Heading into the year, Chip Ganassi has faced a lot of criticism, merely surrounding moving up Kyle Larson to the Sprint Cup Series this year. While some may expect success immediately, Ganassi realizes that there is a learning curve and says it'll take one step at a time and was pleased with Larson's Budweiser Duel performance.
By a narrow margin, with a push from Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith edged Brad Keselowski by 0.013 seconds to win the season-opening Drive4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Jeff Gordon's luxurious career began racing quarter midgets in Rio Linda, California at five-years-old, now at 42-years-old he's became one of the most successful NASCAR competitors in history. However, his impressive 22-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career is nearing its conclusion.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2014 season began with an astounding photo finish between Timothy Peters and Kyle Busch. Tonight the trophy will be given to ‘Rowdy’ who made an outside pass on Peters to snatch the win by only 0.017 hundredths of a second.
So far, Denny Hamlin has mastered the art of Budweiser Speedweeks. He won the Sprint Unlimited on Saturday night, and he backed that up by winning the Budweiser Duel last night. Now the driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota looks towards the next task - winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
Matt Kenseth would win the first Budweiser Duel in a crazy three-wide dash to the finish, while Denny Hamlin won the second Budweiser Duel in a crash-filled finish.
Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, is currently in a battle to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, which will begin at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6.
It was just three years ago that one of the sport’s most iconic venues, North Wilkesboro Speedway, was revived to welcome NASCAR back to its hallowed grounds.
