Category Archives: Guest Writer

K&N East Champion Ben Rhodes Scores Career-Best Truck Series Finish at Phoenix

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K&N Pro Series East 2014 Champion Ben Rhodes Photo – benrhodes.com

Ben Rhodes is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, November 10, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 with any questions or comments during the LIVE broadcast. 

Fresh off of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Championship podium, Ben Rhodes made his fourth-career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start at Phoenix International Raceway, where he scored his career-best qualifying position along with his career-best race finish of fifth in the No. 32 Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet Silverado.  Continue reading →

Three High Adrenaline Sports for NASCAR Fans

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NASCAR is one of the most popular sports in America, according to Statistic Brain, with some 75 million fans following this high adrenaline pastime today. Many of those fans would probably like to get behind the wheel themselves, but just don’t have the large amount of cash it takes for not only the car and maintenance, but travel and everything else that goes along with competing in the sport.

Fortunately, there are other options for meeting the need for speed that don’t come with such a high price tag. Continue reading →

Ty Dillon Holds Off Kyle Busch for First Nationwide Series Win

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Ty Dillon held off a charging Kyle Busch in the closing laps of the Lilly Diabetes 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but he had to win the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race of his career with a fuel cell approaching empty.

Dillon grabbed the lead from Busch, the pole winner, moments after a restart on lap 77 of 100. He soon opened a lead of one second over the most prolific winner in series history, but it wasn’t without some pinpoint calculations from crew chief Danny Stockman. Continue reading →

Bob Pockrass ‘Humbled’ By NMPA Writer Of The Year Honor

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Photo – Gary Buchanan

Originally published at Speedway Media by writer Mary Jo Buchanan

This week’s NASCAR Behind the Scenes focuses on one of the sports hardest working reporters Bob Pockrass, who received the National Motorsports Press Association’s highest honor this past weekend as Writer of the Year.

And as is his typical style, Pockrass found the honor to be, in one word, humbling. Continue reading →