Weekend Preview: Charlotte Motor Speedway
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The magic number is 269, and four drivers have a vested interest in getting there.
Hendrick Motorsports next NASCAR Cup Series victory will be the organization s 269th and will break a tie with Petty Enterprises for most all-time. That tie that has existed for one week, since reigning series champion Chase Elliott picked up the 268th win for HMS last Sunday at Circuit of The Americas.
Hendrick s first opportunity for the record triumph comes Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Elliott is the most recent winner at the 1.5-mile intermediate track, having taken the checkered flag on May 28, 2020, four days after the running of the 2020 Coke 600.
Authorities today identified a man who was killed when the BMW he was driving was involved in a multi-vehicle collision in Reseda, and the investigation was continuing to determine if he was racing with another motorist at the time of the crash.
Sheldon Creed holds off Ben Rhodes for Darlington win
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08 May 2021, 13:55 GMT+10
After a 17-truck wreck effectively ended Kyle Busch Motorsports stranglehold on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Sheldon Creed outdueled Ben Rhodes on the final two restarts to win Friday night s LiftKits4Less.com 200 at Darlington Raceway.
Driving a No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet whose paintscheme was a homage to the late Jason Leffler, Creed took the lead from runner-up Rhodes in a side-by-side battle after a restart on Lap 140.
After Danny Bohn s spin brought out the 11th caution of the race on Lap 141, Creed prevailed once again on a Lap 146 restart when Rhodes got loose, slipped and lost ground. Fittingly, the race ended under yellow for Hailie Deegan s final lap spin on the frontstretch.
Weekend Preview: Darlington Raceway
07 May 2021, 08:40 GMT+10
In a week of contrasts that featured the unveiling of NASCAR s sleek Next Gen Cup Series cars, Darlington Raceway hosts its immensely popular Throwback Weekend, where race teams pay homage to the past.
But while race fans will see a panoply of paint schemes dedicated to bygone heroes of the sport, drivers will be looking ahead toward the finish line particularly those accustomed to winning who haven t done so yet this year.
At the top of that list are Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott, who haven t scratched the win column during the first 11 NASCAR Cup Series events of the 2021 season. Those three drivers combined to win 21 of the 36 points races last year 58.33 percent of the schedule.
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