Winners: Chris Buescher (Cup); John Hunter Nemechek (Xfinity); Jesse Love (ARCA) plus Kyle Busch (SRX)
NASCAR Cup
Chris Buescher wards off Truex, goes back-to-back with victory at Michigan
After rain forced this Monday race; in an extended, dramatic, nail-biting green-flag run to the finish, Chris Buescher held off hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. to win his second straight Cup Series race. With team co-owner Brad Keselowski finishing fourth and Buescher winning – the ninth straight victory for Ford drivers at the 2-mile speedway – RFK can claim bragging rights as the top Ford team in the Cup garage, at least for now.
“This Castrol Mustang was so good in practice, qualifying,” said Buescher, who picked up his fourth career victory. “Gave me a great car again. Had to work for that one, too, hard racing at the end.
“Martin was very clean with me. I appreciate that. Get to go to Victory Lane two weeks in a row. That’s pretty awesome.”
Déjà vu!!! pic.twitter.com/ycwpL7px1W
— Chris Buescher (@Chris_Buescher) August 7, 2023
Pole: Christopher Bell
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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on 08/13/2023 for the The Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
NASCAR Xfinity
John Hunter Nemechek prevails at Michigan, lands JGR’s 200th Xfinity win
Overcoming an early wreck, a late caution and an angry teammate (Ty Gibbs), John Hunter Nemechek claimed a milestone victory in Saturday’s Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
The NASCAR Xfinity win was the 200th in the series for Joe Gibbs Racing. For Nemechek, it was the fifth victory of the season and the seventh of his career – all at different tracks.
With all the success Nemechek has had this year and with seven career wins in the Xfinity Series, there is growing interest in what his plans are next year perhaps as a Cup driver.
“I'm 100% focused on this year and trying to win the Xfinity championship,” he said. “I don’t know what my plans are for ’24. I have no clue.”
With the victory, Nemechek gained a tie with Austin Hill for the series points lead. Nemechek owns the potential tiebreaker with five victories to Hill’s four.
NEWS: No issues in post-race inspection for the No. 20 car!@JHNemechek's fifth win of 2023 is official! 🏁 pic.twitter.com/hU7rVIIh8o
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) August 5, 2023
Pole: Josh Berry
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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on 08/12/2013 for the Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
NASCAR Trucks
Off Week for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
With the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoff field set, the series took a week off from competition.
The playoffs will consist of three rounds, starting with the Round of 10 before continuing with the Round of 8 and concluding with the Championship 4. The Round of 10 consists of races at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the Milwaukee Mile and Kansas Speedway, while the Round of 8 will occur at Bristol Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Championship 4 race will be held at Phoenix Raceway.
Coming soon. #NASCARPlayoffs
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) August 5, 2023
FRIDAY | 9 PM ET | FS1 pic.twitter.com/ODuBqpi5D3
Pole: N/A
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Next Race: The Truck Series will return on 08/11/2023 for the TSport 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
ARCA
Jesse Love battles exhaustion, rivals to claim an impressive win
Jesse Love entered Friday’s ‘Henry Ford Health 200’ having won five races in 2023, easily the most in the ARCA Menards Series this year.
The ARCA championship points leader’s sixth victory came in arguably the most chaotic — and, in his case, exhausting — event of the season.
“Just a lot of good guys around us,” a spent Love said, referring to his Venturini team. “Lost our cool suit, lost the helmet blower, feet blower went out from the heat you get. Just everything.
“I feel like I’m in pretty good shape. I go on runs with my dog Buck every day. … But I’m definitely worn out.”
UNDENIABLE!@jesselovejr1 wins the Henry Ford Health 200 at @MISpeedway!@FS1 | @FloRacing pic.twitter.com/uk0l0EcWIy
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) August 4, 2023
Pole: Andres Perez de Lara
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Next Race: The ARCA East Series will return on 08/11/2023 for the Reese’s 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Superstar Racing Experience
Kyle Busch Makes It an SRX Two-for-Two
#NASCAR Star, KyleBusch dominated again for the second consecutive SRX race in as many starts on Thursday night at Berlin Raceway, just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, adding to his triumph last week at Motor Mile Speedway in Virginia.
“Just being here before, knowing what to expect, all that sort of stuff,” Busch said after taking the checkered flag at a track he’s appeared several times in other events, including prior Late Model races.
“I thought about restarting in fourth (in the final restart of the race, late in the event) and I thought, ‘Don’t just change it up now, just stick with what I was doing.’”
“Yeah, this is my two-for-two,” said Busch added, whose car was sponsored in both races by the NHL’s Florida Panthers. “I’d love to come back. I’m out for the year, but the rest of these guys can put on a show for you.”
ROWDY STAYS UNDEFEATED!
— Superstar Racing Experience (@SRXracing) August 4, 2023
Hear from Race 4 winner, @KyleBusch , following an impressive victory at Berlin Raceway in this week’s edition of Thursday Night Thunder.#CampingWorldSRX | @FlaPanthers pic.twitter.com/N6LolpCRT4
Pole:Kyle Busch (by draw)
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Next Race: The Superstar Racing Experience will return on 08/10/2023 for race five of six in the series at Eldora Speedway
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