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Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, Kurt and Kyle Busch
will be first to run on PIR’s new surface as part of Goodyear tire test on August 29-30

(PHOENIX, Ariz.) – Goodyear, the exclusive tire for NASCAR, will test Phoenix International Raceway’s new surface August 29-30, with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch participating. The testing sessions will be closed to the general public. All testing activities are subject to weather.

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Four Drivers May Lock Up Chase Spots This Weekend

This is usually the time drivers start to gobble up Chase spots.

Four drivers can clinch this weekend at Michigan. Leaving this weekend, to officially clinch a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, a driver has to have a 145-point lead over 11th place.

Those who can mathematically clinch this weekend: Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick. Busch and Edwards are currently 118 points ahead of 11th. Johnson is 112 and Harvick is 104.

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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson talk Watkins Glen road race

Author: Dwight Drum racetake.com

Right turns will accompany left turns this week for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Sprint Cup event—the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen—at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y. ESPN will televise the twisting action at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The 2.45-mile road course will be welcome by some NASCAR drivers, but loathed by others accustomed to ovals.

Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson talk Watkins Glen road race”

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The battle in the media center is as interesting as on the track at Watkins Glen as Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson duke it out with words.

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Related: Video: Jimmie Johnson Describes Kurt Busch Pocono Spat

Listen to what the guys had to say on this week’s The Final Lap Podcast

The Final Lap #169 – Kurt Busch Vs. Jimmie Johnson

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A week later, and it seems Jimmie Johnson is still not letting his incident at Pocono with Kurt Busch go.

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Related: War of words – Kurt Busch responds to Jimmie Johnson

Listen to what the guys had to say on this week’s The Final Lap Podcast

The Final Lap #169 – Kurt Busch Vs. Jimmie Johnson