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"New Hampshire Race Review"

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  The Magic Mile! The Nascar Cup Series visited New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire for the “Foxwoods Resort Casino 301”. Today was crazy, from an upset alert, to threatening weather, to driver complaints and new offseason moves. The Nascar Cup Series finally wraps up there day in New Hampshire. In a nail biter, Aric Amirola wins today, this is huge. Almirola who’s had terrible luck all year long finally pushes through for a win.  (Almirola stops in front if the fans post race) Aric Almirola coming in to today was 27th in points, looking for a new team this offseason and in a string of terrible luck finally wins today. This race started with full chaos, rain was threatening all day and it showed up at lap 8 of this race. 4 cars spunout, including the race leader Kyle Busch, ruining his day. Then Nascar officials decided to have an hour rain delay, to then resume today’s race around 5:15 this afternoon. Leading to the uncertainty of completing the race before

" Atlanta 2 Race Review"

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  Atlanta! The Nascar Cup Series visited Atlanta Motor Speedway for the “ Quaker State 400”. This race was interesting to say the least. Kurt Busch wins today and shakes up the playoff standings. He beat his brother Kyle Busch, who dominated all day to take home the win.  Kurt is now tied for 25th all time with 33 career wins, but his first of the 2021 season. (Kurt Busch celebrating post race) Today was rough, Cautions, heat, threatening rain and a worn out race track all threatened today’s competition. But the race still carried on, Nascar took a 10 minute track maintenance break, to repair a chipped piece of asphalt on the racing surface. After the break, the race resumed. Kurt Busch then went on to pass his brother in the closing laps to win. (The Repave in Atlanta Now underway) Let’s talk about the significance of this win. With this win, Kurt Busch is the final winner in Atlanta Motor Speedway before it’s repave this fall. This win is highlighted in the record books, because Atla

" Road America Race Review"

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  Road America! The Nascar CupSeries visited Road America located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin , for the fourth of July weekend. The Nascar Cup Series hasn't raced at Road America for 65 years! Chase Eillott wins today, marking his 2nd of the season and 13th of his career. With this win, Eillott has 7 road course wins all time and moves him up to 3rd for the most all-time. (Chase Elliott in Victory Lane) Today was interesting, Road America recorded a sellout crowd on a hot day. Temperatures were in the 90’s. Many drivers had heat exhaustion after the race. Nascar hosted Qualifying this morning and it was somewhat of a mess. Drivers were very frustrated after numerous cautions for spins. This opened the window for drivers not completing a lap and many to start in the back. (Chase Elliott crossing the start finish line) Today’s race was above Average. Not a lot happened, but that’s ok. That’s racing, not every race is going to be great. But today was alright, there were