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Ben Kennedy overcame handling struggles early in the weekend to run a strong race at Iowa Speedway, earning a top-10 finish in his second start at the 0.875-mile track.

Which means Sunday's race, the Camping World RV Sales 301, could mean an increaded importance on strategy, track position and fuel mileage.

After finishing third at Detroit and second at Watkins Glen International in the two most recent Tudor United SportsCar Championship races, OAK Racing came to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park looking to step up to the top of the victory podium.

This has been a disappointing season for the two-car Tequila Patron team fielded by Extreme Speed, with drivers Ryan Dalziel, Ed Brown, Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek, as their cars have consistently run atop the P2 field in the Prototype class, but have generally been overrun by the Daytona Prototypes, especially the Chevrolet Corvettes.

As he prepares to debut at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on Saturday, Kyle Gimple is carrying the high of taking his first win of the season in the previous IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge event held at Watkins Glen International.

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Furniture Row Racing general manager Joe Garone is pictured at the Denver garage on Wednesday.

He certainly did on Friday, setting a track qualifying record on his way to winning the pole for Sunday's Camping World 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

MAKE Motorsports announced on Friday that it has a new crew chief atop the pit box for its No.

Staff Report, NASCAR Wire Service It's not a record. But it's close. And it's unbelievable.

History: James Hinchcliffe led 226 of 250 laps last year en route to his first oval victory.

Timothy Peters is the only driver with multiple truck victories at this track, having won the July race the past two years.

But thankfully, the pace to make NASCAR more inclusive for fans of all shapes, sizes and ethnic origins is picking up briskly in 2014.

A RETURN TO VICTORY LANE: Juan Pablo Montoya made a return to Victory Lane last weekend at Pocono Raceway, scoring his first Verizon IndyCar Series win since 2000 - his last full season of IndyCar racing.

Kenny Wallace started from the pole-position and led over half of the feature event Wednesday night at Terre Haute Action Track en route to scoring his first $1,000 checkered flag of the 2014 DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals season.

Brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor and their No. 10 Konica Minolta Chevrolet Corvette Dallara Daytona Prototype for Wayne Taylor Racing go from one legendary former North American Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit to another as they pay their inaugural visit to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario for Sunday's Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand ... (more)

THOSE ATTENDING Sunday's Pocono IndyCar 500 witnessed the fastest Indy-car race ever: The average speed was 202.402 mph.

Jeff Burton has never shied away from giving his opinion. That held true in his days as a full-time Sprint Cup competitor and remains so now that Burton has made the transition to television with NBC Sports.

HeftyA /Reynolds WrapA Racing NOTES: McClure Looks to be Magical at "Magic Mile": This weekend's 200-lap event will mark Eric McClure's 241st-carrer NNS start and his eighth at the one-mile track.

After winning a round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship at an unfamiliar venue, Corvette Racing heads this weekend to more recognizable surroundings.