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Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 9:19 a.m.

Nationwide Series Headlines

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Clarification to rule may favor Danica Patrick

The rules surrounding Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race continue to change, and fans are concerned the latest tweak is meant to benefit Danica Patrick. Among a handful of changes announced Wednesday was a clarification that the winning driver of the Sprint Fan Vote must only have a car in raceable ...

Matt Kenseth makes his first pit stop during the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Darlington Raceway, Saturday, May 11, 2013, in Darlington, S.C.  (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Kenseth passes Busch for 1st Darlington victory

Matt Kenseth is quickly showing how well he fits in at Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth passed JGR teammate Kyle Busch 13 laps from the end to win the Southern 500 on Saturday night, his third victory in his debut season after a successful stint with Roush Fenway Racing. JGR president ...

Kyle Busch holds the trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Nationwide series auto race at Darlington Raceway, Friday, May 10, 2013, in Darlington, S.C.  (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Kyle Busch wins 5th Nationwide race this season

Kyle Busch figured it'd be easy to run his own program on the Nationwide Series after all the wins he'd racked up for Joe Gibbs Racing. A year on his own and out of Victory Lane, though, taught Busch a hard lesson. Back with JGR, Busch is back to his ...

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Matt Kenseth leads a pack of cars through the tri-oval in the Aaron's 499 auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

David Ragan steals last-lap victory at Talladega

Rain and wrecks pushed NASCAR to the edge of darkness Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, where three of the biggest names in the sport led the field to final flag. NASCAR was giving it one final go to get the rain-delayed race wrapped up, and Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Jimmie ...

Brian Scott (2) crashes with Johanna Long (70), Trevor Bayne (6), Ty Dilon (33) and Sam Hornish Jr. (12) in Turn 3 during the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Saturday, May 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Greg McWilliams)

Regan Smith wins wreck-fest at Talladega

Regan Smith thought he'd won at Talladega before, only to have a NASCAR ruling go against him. So there was no rush to celebrate Saturday night as Smith waited for NASCAR to review videotape and scoring loops to determine the winner of the crash-filled Nationwide Series race. He thought he ...

Pastrana captures first career Nationwide pole

X Games star Travis Pastrana won his first career pole on the Nationwide Series at Talladega Superspeedway. The 10-time X Games gold medalist-turned-NASCAR driver starts up front in Saturday's Aaron's 312 after posting the fastest qualifying time of 54.255 on Friday on the 2.66-mile tri-oval. Pastrana called it "a dream ...

2 RCR crew members arrested for post-race fight

Nelson Piquet Jr. was involved in a post-race altercation that led to the arrest of two crew members for Richard Childress Racing, his team said Saturday. Piquet and RCR driver Brian Scott tangled on the track during Friday night's Nationwide Series race and in the pits after. Crews for both ...

Sprint Cup Series driver Matt Kenseth (20) leads the field as the green flag drops to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

NASCAR penalizes Kenseth after engine fails

NASCAR has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to engines, tires and fuel on a race car. Anything even slightly improper is dealt with swiftly and severely. NASCAR always throws the book at offenders. Matt Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing were no exception, getting hit with one of the ...

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