Austin Dillon roars to first Nationwide win at Kentucky, nabs points lead
Austin Dillon and seven other drivers finished on the lead lap, despite a mass wave-around for a restart on Lap 150 after the second caution of the race.
Keeping Pace archive for June 2012
FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012
James Buescher posts decisive win in Kentucky Trucks race
James Buescher drove the same No. 31 Chevrolet he drove to his first NCWTS victory at Kansas in April and sits fourth in the chase for the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012
Clint Bowyer fends off Tony Stewart for Sonoma victory
Clint Bowyer scores his first road course victory of career on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as he bests Tony Stewart in Sonoma, Calif.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
Piquet becomes first Brazilian to win NASCAR national series race
Nelson Piquet Jr. made NASCAR history on Saturday with his win at Road America on the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012
Schumacher, Capps, Edwards claim Bristol victories on NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
Tony Schumacher’s U.S. Army dragster ran like a bracket car all during Sunday’s eliminations, with his slowest pass coming in the final round against long-time on track rival, Doug Kalitta. Schumacher did his job on the starting line, as his reaction time was four-hundredths better…
SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2012
The drought is over! Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins at Michigan
Pulling away from defending series champion Tony Stewart at the end of the final 60-lap green-flag run, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway by a dominating 5.393 seconds to end a drought of 143 races.
Logano continues NASCAR Nationwide Series dominance with win at Michigan
After a restart with four laps left, Joey Logano crossed the finish line .208 seconds ahead of runner-up Buescher to claim his fifth victory in 11 Nationwide starts this season and the 14th of his career. The win was the first for Toyota in the…
Brown sets track record in NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series qualifying
Antron Brown set both ends of the Top Fuel track record in his Aaron’s dragster with a 3.814 second pass at 323.12 mph during his second qualifying attempt Friday night under the lights at Bristol Dragway. Brown posted one of the quickest runs of the…
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012
Jason Line shopping for perfect Father’s Day gift
Jason Line takes pleasure in celebrating the holiday at Bristol, Tennessee's quarter-mile, where his fondness for the facility comes from more than his on-track success, a ledger he looks to add to this weekend.
Courtney Force satisfied with consistency in early season; heads to Bristol with hope of earning victory
Courtney Force, the 23-year-old daughter of 15-time Funny Car world champ John Force has come a long way since February’s season-opener. Since then she has qualified for every race, posted semifinal efforts at Phoenix and Englishtown, shined during final qualifying at Topeka and logged a…
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012
Joey Logano prevails at Pocono, ends Cup drought
The second triumph of Joey Logano's career couldn't have come at a better time -- during a contract year in which doubters have considered the 22-year-old a prime candidate to lose his ride at Joe Gibbs Racing to a more established star.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
Sweet Sails to First World of Outlaws Victory at Clay County Cup
NASCAR regular Brad Sweet nabbed the win at Clay County Fairgrounds on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Driving for Kasey Kahne Racing, Sweet took the lead on lap 16 and never looked back.
Johnny Sauter finds redemption in trucks win at Texas
Johnny Sauter passed ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton on Lap 146 of 167 and rolled to victory by a margin of 2.101 seconds in the 16th annual WinStar World Casino 400K. Sauter, who hadn't led a race since the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway in…
MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012
Torrence, Gray, Anderson and Krawiec nab Englishtown NHRA Full Throttle victories
Steve Torrence beat Tony Schumacher and Spencer Massey in earlier rounds with quicker reaction times and then used a horsepower advantage to edge Brandon Bernstein at the finish line in the final round. In the final, Torrence’s Capco Contractors dragster finished in 3.800 seconds at…
SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2012
Jimmie Johnson wins Dover Cup race in a cakewalk
Jimmie Johnson, who led 289 of the 400 laps, picked up his second victory of the season (in addition to a win in the May 19 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race) and his second victory in the last three points races. Hendrick drivers have now won…
Riddle takes Sunkist 100 at Spokane County Raceway
Naches, Wash. native Owen Riddle rode into Spokane County Raceway's Dr. Pepper Late Model Series season-opening Sunkist 100 with momentum on his side. Winning this year's Yakima Speedway Apple Cup, then running strong in Wenatchee's 200-lap late model opener set the table for Riddle to…
Pursley Battles Back For Vegas Victory
Greg Pursley picked up his second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win of the season, the 11th of his career, and successfully defended his race title at the .375-mile track.
Joey Logano charges to Nationwide Series win at Dover
Charging forward from the seventh position after a restart on Lap 158 of 200, Joey Logano overtook pole-sitter Ryan Truex for the lead on Lap 195 to win the 5-Hour Energy 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Capps aims to run to fifth straight final round appreance at Englishtown heading to Sunday's finale
Ron Capps, who has raced to four consecutive finals and one victory since new crew chief Rahn Tobler took over tuning duties for his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger in early April, claimed his 12th career No. 1 qualifying position with the historic performance of…
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2012
Todd Bodine breaks drought in rain-shortened trucks race at Dover
Despite spinning early in Friday's rain-shortened Lucas Oil 200, Todd Bodine remained on the lead leap, and with a contrarian pit strategy, he worked his way into the lead. When rain forced NASCAR to call the race after 147 laps, Bodine was the winner, breaking…
Massey, Capps, Line and Krawiec lead Englishtown qualifying
Spencer Massey powered his FRAM/Prestone dragster to a time of 3.728 seconds at 329.91 mph to lead an extremely quick Top Fuel field. Morgan Lucas was second with a 3.739 at 324.51 in the GEICO/Lucas Oil dragster and Shawn Langdon powered his Al-Anabi Racing dragster…
Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.
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