of America 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Corey Heim will start second, with Ty Majeski and Zane Smith third and fourth.

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DARLINGTON, SC – RIS – Joey Logano did it all at Darlington on Sunday.  He won the pole on Saturday, won the Southern 500 on Sunday, and pretty much shoved William out of way  en route to his first victory of 2022 on a day he wore his “Smokin’ Joe” t-hirt under his firesuit for the first time (his father used that nickname when he was a child prodigy). 

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DARLINGTON, SC - RIS - Justin Allgaier had a rough start to begin NASCAR’s Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway, but it all turned out fine as he celebrated his first victory in 2022 and his first win in 54 consecutive races overall in 34 races.  It all started with a dead battery before the start.

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(DARLINGTON, SC – MAY 7, 2022 – RIS) Joey Logano won the pole position for the Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway, beating out Kyle Larson with a fast lap of 28.805 seconds at 170.720 mph, against the Hendrick Chevy driver's 28.887/170.236 lap. Logano's pole is his first at the old egg-shaped South Carolina oval and the 23rd pole in his NASCAR Cup Series career of 483 races.