NASCAR is a very competitive activity, the number of talented drivers and teams challenging weekly for each race and ultimately for the championship if they can finish in the top ten consistently enough, is increasing every year. Matt Kenseth surely hopes his luck and fortune for this season has turned after his daily double on Friday afternoon, he won both the pole position for Saturday afternoons Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington’s 1.366-mile egg-shaped track. Matt inherited the lead after misfortune struck the lead car of Kyle Busch, who suffered a cut right-rear …read more

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Petty Enterprises recently announced that Kyle Petty will take a leave of absence from the no. 45 Dodge beginning on the June 1st race at Dover until July 12th when the Sprint Cup Series heads to Chicago. The reason for Petty’s leave from the team is to attend his daughter’s wedding, and he will then join the TNT booth to report from broadcasting duty.
The void in the no. 45 car will be filled by NASCAR rookie, Chad McCumbee, at Dover and Chicago, with Terry LaBonte to drive the car for the five races in …read more