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HAMPTON, Ga. – Jamie McMurray snookered Brad Keselowski on a restart with 23 laps remaining Saturday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway and held off a too-tight Kyle Busch to earn victory in the Great Clips 300 for NASCAR Nationwide Series cars.

Keselowski stayed out on the final caution of the night, when Reed Sorenson crashed off Turn 2, and he was gambling that another yellow flag would comeread more

MONTREAL - After years of trying, Boris Said earned his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in Sunday's NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Said beat Max Papis to the checkered flag in a frontstretch drag race on the 2.709-mile road course to post the long-awaited triumph.

After leader Robby Gordon ran out of gas on a green-white-checkered-flag finish that sent the race three lapsread more

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 3 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota 250 $53,895 Running
2 6 10 Jason Leffler Fraternal Order of Eagles Toyota 250 47,593 Running
3 1 33 Elliott Sadler Rheem Heating and Air Chevrolet 250 34,575 Running
4 34 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Realtree Outfitters Chevrolet 250 26,750 Running
5 10 60 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 250 25,775 Running
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series schedules were released Aug. 18.

The significant changes, including a new race at Kentucky Speedway July 9 and a second race at Kansas Speedway, had previously been announced.

Other highlights include the first night race at Texas Motor Speedway April 9 and Chicagoland Speedway hosting the first race in theread more

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Kyle Busch just keeps winning in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

On Friday night, he survived four restarts in the final 31 laps to win the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, in the process tying the record for series victories in a season that he shares with the legendary Sam Ard.

Friday night's victory was his 10th of the season, and there's still 12 races left in 2010.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR officials released the 2011 schedules for its three national touring divisions Wednesday with each schedule featuring very few surprises.

Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., received a second NASCAR Nationwide Series race next year. Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, announced earlier Wednesday it would also add a second Nationwide race in 2011.

The majority of the NASCARread more

NEWTON, Iowa - After successfully hosting one NASCAR Nationwide Series race for the last two years, NASCAR has rewarded Iowa Speedway with a second Nationwide Series race next year.

The first 250-lap contest is scheduled May 22 and the second 250-lapper will be Aug. 6.

"We couldn't be more thrilled to have a second NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway," said Jerry Jauron, president andread more

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 1 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge 125 $38,545 Running
2 14 60 Carl Edwards Valvoline Ford 125 37,600 Running
3 10 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota 125 25,875 Running
4 7 12 Justin Allgaier Verizon Wireless Dodge 125 27,193 Running
5 11 98 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Ford 125 18,475 Running
6 9 20 Joey Logano GameStopread more

BROOKLYN, Mich. - Brad Keselowski fought off the competition and a balky clutch in winning Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Carfax 250 at Michigan Int'l Speedway in the second race for the new Nationwide car.

It was the second MIS victory in a row for the native of nearby Rochester Hills, Mich., and it seemed to put to rest the "feud" with fellow Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards, who finished second.

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Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 1 47 Marcos Ambrose Kwik Fill/Red Apple/Zippo Toyota 82 $50,595 Running
2 2 20 Joey Logano GameStop Toyota 82 29,050 Running
3 3 33 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 82 25,150 Running
4 8 22 Brad Keselowski Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge 82 19,075 Running
5 5 18 Kyle Busch Combos Toyota 82 18,850 Running
6 12 88 Ron Fellows GT Vodkaread more

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Marcos Ambrose increased his value on the free-agent market Saturday afternoon by dominating the Zippo 200 At the Glen NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen Int'l.

Ambrose led 60 of 82 laps from the pole to earn his third-straight victory in this race for the JTG-Daugherty Racing team he will leave at the end of the season. Ambrose defeated Joey Logano by 2.834 seconds.read more

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 2 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota 250 $77,425 Running
2 7 33 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 250 56,350 Running
3 6 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 250 55,418 Running
4 4 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge 250 32,825 Running
5 1 99 Trevor Bayne Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 250 40,818 Running
6 5 66 Steve Wallace 5-hourread more

NEWTON, Iowa - Kyle Busch was the class of the field in Saturday night's U.S. Cellular NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.

It was the ninth victory of the season for Busch, who shared Harvick's plane to Iowa from Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, and the Joe Gibbs Racing team after Busch led 209 of the 250 laps of the seven-eighths-mile asphalt oval. It was Busch's ninth victory of theread more

MADISON, Ill. - Officials with Dover Motorsports, Inc., the owners of Gateway Int'l Raceway, have announced that they will not seek NASCAR Nationwide or Camping World Truck Series dates from NASCAR in 2011.

"This was a difficult decision in light of the many years of earnest and continued efforts on everyone's part to develop a viable market for these events in one of our nation's greatest cities,"read more

CONCORD, N.C.
Nobody asked me, but I'm here to tell you that if there ever was a man who lived up to his word, it has to be none other than Rusty Wallace of Fenton, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis.

I know of what I speak from personal experience.

In the early '80s when Wallace started his NASCAR career and was rookie of the year driving for furniture magnate Cliff Stewart of High Point, N.C., Wallaceread more

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 5 18 Kyle Busch Fleet Locate Toyota 201 $46,295 Running
2 13 60 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 201 31,250 Running
3 6 88 Aric Almirola GT Vodka Chevrolet 201 29,118 Running
4 1 99 Trevor Bayne Out! Pet Care Toyota 201 31,893 Running
5 15 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Stores Toyota 201 24,068 Running
6 21 62 Brendan Gaughan South Pointread more

CLERMONT, Ind. - Kyle Busch survived a tension-filled duel with Carl Edwards and won the Kroger 200 for his eighth series win in 16 starts this season.

There was no major contact between leader Busch and Edwards, who was saddled with a $25,000 fine and probation after a last-lap incident with Brad Keselowski at Gateway Int'l Raceway the week before. This green-white-checkers duel produced a coupleread more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR has penalized the No. 60 team of Carl Edwards and the No. 22 team of Brad Keselowski for rule violations committed during last Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Gateway Int'l Raceway.

Edwards has been penalized with the loss of 60 NASCAR Nationwide Series driver points, fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Car owner Jack Roush has beenread more

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 8 60 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 200 $56,145 Running
2 13 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Stores Toyota 200 47,143 Running
3 1 99 Trevor Bayne Out! Pet Care Toyota 200 52,318 Running
4 5 98 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Ford 200 29,925 Running
5 9 66 Steve Wallace 5-hour Energy Toyota 200 33,768 Running
6 6 11 Brian Scott AccuDocread more

MADISON, Ill.-The feud between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski-dormant since Atlanta in March-erupted like an angry volcano at Gateway Int'l Raceway.

In a drag race to the finish line, Edwards sent Keselowski hard into the outside wall on the way to winning Saturday night's Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the 1.25-mile track. As Edwards took the checkered flagread more

1. Brad Keselowski 2,911
2. Carl Edwards 2,684
3. Kyle Busch 2,486
4. Justin Allgaier 2,457
5. Kevin Harvick 2,314
6. Paul Menard 2,207
7. Joey Logano 2,108
8. Steve Wallace 2,049
9. Brendan Gaughan 2,015
10. Jason Leffler 1,994

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 8 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota 203 $81,570 Running
2 5 20 Joey Logano GameStop Toyota 203 57,875 Running
3 18 11 Brian Scott AccuDoc Solutions Toyota 203 60,793 Running
4 29 10 David Reutimann Beringer Vineyards Toyota 203 36,050 Running
5 19 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 203 37,768 Running
6 4 60 Carl Edwards Fastenalread more

JOLIET, Ill, - Kyle Busch ho-hummed his way through most of the Dollar General Powered by Coca-Cola Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway, then launched a green-white-checker charge to beat Joey Logano to the finish under the yellow flag.

Busch, who led 110 of the 203-laps, appeared snookered behind series points leader Brad Keselowski as the field came down for the "overtime" green flag, butread more

CONCORD, N.C. - Steve Arpin has opted to not run for the ARCA Racing Series championship, instead skipping two races in July in order to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Arpin will step out of the No. 55 Venturini Motorsports entry at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park and Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., in order to drive the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet at Gateway Int'l Raceway inread more

1. Brad Keselowski 2,806
2. Carl Edwards 2,529
3. Justin Allgaier 2,318
4. Kyle Busch 2,291
5. Kevin Harvick 2,163
6. Paul Menard 2,077
7. Joey Logano 1,933
8. Steve Wallace 1,922
9. Brendan Gaughan 1,895
10. Jason Leffler 1,839

Fin. St. No. Driver Car Laps Money Status
1 3 3 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Wrangler Chevrolet 102 $85,370 Running
2 10 20 Joey Logano SportClips Toyota 102 58,625 Running
3 6 6 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Blackwell Angus Beef Ford 102 52,818 Running
4 1 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge 102 35,875 Running
5 9 33 Kevin Harvick Rheem Pool Heaters Chevrolet 102 30,675 Running
6 13 21 Clintread more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - By the time Dale Earnhardt, Jr. completed his reverse victory lap in front of the No. 3-waving fans, he had time to collect his emotions.

The third-generation driver won the NASCAR Nationwide Series' Subway Jalapeno 250 in a car painted in the Wrangler colors of his famous father, surviving a green-white-checkered finish with Joey Logano stuck right on his tailpipe.

"I was soread more

AKRON, Ohio - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the exclusive tire supplier of NASCAR's three major national series, has transformed all Goodyear Racing Eagle tires for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at Daytona Int'l Speedway July 3-4.

The new design, featuring a patriotic red-white-and blue color scheme reading "Support Our Troops" on the tires' sidewalls, is designed to sayread more

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The new NASCAR Nationwide Series cars debuted during a four-hour test session Wednesday at Daytona Int'l Speedway.

The appearance of the Ford Mustangs, Dodge Chargers, Toyota Camrys and Chevrolet Impalas got rave reviews, and so did the speed as Reed Sorenson's Braun Racing Toyota topped the charts with a lap of 188.111 miles per hour.

Rain washed out qualifying in February,read more

1. Brad Keselowski 2,641
2. Carl Edwards 2,394
3. Justin Allgaier 2,201
4. Kyle Busch 2,140
5. Kevin Harvick 2,003
6. Paul Menard 1,998
7. Brendan Gaughan 1,819
8. Steve Wallace 1,804
9. Joey Logano 1,758
10. Trevor Bayne 1,721