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Kligerman Quietly Making Progress

T.C. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:51:53 +0000

Roger Penske may have yet another star in the making in the person of young Parker Kligerman. While everyone focuses on the continued presence of Cup drivers in Nationwide, and other prospects like Trevor Bayne, Kligerman has been quietly racing and finishing well. So far this season, Kligerman has only seven starts in the Nationwide [...]

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It’s Been A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Silly Season

T.C. — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:23:42 +0000

I wonder if we will ever quit referring to driver and sponsor movements as the Silly Season. It was initially called that because it referred to a specific part of the season when all this started happening. Now it seems that it starts in February at Daytona. Sorry, I digress… Has the 2010 Silly Season [...]

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Brad Keselowski Charges to Victory in Richmond Nationwide Race

FanHouse Newswire — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:07:00 +0000

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Brad Keselowski raced to his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, shrugging off a NASCAR penalty earlier this week, dominating all night and then rallying from fourth in a green-white-checker finish Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

Keselowski began rebuilding his series points lead, cut to 10 points after he won at Talladega last week and then failed post-race inspection and was docked 50 points. The victory gave Keselowski a 59-point advantage over Kevin Harvick.

It basically restored the lead Keselowski had after winning last weekend at Talladega, only to see 50 points deducted from his total after NASCAR slapped fines and points deductions on the team upon finding an unauthorized spring and shock absorber on his car after the Alabama race.

Keselowski, an eight-time winner in his Nationwide career, was on pace to lead the last 192 laps, but pitted as the leader under caution with five laps to go, handing Kyle Busch the lead.

But Keselowski reasserted his dominance by powering through the field on new tires to pass Busch and teammate Justin Allgaier, who had also stayed out, to win by 0.261 seconds.

"We made the right moves today," Keselowski said. "We had the car to beat."

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #72

T.C. — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:41:51 +0000

This week, we go from the high banks of Talladega to a Saturday night short track shootout in Richmond. The Nationwide cars will kick the racing weekend off on Friday night at RIR, while the Truck Series heads west to Kansas for a rare Sunday race. While we wait for the weekend to arrive, here’s [...]

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Penske Perfectly Positioned

Journo — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:05:23 +0000

(Do you like the consonance?) From auto dealerships to Super Bowl XL, Roger Penske finds success in just about everything he does. His Penske Automotive Group, with 253 dealerships, is the second largest auto dealer group in the world. His Penske Truck Leasing manages more than 200,000 trucks around the world. And Penske is a self-made billionaire. Forbes [...]

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Penske Racing is BAAAACK

T.C. — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:14:30 +0000

If a certain home improvement store sponsored Chevrolet hadn’t spoiled the show at Bristol, we might have seen a Penske clean sweep of the weekend. But even without the win on Sunday, Bristol showed that the Penske cars have come to play in 2010. On Saturday at Thunder Valley, Penske’s newly expanded Nationwide Series program stole the show. [...]

Justin Allgaier Holds Off Teammate Brad Keselowski for First NASCAR Win

FanHouse Newswire — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:02:00 +0000

Filed under: Nationwide Series

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- Justin Allgaier grabbed the first win of his NASCAR career Saturday by passing teammate Brad Keselowski on a late restart, then holding him off over the closing laps of the Nationwide race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Allgaier, last year's Nationwide Series rookie of the year, had to hold his line over the final 27 laps to keep Keselowski from passing him.

"That battle with Brad at the end was awesome, and I couldn't have been happier at the end to see two Penske cars up there running for the win," Allgaier said in his first visit to Victory Lane.

The win was the first for Dodge at Bristol since Aug., 2007.

Keselowski, the pole-sitter who led 73 laps, finished second to give team owner Roger Penske his first 1-2 finish in the Nationwide Series.

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Can A Non Cup Driver Challenge for the Nationwide Title?

T.C. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:24:13 +0000

Now that Danica is taking a NASCAR hiatus for a few months, can we please get back to talking about the actual competition in the Nationwide Series? Three races into the season, the top ten in NNS points could be mistaken for the top ten in the Cup Series. Seven of the top ten are Cup [...]

Stewart Wins — Again — in Nationwide Race at Daytona

Geoffrey Miller — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Nationwide Series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- At some point, the folks at Daytona International Speedway might have to start etching Tony Stewart's name in the February Nationwide Series race trophy before they drop the green flag.

Stewart won Saturday's Drive4COPD 300 at the famous 2.5-mile track, holding off last lap charges by Justin Allgaier and Carl Edwards, to take his fifth win in his last six tries in the Nationwide season-opener.

Edwards finished second, Kevin Harvick third, Allgaier fourth and Brian Vickers fifth.

What, exactly is Stewart's secret of success?

"I wish I knew because I'd sell it to somebody," Stewart said in Daytona's victory lane, the 15th time he's been there in his career. "We've just been so fortunate so many times. As much as I'd love to say that I'm really that good, there's a lot of luck that goes into winning these things."

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #49

T.C. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:28:35 +0000

All three series have one more trip out West for the year. While the haulers make the long trek to Phoenix, we’ve got another question and answer post for you. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be answering any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if [...]