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(photo courtesy NASCAR) Ryan Newman fought past Jeff Gordon on a green/white/checkered restart to win Saturday night’s Subway Fresh Fit 600 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. Gordon said he spun his tires on the final restart. It was Newman’s first victory since he won the Daytona 500 in 2008. It gave . . . → Read More: Saturday Night Is Alright For Fighting! (photo courtesy Christian Petersen/Getty Images) When there has been some talk on NASCAR’s part to shorten some of the races, the exact opposite has occurred at Phoenix this weekend. The Subway Fresh Fit 500 has been increased 100 kilometers to The Subway Fresh Fit 600. Phoenix likes to measure their races in . . . → Read More: Phoenix Increases Distance Of Race (photo courtesy Jeff Gross/Getty Images) Here are the changes that the Phoenix race fans will see this weekend. First, the race distance has increased since last year’s race, up 63 laps from 312 (502.1 kilometers) to 375 (603.5 kilometers). Secondly, the starting time is approximately an hour earlier per NASCAR orders to . . . → Read More: Some Changes At Phoenix (photo courtesy Leon Hammack) The difference for NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers and fans Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway will be like day and night. Among the differences for the Subway Fresh Fit 600: an earlier start time, increased race distance, rules, officiating philosophy and even the average width of the grandstand seats- . . . → Read More: Night Moves (photo courtesy Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) NASCAR has just had a rare weekend off in its grinding 36 race schedule. For several teams it should have been a relaxing weekend to their grueling schedule. However, for some race teams this off week was spent stewing over their lack of performance over the first . . . → Read More: It’s Time To Go! |
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