Author: Wayne Owens

NBC Sports Toyota Camry Sponsored In The NASCAR Cup Series After seeing some unique setups from the issues with the Gen 7 car and the injuries its caused, to the difference in payouts received from the purse at tracks, all the way down to the way the sanctioning body handles its rules, today set a new precedent that proves the balance of money spent and received need a SERIOUS rebalancing Seeing an article today in the Sports Business Journal, there was talk about how the media rights deal that NASCAR has in place with NBC and FOX work with the…

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The CARS Solid Rock Carriers Late Model Stock Tour is by far one of the best shows in racing right now, and last night proved even more so why that is a true statement. After 11 years of sitting dormant, hundreds, if not thousands of hours of manpower, volunteers cleaning and prepping the track, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who had the idea to clean it up to scan it for iRacing, we got to see the stars of the CARS Tour take to the track, in front of 20,000-plus fans in attendance for the inaugural running of the Window World…

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What’s the old saying? Cautions breed cautions, however weather also played a big factor as well. The XFINITY race originally was on rain delay from its scheduled start time of 7:30 pm, all the w ay until 10:45 pm when the green flag flew. From the onset, Noah Gragson and the JR Motorsports stable as well as AJ Allmendinger and Kaulig Racing battling through Stages 1 and 2 and remained fairly quiet, Stage 3 however, was the most interesting part of the night. Fast forward to the last ten laps of the race, well after midnight Eastern time in…

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What else can be said about Kyle Larson, that hasn’t been said already? The Hendrick Motorsports driver knows how to win, and do so in commanding fashion. Yesterday at Watkins Glen, saw Larson take a sweep of the weekend, and in a bit of a “déjà vu” moment at that, with him in victory lane, and AJ Allmendinger in the runner-up position. Larson, who started shotgun to polesitter and fellow Hendrick teammate, Chase Elliott simply could not be stopped. The race itself was under red flag conditions for the better part of almost 90 minutes Sunday as intense rain and…

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Kyle Larson, who by all accounts is one of the most dominant drivers in motorsports today, showed his prowess yet again today at Watkins Glen International. The 30-year-old, Elk Grove, California native never fails to impress as Saturday saw him go head to head with XFINITY Series points leader AJ Allmendinger. Larson stated “I got lucky.” In front of the frontstretch crowd and the audience watching on the USA Network. Granted, it appears that it was more than luck, as skill played the biggest factor as he was running third with five laps to go when Hendrick teammate William Byron…

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