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Justin Nguyen

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Justin is not an off-road racer, but he writes about it for The Checkered Flag.
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NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Cup COTA race dubbed Texas Grand Prix, tyre test set for early March with former champs

By Justin Nguyen
February 25, 2021
4 Mins read

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas will be named the EchoPark Texas Grand Prix (a term not common in NASCAR). In advance, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., and Brad Keselowski will do a tyre test next Tuesday.

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NASCAR Truck Series

Air Force vet Keith McGee making NASCAR Truck debut at Richmond with AF Reserve support

By Justin Nguyen
February 25, 2021
2 Mins read
Keith McGee, who served in the US Air Force for 8 years, will make his NASCAR Truck début at Richmond in April with Reaume Brothers Racing and sponsorship from the Air Force Reserve.
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Friday practice, heat races confirmed for NASCAR Bristol dirt weekend

By Justin Nguyen
February 24, 2021
2 Mins read
When the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series run the Bristol dirt race for the first time, heat races and a Friday practice session will precede the main events.
NASCAR Cup SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series

Points leaders Denny Hamlin, Austin Cindric to start on poles for Homestead

By Justin Nguyen
February 24, 2021
4 Mins read
NASCAR Cup points leader Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Sunday’s race at Homestead, while Xfinity championship leader Austin Cindric will do the same for his series’ race the previous day.
NASCAR Cup Series

Steve Letarte to crew chief Corey LaJoie in first race since 2014, filling in for Ryan Sparks due to COVID-19 protocol

By Justin Nguyen
February 24, 2021
1 Mins read
NBC analyst Steve Letarte will return to being a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief at Sunday’s Homestead race for Corey LaJoie. Regular CC Ryan Sparks is out due to COVID protocol.
NASCAR Cup Series

USAC ace Chris Windom joins Rick Ware Racing for Cup debut on Bristol dirt

By Justin Nguyen
February 23, 2021
2 Mins read
Dirt track star Chris Windom has joined Rick Ware Racing for his NASCAR Cup Series début in the Bristol dirt race in March.
NASCAR Xfinity Series

After Daytona RC win, Ty Gibbs receives 14 more Xfinity races from JGR beginning Phoenix

By Justin Nguyen
February 23, 2021
3 Mins read
Fresh off winning his NASCAR Xfinity Series début, Ty Gibbs will run 14 more races in the series for Joe Gibbs Racing starting at Phoenix in March.
NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR fines, gives 1-race suspension to Chip Ganassi for COVID-19 protocol violation

By Justin Nguyen
February 22, 2021
1 Mins read
Chip Ganassi has been fined $30,000 and suspended for one race by NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s COVID-19 protocols during the Daytona road course weekend.
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

2021 Whelen Euro season pushed back a month to May, GP Italy moved from spring to fall

By Justin Nguyen
February 22, 2021
2 Mins read
The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season opener at Circuit Ricardo Tormo has been postponed by a month from 17–18 April to 15–16 May. The original May race at Autodromo di Vallelunga will have a new date announced later.
NASCAR Cup Series

Christopher Bell wins maiden Cup race with late pass in O'Reilly Auto Parts 253

By Justin Nguyen
February 21, 2021
10 Mins read
With an overtake on Joey Logano coming to the white flag, Christopher Bell is a NASCAR Cup Series race winner. The 2021 season has now started with two first-time winners.
NASCAR Xfinity Series

Super start to Ty Gibbs' Xfinity career, wins in series debut in Super Start Batteries 188

By Justin Nguyen
February 21, 2021
5 Mins read
18-year-old Ty Gibbs, in his Xfinity Series début with no prior experience in NASCAR’s national series, held off reigning champ Austin Cindric to win at the Daytona road course.
NASCAR Truck Series

Ben Rhodes wins bargain-bin Daytona endurance race with BrakeBest Select 159 victory

By Justin Nguyen
February 20, 2021
7 Mins read
Entering Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race on the Daytona road course, much excitement was built over racing at night in the rain. That hype faded as long cautions and three overtimes took their toll, and by the end, Ben Rhodes won for the second week in a row.
NASCAR Cup Series

Roush Fenway Racing becomes first NASCAR team to achieve carbon neutrality

By Justin Nguyen
February 19, 2021
1 Mins read
Roush Fenway Racing is the first NASCAR team to become carbon neutral. To celebrate the achievement, Ryan Newman’s #6 Castrol car will be all white.
NASCAR

"Turtle" rumble strips added to Daytona RC Bus Stop chicane for NASCAR

By Justin Nguyen
February 18, 2021
3 Mins read
After the Daytona road course’s Bus Stop chicane basically became a rallycross section during last Tuesday’s Busch Clash, NASCAR has added rumble strips to discourage drivers from going off road.
NASCAR Truck Series

Jordan Anderson Racing to field truck for brothers Bobby, Roger Reuse

By Justin Nguyen
February 18, 2021
3 Mins read
Roger Reuse and his younger brother Bobby have joined Jordan Anderson Racing for a part-time NASCAR Truck Series schedule in the #3 Chevrolet. Bobby is set to race first in Friday’s Daytona road course event.
NASCAR

Michael Waltrip joins SRX on 20-year anniversary of first NASCAR Cup win

By Justin Nguyen
February 18, 2021
1 Mins read
On the 20-year anniversary of his firt career NASCAR Cup Series win in the 2001 Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip has joined the summer-bound Superstar Racing Experience.
NASCAR Cup Series

Scott Heckert to make Cup Series debut on Daytona RC for Live Fast

By Justin Nguyen
February 18, 2021
3 Mins read
Scott Heckert, a Pirelli World Challenge/Blancpain GT veteran and NASCAR Xfinity Series road course specialist, will make his Cup Series début on Sunday at the Daytona road course for Live Fast Motorsports.
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