Erik Jones takes Truck win in Canada

Erik Jones wheeled the #4 Kyle Busch Toyota to his second Camping World Truck Series win of the season at the road course in Bowmanville, Ontario on Sunday afternoon. It was the third trip for the series at the track, and the first two runnings of the 160-mile, 64-lap race both ended with spectacular finishes. Alex Tagliani, driving the #29 Ford that Ryan Blaney squeezed out a win with in a photo finish over German Quiroga last year, won the pole and led much of the race. Tagliani, like fellow open-wheeler Jacques Villeneuve, is from the neighboring Canadian provnice of Quebec. Cameron Hayley, the rookie driver in ThorSport Racing's #13 Toyota, is from Calgary, Alberta in the country's Great Plains region (a continuation of the American Great Plains).

Paul Menard wins at Road America in his home state

Paul Menard wheeled the #33 RCR Chevrolet to his first road course win in the Xfinity Series' Road America 180 at the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The 4-mile road course is located in Menard's home state. He was the lone Sprint Cup competitor on a weekend that NASCAR's top series has off. A series of late pit stops gave several drivers, notably the #8 Toyota of Blake Koch, a chance to pull off a major upset, but a late, lengthy caution prompted by a spin by the #88 Chevrolet of Ben Rhodes, lasting six of 45 laps - 24 miles - allowed the more dominant drivers to get back up front by the time of the restart.

Justin Wilson dies day after IndyCar crash

English IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died Monday evening after suffering a head injury from a piece of debris in a crash also involving Sage Karam in Sunday's ABC Supply 500 at Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway. Wilson, who had lived for several years in Longmont, Colorado and leaves behind his wife and two daughters as well as brother Stefan, was 37 years old. It was IndyCar's first fatality since fellow Englishman (and same-age) Dan Wheldon's death in a massive crash at the Las Vegas season finale in October of 2011.

On lap 179 of the 200-lap race, Karam, a rookie driver from nearby Nazareth, Pennsylvania, spun his Chip Ganassi-owned Chevrolet in turn 1. A piece of debris evidently from Karam's car hit Wilson with heavy force, knocking him unconscious, with his #25 Andretti Autosport Honda then veering into the wall on the other side of the track. Karam was assisted from his car with an apparent leg injury and was treated accordingly. Wilson was removed from his car and flown to the Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest hospital in Allentown. IndyCar posted a pair of updates, on Sunday evening and then Monday around noon, stating that Wilson was in a coma and unresponsive in intensive care. He never regained consciousness after the crash. Wilson's death was announced by IndyCar at 9 p.m. on Monday evening.

Many IndyCar and NASCAR drivers, crew members and fans have tweeted well-wishes to Wilson and his family on Sunday and Monday. A children's fund for Wilson's two daughters has been established and is accepting donations. There are also plans for six of Wilson's organs to be donated to patients who need them, bringing a positive aspect to this otherwise difficult time for the community.

Joey Logano defends his Bristol night race win

For the second straight year, Joey Logano took the #22 Ford of Team Penske to the win in the prestigious Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.

Kyle Busch steals Xfinity win from Chris Buescher at Bristol

Kyle Busch took the #54 Toyota to his second Xfinity Series win of the season at Bristol on Friday evening, taking the lead after points leader Chris Buescher in the #60 Ford ran out of gas on a green-white-checkered restart.

Ryan Blaney comes back to win Bristol truck race

Ryan Blaney rebounded from an early pit penalty to win in a green-white-checkered finish in Wednesday evening's Camping World Truck Series race in the #29 Brad Keselowski-owned Ford. The race featured a rain delay with 30 laps to go, but officials were insistent on getting the entire 200-lap race in.

Michael Waltrip Racing will not field a full-time car in 2016

Michael Waltrip Racing has announced that it will stop functioning as a full-time team in 2016. This will likely cause the shutdown of the #15 and #55 Toyota teams in the Sprint Cup Series. Clint Bowyer, the driver of the #15, will be released at the end of the season, negating the contract extension he signed earlier in the season. The future of David Ragan, currently the driver of the #55, is uncertain as well. This comes two years after the team's #56 car reverted to a part-time team as the #66, affiliated with Jay Robinson, after Martin Truex Jr.'s release following NAPA's termination of sponsorship in the wake of Spingate. The #66 team has since been absorbed into the Premium Motorsports #62 team.

MWR, who went full-time in NASCAR's top series in 2007 and helped lanuch Toyota in the series, bought a stake in Chip Ganassi Racing through ownership partner Rob Kauffman. In 2008, there were unfounded rumors of a merger between MWR and CGR, then a Dodge team. CGR ultimately merged with Chevy team Dale Earnhardt Inc. A likely scenario with this case is that Bowyer and the #15 car could transfer to CGR as a Chevrolet, joining CGR's #1 and #42 cars. Another rumor has Bowyer going to HScott Motorsports to replace either Michael Annett or Justin Allgaier (who are reportedly working on contract extensions) or drive a third car for the team. Ragan could go back to Front Row Motorsports if Brett Moffitt is released from the #34 car.

Matt Kenseth dominates Sprint Cup at Michigan

Matt Kenseth led 146 of 200 laps in Sunday's Pure Michigan 400, taking the #20 Joe Gibbs Toyota to his third career win at Michigan and his third points win of 2015. Joe Gibbs Racing now has nine wins in 23 races this year, along with the four of comeback boy Kyle Busch (#18) and the two combined victories of Denny Hamlin (#11) and Carl Edwards (#19). Kevin Harvick, who dominated in June only to blow his engine, finished second in the #4 Chevrolet. Clint Bowyer also had a good #15 Toyota in the race, but eventually spun and went to the garage. Martin Truex Jr. (#78) finished third and Austin Dillon (#3) fourth, a career-best finish for the older grandson of Richard Childress.

Regan Smith steals win from Alex Tagliani at Mid-Ohio

Regan Smith made a last-lap pass to get his #7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet around the #22 Team Penske Ford of open-wheel racer Alex Tagliani to win Saturday's Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tagliani, who along with Roush Fenway driver and defending race winner Chris Buescher (#60) had led the most laps in the race, was visibly outraged at the finish on the race. The race also saw incidents like Roush drivers Darrell Wallace Jr. (#6) and Ryan Reed (#16) as well as Smith's teammate Ben Rhodes (#88) getting stuck in the track's gravel/sand traps after spinning. Reed's second spin was caused by Justin Marks, driving the #42 Chevrolet in place of Brennan Poole. Dylan Kwasniewski also made his return to the series in the #97 Chevrolet. Road course ringer Boris Said in the #54 Joe Gibbs/Kyle Busch Toyota had a less impressive day than Watkins Glen last week. Also early in the race, Kenny Habul in the #20 JGR Toyota cut his right front tire, laying down pieces of rubber on the track and also hitting some orange cones, which fell onto the track.

Kyle Busch takes truck win at Michigan

Kyle Busch won in the Camping World Truck Series for the second week in a row on Saturday, taking the checkered flag in the #51 Toyota in the Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Busch held off Ryan Blaney (#29) and his driver Erik Jones (#4) for the win. Busch is on his way to breaking the all-time CWTS wins record set by veteran Ron Hornaday Jr. Matt Crafton (#88) also rebounded from his struggles at Pocono two weeks ago and almost reclaimed the points lead from Brad Keselowski driver Tyler Reddick (#19), although third-place Jones is now just one point behind Crafton. Another driver who impressed during the day was Daniel Hemric in the #14 Chevrolet, who is now sixth in points.

Race Results:

1. (10) 51-Kyle Busch - Toyota - 100 laps, led 44 laps
2. (12) 29-Ryan Blaney - Ford - 100 laps, led 8 laps
3. (7) 4-Erik Jones - Toyota - 100 laps, led 16 laps
4. (9) 98-Johnny Sauter - Toyota - 100 laps, led 24 laps
5. (3) 33-Austin Dillon - Chevrolet - 100 laps, led 4 laps
6. (1) 88-Matt Crafton - Toyota - 100 laps
7. (2) 14-Daniel Hemric - Chevrolet - 100 laps, led 4 laps
8. (5) 17 - Timothy Peters - Toyota - 100 laps
9. (11) 19-Tyler Reddick - Ford - 100 laps
10. (6) 13-Cameron Hayley - Toyota - 100 laps

NASCAR to address hot temperatures at Michigan

NASCAR will make efforts to provide drivers and crew members with effective cooling and air conditioning for the coming race weekend at Michigan International Speedway. The weekend's action, featuring a Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday followed by the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday, is expected to be held under particularly hot temperatures, similar to those during the Cup races at New Hampshire and Indianapolis a few weeks ago. NASCAR wants the Michigan rules package, which Brad Keselowski discussed on Wednesday, to help cool the cars, which led to the installation of a dual outlet duct for all Cup cars this weekend. The new Michigan rules package is effectively the same as the Indianapolis package disregarding the latest changes to the package. In June, the Xfinity and Cup cars used what is regarded as the "standard" package for the 2015 season.

Chase rules package, 2016 schedule coming soon

The rules package for the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup, which kicks off at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois on September 20 and goes on through the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, is expected to be announced soon. Another coming announcement is the schedule for the Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series for 2016. Unlike this year, next year's schedules for all three series are not expected to have very dramatic changes.

Buddy Baker 1941-2015

Buddy Baker, nicknamed The Gentle Giant, died Monday morning at his home alongside Lake Norman in Catawba County, North Carolina after a short battle with advanced lung cancer. The former driver and commentator was 74. Baker announced his cancer diagnosis on July 7, adding that it was inoperable, but insisted that people "not shed a tear," as he was "not saying goodbye, just talk to you later."

Buddy Baker, real name Elzie Wylie, was the son of early-era driver Buck Baker, who competed in the first-ever officially sanctioned NASCAR top series race in 1949, won 46 races in what was then the Grand National Series, and back-to-back championships in 1956 and '57; he retired in 1976 and died in 2002. Buddy debuted alongside Buck in a 1959 Grand National race in Columbia, South Carolina driving a 1958 Chevrolet owned by his father. His first win came in 1967 at Charlotte. Baker won 19 total races in the series including the 1980 Daytona 500, with an average speed record of 177.602 miles per hour. His last start came at Talladega in 1992. Baker then appeared on several of CBS' famed Daytona 500 broadcasts with Mike Joy and Ned Jarrett, the last of which took place in 2000. He also appeared on radio broadcasts with such commentators as Barney Hall and Eli Gold.

Joey Logano wins Cup race at the Glen with last-lap pass

Joey Logano, who last week saw an almost certain win slip out of his hands at Pocono when he and several other drivers unsuccessfully tried to stretch their fuel, was on the other end on Sunday as he wheeled the #22 Team Penske Ford past the sputtering #4 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet of Kevin Harvick to win the Cheez-It 355 at the Watkins Glen road course. Kyle Busch in the #18 Joe Gibbs Toyota also passed Harvick to finish second. Logano completed his first-ever weekend sweep with the win in which he only led the final lap, as he also drove the #12 Ford Mustang to the win in Saturday's Xfinity Series race. Logano had never won on a road course before this weekend. Other leaders near the end, such as last week's winner, Matt Kenseth in the #20 JGR Toyota and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the #88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, also reported being short on fuel. Still, Dale Jr. tweeted afterwards that it hardly counted as fuel mileage, unlike Indianapolis and Pocono.

The race was bookended by a pair of long green flag runs, totaling 55 of 90 laps. Several drivers reported debris before lap 30, for which there were two cautions. Around this time, the #24 Chevrolet of Jeff Gordon lost all of its brake fluid, sending him to the garage for repairs. Jimmie Johnson (#48) and Justin Allgaier (#51) got together a few laps later after Johnson had a bad entry into the bus stop chicane, and Allgaier was subsequently seen chasing down Johnson. Ty Dillon wrecked in the backstretch on lap 47, and on lap 51 following the restart, the red flag was displayed for cleanup of fluid from the #5 Chevrolet of Kasey Kahne. Two other Chevrolets, the #47 of polesitter A.J. Allmendinger, whose car stalled on lap 50 just before the red flag, and the #14 of third-place starter Tony Stewart, in his first Watkins Glen appearance since 2012, with an engine failure on lap 58, encountered problems during this middle portion of the race. Gordon would finish 41st, Kahne 42nd and Stewart 43rd. Allmendinger limped his way to 24th.

The final restart took place on lap 61. Harvick, the leader of 29 laps, knew that he was short on fuel, but opted to save it while continuing to go for the win. In the meantime, Logano got by Kenseth to take second place. Logano's teammate Brad Keselowski (#2) had led 27 laps earlier but had fallen back a few positions since. Just after the white flag, the #32 Ford of road course ringer Boris Said spun coming into turn 1, causing Logano to fall further behind Harvick as he avoided Said's car. By turn 6, Logano was gaining on Harvick again when Harvick ran out of fuel, allowing Logano to get by Harvick and take the checkered flag first. Kyle Busch then barely beat Harvick at the line to push Harvick back to third. This was Logano's first Cup win since the Daytona 500 in February. Harvick and Logano are also currently the top two in points, making them drivers to watch next week at Michigan, in a race they have both won before.

Race Results:

1. (16) 22-Joey Logano - Ford - 90 laps, led 1 lap
2. (8) 18-Kyle Busch - Toyota - 90 laps, led 3 laps
3. (4) 4-Kevin Harvick - Chevrolet - 90 laps, led 29 laps
4. (26) 20-Matt Kenseth - Toyota - 90 laps, led 2 laps
5. (14) 41-Kurt Busch - Chevrolet - 90 laps
6. (18) 15-Clint Bowyer - Toyota - 90 laps
7. (11) 2-Brad Keselowski - Ford - 90 laps, led 27 laps
8. (15) 19-Carl Edwards - Ford - 90 laps
9. (24) 9-Sam Hornish Jr. - Ford - 90 laps
10. (9) 48-Jimmie Johnson - Chevrolet - 90 laps

Joey Logano wins Watkins Glen Xfinity race in special car

Joey Logano won Saturday's Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen in the #12 Ford Mustang for Team Penske. It was Logano's fourth Xfinity Series win of 2015. Logano usually drives the #22 Ford in the series, but this time it was 2013 race winner and Logano's Cup teammate Brad Keselowski, making this a rare Xfinity race to feature both Logano and Keselowski. Logano started from the pole next to Keselowski, but drove off pit road with his gas can still in his car during his first stop. Darrell Wallace Jr., driving the Roush #6 Ford, as well as the Richard Childress Chevrolets of Brian Scott (#2) and Brendan Gaughan (#62), were served penalties during the same stops for speeding or driving through too many stalls. Wallace's teammate Elliott Sadler (#1) was also tagged for speeding during the next round of stops.

Logano settled to about mid-pack by the time of the ensuing caution a few laps later, and it appeared that Keselowski and RCR driver Ty Dillon (#3) now had the cars to beat. Logano charged back to the front in the laps following the restart. Soon, Logano and Keselowski were once again the top two drivers, and fourth RCR driver Paul Menard (#33) was in third and trying to steal the lead. On lap 67 of 82, Gaughan and JR Motorsports driver Regan Smith (#7) got together in turn 5. Dillon got a piece of this wreck as well. Gaughan then wrecked again ten laps later with the #16 Roush Ford of Ryan Reed and the #20 Joe Gibbs Toyota of part-timer Kenny Habul. Logano, who had regained the lead on lap 49 and then on lap 54 after Keselowski and Chase Elliott (#9) got by him, cruised through the last four laps after the final restart to finish right where he started. Fourth Roush driver, points leader Chris Buescher (#60) finished third behind Logano and Keselowski. Famed road course ringer Boris Said finished fourth in the JGR/Kyle Busch #54 Toyota, after Busch had decided to skip this race to allow other drivers to take turns behind the wheel of the #54. After the race, a furious Regan Smith had some words for Ty Dillon, similar to Denny Hamlin's bashing of older brother Austin after Hamlin made a move on Dillon to win at New Hampshire last month.

Race Results:

1. (1) 12-Joey Logano - Ford - 82 laps, led 39 laps
2. (2) 22-Brad Keselowski - Ford - 82 laps, led 40 laps
3. (5) 60-Chris Buescher - Ford - 82 laps, led 2 laps
4. (7) 54-Boris Said - Toyota - 82 laps
5. (6) 3-Ty Dillon - Chevrolet - 82 laps
6. (9) 2-Brian Scott - Chevrolet - 82 laps
7. (3) 9-Chase Elliott - Chevrolet - 82 laps, led 1 lap
8. (11) 1-Elliott Sadler - Ford - 82 laps
9. (10) 33-Paul Menard - Chevrolet - 82 laps
10. (13) 62-Brendan Gaughan - Chevrolet - 82 laps

Brad Keselowski reveals baby daughter's severe illness

Brad Keselowski revealed on his blog Wednesday that his two-month-old baby daughter Scarlett could have died in June from a severe disease.

Erik Jones to race full-time in Xfinity, part-time in Cup in 2016

Erik Jones, currently a full-time Camping World Truck Series driver, will driver a full-time Xfinity Series schedule next year, as well as a few races in the Sprint Cup Series. Jones has already won two Xfinity races this year splitting time between Joe Gibbs' #20 and #54 Toyotas. JGR's current Xfinity lineup consists of various drivers in the #20 and #54 cars, primarily Kyle Busch in the #54 and Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin in the #20, plus rookie Daniel Suarez full-time in the #18 car. The four JGR Cup drivers this year are Hamlin (#11), Busch (#18), Carl Edwards (#19) and Matt Kenseth (#20). Jones will likely drive a part-time fifth Cup car for the JGR team.

Elliott Sadler evidently headed to JR Motorsports next year

Former Sprint Cup driver Elliott Sadler is reportedly on his way to Xfinity Series team JR Motorsports in 2016. Sadler, along with sponsor OneMain Financial, moved from the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Toyota team to Roush Fenway Racing this year to drive their new #1 Ford Mustang. He is believed to be replacing Chase Elliott, who will vacate the Dale Jr.-owned #9 Chevrolet Camaro at season's end to move up full-time to the Sprint Cup Series along with his sponsor NAPA Auto Parts to replace Jeff Gordon in the Hendrick Motorsports #24 Chevrolet. While it's likely that Sadler will keep OneMain as his primary sponsor, it's also likely that current #24 Cup sponsor Axalta could move down to the Xfinity Series to sponsor whatever car number Sadler drivers at JRM. Elliott Sadler last competed full-time in Cup in 2010, driving the #19 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports, who inherited Sadler's contract from Evernham Motorsports when Evernham and Petty merged their teams at the beginning of 2009. Sadler, in addition to JGR and Roush, has driven for Richard Childress Racing and now-defunct RCR offshoot Kevin Harvick Incorporated since moving back down to the lower series in 2011.

Team Xtreme car thief pleads guilty

Jason Terry, the suspect in the theft of Team Xtreme's #44 Sprint Cup car from a hotel near Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia on the Friday of this year's Atlanta race weekend the week after the Daytona 500, has plead guilty to that February 27 incident. Team Xtreme had gotten Travis Kvapil to drive their #44 Chevrolet in the 500-mile Cup race at Atlanta on March 1 (which happened to be Kvapil's 39th birthday). That Friday morning, the day of the first practice session and qualifying for the race, crew members discovered that the car had gone missing from the team's trailer at their hotel near the track. The team, one of the least funded and financially worst-off organizations in the series, did not have a backup car for that reason. Team Xtreme had to withdraw the #44 car from the race as they searched for the car, leaving Kvapil, who this year has primarily driven in the Camping World Truck Series, out of what was to be a great opportunity returning to NASCAR's top series.

Early Saturday morning, February 28, the car was found dumped in a forest in Loganville, Georgia, about 50 miles east of Hampton. NASCAR and law enforcement officials struggled to understand why someone would steal a NASCAR vehicle and then dump it in a seemingly random location, but they soon had a suspect in Jason Terry. On Monday, as Terry delivered his guilty plea, Team Xtreme called the five-month-old incident "very damaging" to the organization as a whole, something previously hinted at just a couple of weeks after the car theft when it was revealed that team owner John Cohen hadn't paid his employees in "a long time," as well as the team's withdrawal from a number of Cup races after Atlanta.

Matt Kenseth wins at Pocono on fuel mileage

Matt Kenseth surprised many people on Sunday when he stole the win in the Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway, bringing the #20 Toyota to victory lane when first dominant Joey Logano in the #22 Ford and Kenseth's teammate Kyle Busch in the #18 Toyota, trying to win a fourth straight Cup race, ran out of fuel in the final laps while leading. After eight cautions in less than 100 of 160 laps, the last 63 laps went caution-free, setting up a sudden fuel-mileage situation similar to the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis one week ago (although that race relied heavily on fuel strategies almost from the start with the special rules package making its debut, only to be negated by a string of late cautions). Logano, who led 97 of 160 laps, had finished second at Indy to Busch, who had won four of the last five Cup races coming into Sunday following his May comeback from his Daytona injury in February. He had to settle for 20th place after pitting.

The first incident occurred on lap 6 when the #5 Chevrolet of Kasey Kahne spun onto pit road and hit the barrier separating it from the track, bringing out a red flag. There was then a competition caution on lap 15. Points leader Kevin Harvick then blew his engine, relegating the #4 Chevrolet to a 42nd-place finish and giving Harvick a mere three-point increase from last week. The Fords of Sam Hornish Jr. (#9) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#17) collided on lap 29, and on lap 66 Harvick's teammate Kurt Busch (#41) spun in turn 1 (the trouble spot throughout the day) and collected the #27 Chevrolet of Paul Menard. Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose #88 Chevrolet carried the race's title sponsor, and who swept both races at the 2.5-mile triangle last year, had a run-in with the #35 Ford of Cole Whitt on the ensuing restart, leaving Earnhardt fighting to stay on the lead lap. Alex Kennedy (#33) spun trying to get onto pit road on lap 93, causing the pit-bound #15 Toyota of Clint Bowyer to pass through pit road and return there when the field returned to the pit entrance one lap later, as Bowyer was just off pit road before the caution lights closed the pits. Bowyer wound up leading the field back to the restart.

Jeff Gordon was driving his #24 Chevrolet in his final appearance at the Tricky Triangle. He had a number of issues throughout the day, but the fuel mileage situation at the end gave Gordon a third-place finish, and his teammate Earnhardt, who ran about 20th during most of the second half of the race, a fourth-place. Logano's teammate Brad Keselowski (#2) was good on fuel and finished runner-up behind Kenseth. A.J. Allmendinger (#47) also snuck into the top ten. Other drivers who couldn't quite make it on fuel were Bowyer, Tony Stewart (#14) and Kyle Larson (#42). June winner Martin Truex Jr. finished 19th in the #78 Chevrolet. Harvick still maintains a 46-point lead over Logano heading toward Watkins Glen, the second of two annual road course stops for the series.

Race Results:

1. (7) 20-Matt Kenseth - Toyota - 160 laps, led 2 laps
2. (9) 2-Brad Keselowski - Ford - 160 laps, led 3 laps
3. (10) 24-Jeff Gordon - Chevrolet - 160 laps, led 2 laps
4. (15) 88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Chevrolet - 160 laps
5. (25) 16-Greg Biffle - Ford - 160 laps, led 2 laps
6. (12) 48-Jimmie Johnson - Chevrolet - 160 laps
7. (22) 47-A.J. Allmendinger - Chevrolet - 160 laps
8. (19) 15-Clint Bowyer - Toyota - 160 laps
9. (5) 14-Tony Stewart - Chevrolet - 160 laps
10. (8) 19-Carl Edwards - Toyota - 160 laps

Ryan Blaney dominates Xfinity Series at Iowa

Ryan Blaney dominated the U.S. Cellular 250 in the Xfinity Series at Iowa Speedway on Saturday evening, leading 252 of 260 laps through two green-white-checkered attempts around the 7/8-mile oval in another strong performance for the #22 Team Penske Ford. Blaney was only passed during caution laps by the JR Motorsports Chevrolets of Regan Smith (#7) and Chase Elliott (#9). Smith hit his brakes too hard during a pit stop on the second caution and spun the #54 Toyota of Erik Jones. The #6 Roush Ford of Darrell Wallace Jr. also got some damage. Meanwhile, Elliott tangled with the #33 Chevrolet of Brandon Jones late in the race.

The first green-white-checkered attempt was prompted by a wreck involving Darrell Wallace and his teammate Chris Buescher (#60). Kenny Wallace, making his final start in any NASCAR series in the Joe Gibbs #20 Toyota as a teammate to Erik Jones and polesitter Daniel Suarez (#18), also got spun in that incident. On the restart, Brendan Gaughan (#62) got loose trying to get around Blaney and got passed by his RCR teammates Brian Scott (#2) and Ty Dillon (#3) as well as Erik Jones. Brennan Poole then spun his #42 Chevrolet to set up the final restart, which saw Smith pull away from the other leaders and follow Blaney to the checkered flag. After the race, Roush driver Ryan Reed (#16) pushed Ross Chastain (#4) on pit road, and Buescher and Darrell Wallace also had a few words. The next three Xfinity Series races are all on road courses - Watkins Glen in New York state, Mid-Ohio near Columbus, Ohio and Road America in Wisconsin.

Race Results:

1. (2) 22-Ryan Blaney - Ford - 260 laps, led 252 laps
2. (9) 7-Regan Smith - Chevrolet - 260 laps, led 4 laps
3. (11) 2-Brian Scott - Chevrolet - 260 laps
4. (10) 3-Ty Dillon - Chevrolet - 260 laps
5. (3) 62-Brendan Gaughan - Chevrolet - 260 laps
6. (1) 18-Daniel Suarez - Toyota - 260 laps
7. (5) 54-Erik Jones - Toyota - 260 laps
8. (15) 1-Elliott Sadler - Ford - 260 laps
9. (12) 9-Chase Elliott - Chevrolet - 260 laps, led 3 laps
10. (18) 4-Ross Chastain - Chevrolet - 260 laps

Kyle Busch steals the truck show at Pocono

Kyle Busch led 53 of 69 laps in the Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The race took all three green-white-checkered attempts to finish, extending the race by 9 laps. It was Busch's first start in the #51 Toyota truck since his injury at Daytona in the Xfinity Series in February. This marks another year with victories in all three top NASCAR series for Busch. Kevin Harvick, driving the part-time #00 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Jr. that already has two wins in a handful of starts, wound up in second. Two other potential contenders, points leader Matt Crafton in the #88 Toyota and Brad Keselowski in the #29 Ford, wrecked on lap 7. Crafton lost the points lead to Keselowski's driver Tyler Reddick (#19) by the end of the race.

Polesitter Erik Jones led the first nine laps around the 2.5-mile triangle in the Kyle Busch-owned #4 Toyota. Crafton's teammate Johnny Sauter (#98) led some laps after Crafton and Keselowski's crash. Crafton and Sauter's third teammate Cameron Hayley (#13) got into contention near the end of the race. Jones got spun by the #33 Chevrolet of Austin Dillon during the first GWC attempt. This also caused the #17 Toyota of Timothy Peters to get a flat tire. John Wes Townley (#05) and Mason Mingus (#15) then tangled during the second attempt to prompt the third one. The trucks next race at Michigan International Speedway on August 15.

Race Results:

1. (2) 51-Kyle Busch - Toyota - 69 laps, led 53 laps
2. (7) 00-Kevin Harvick - Chevrolet - 69 laps
3. (6) 19-Tyler Reddick - Ford - 69 laps
4. (16) 13-Cameron Hayley - Toyota - 69 laps
5. (5) 33-Austin Dillon - Chevrolet - 69 laps
6. (17) 98-Johnny Sauter - Toyota - 69 laps, led 4 laps
7. (12) 17-Timothy Peters - Toyota - 69 laps
8. (14) 54-Matt Tifft - Toyota - 69 laps
9. (15) 14-Daniel Hemric - Chevrolet - 69 laps
10. (1) 4-Erik Jones - Toyota - 69 laps, led 9 laps