NASCAR drivers progress through a series of stages as they make their way to the top tier of NASCAR, the Sprint Cup Series. The journey can often be hazardous and long but ultimately rewarding if you make it to the Sprint Cup Series. Erik Darnell has spent his years in the trenches preparing for the day when he steps upon the Sprint Cup Series stage and this young racer is about to get his chance. Saturday he’ll jump into Yates Racing Hall of Fame Racing entry at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his first Sprint Cup Series competition.

Darnell also shares a …read more

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It took awhile – 178 races to be exact – but, Matt Crafton has finally won his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race by holding off Chad McCumbee in a green-white-checkered shootout Friday night in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch appeared as though he was headed for another victory, leading 86 of the 136 laps, but he was involved in an accident with Ron Hornaday back on lap 104 that sent both trucks spinning into the Turn 3 wall. Busch suffered significant damage to the …read more