BREAKING: No longer 5-Time – Jimmie Johnson wins his 6th Sprint Cup Series Championship in 8 years, only Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt have more. In his 12th Cup Series season.
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By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It was all in the restarts in Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as both race winner Brad Keselowski and NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon accomplished their respective goals thanks to late-race charges.
After a restart with five laps left, Keselowski surged from 10th to the lead by Lap 198 of 200, passing both Kyle Busch and race runner-up Kyle Larson to take over the top spot.
“That late-race restart was key,” Keselowski said in Victory Lane. “We came in and put tires on with 20 to go, and that yellow (for a four-car crash on Lap 183) was out for [12 laps], and I didn’t think we were going to have a shot at it.
“But we got the right restart and made our way through. I’m going to have to watch the in-car camera, because that was one hell of a ride. Be glad there wasn’t a passenger with me, because they would have been screaming the whole way. I know I was.” Continue reading “Brad Keselowski Wins At Homestead, As Austin Dillon Claims NNS Title”
It’s the age old question that us NASCAR fans already know the answer to, but apparently Jimmie Johnson is just sits in a car and drives. According to Donovan McNabb who questions Jimmie Johnson’s athletic ability on FOX Sports Live. The funny thing is, this was probably part of a Fox Sports pre-show production meeting where they asked if anyone wants to take this stance, and Donovan was just the one who said “sure.”
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — It took Kyle Busch three attempts at a green-white-checkered flag finish to win Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but the overtime laps gave him an unexpected bonus: an owners’ championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Continue reading “Kyle Busch Wins Homestead Race; Matt Crafton Clinches Truck Series Title”