NASCAR Podcast
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Hornish Carries Lead Into Sixth And Final Standalone Of The Season
NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars take center stage this weekend at Kentucky Speedway, the sixth and final standalone of the season. Sam Hornish Jr. continues to lead the standings with seven races remaining. He leads Austin Dillon by 17 points. Dillon swept both races held at the 1.5-mile track in 2012.
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For the first time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career Denny Hamlin is on the outside of the Chase looking in. While the two-time New Hampshire race winner isn’t in a position to seek the championship title, expect him to be gunning for the win this Sunday in the SYLVANIA 300. In 15 starts at the 1.058-mile speedway, Hamlin has captured two victories and three runner-up finishes, including a win in this event last season.
Toasty Toast for 88 and 22
Though The Hill May Be Steep There’s Still Hope
Engine troubles ended Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joey Logano’s night early at Chicagoland. Logano bowed out on lap 175 (37th) while Earnhardt stopped running after lap 224 (35th), dropping the two drivers to 12th and 13th in the standings. While there might be some cause for alarm, they should find solace in that in 2006 Jimmie Johnson finished the first Chase race 39th and fell to ninth in the standings only to rebound to capture his first title.
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Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch began the 2013 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup as the prohibitive favorites to claim the championship title. After one race, the trio remains at the top of the leaderboard with Kenseth adding a season-high sixth win to his resume. Johnson and Busch finished fifth and second, respectively, at Chicagoland. In the standings, Busch is eight points behind Kenseth, while Johnson sits three markers further back.
SHOW #272
– Guest: The “Kwas-Man” Dylan Kwasniewski – We recap the Chicagoland race weekend, Jeff Gordon is #13, different restarts, 100% boys (and girl), news of the week, Nationwide is toast, so is Dale Jr., fantasy racing returns plus a full New Hampshire Preview (sans MWR/NAPA) Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie
(47:46 mins)
