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It was quite a week for Matt Kenseth. On appeal, NASCAR lowered the tough penalties against his team for an illegal engine part used at Texas Motor Speedway, then on Saturday night at Darlington he passed teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win the Southern 500 for the first time. And it came without his regular crew chief. Jason Radcliffe sat out Saturday night after his one race suspension for the illegal part. Kenseth had won three Nationwide races at Darlington, but it was his first in the Cup series and it’s his third victory this season.

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Joe Gibbs Racing got some real good news earlier this week when a NASCAR Appeals panel lowered the fines assessed for an illegal engine in Matt Kenseth’s victory at Kansas Speedway last month. The Appeals panel decided that an illegal part was mostly a Toyota factory error, so Kenseth and owner Joe Gibbs will be penalized 12 points, not the 50 originally assessed.

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Finally – the 200th win for Hendrick Motorsports. It had been 16 races since Jimmie Johnson or any of the other Hendrick drivers had won a race until Saturday night at Darlington Raceway when Johnson led 134 of the 368 laps including the last 44

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There were fireworks in the air and on the track following Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington Speedway.  The biggest story was Regan Smith finally won his first career Cup race after starting a season-worst 23rd

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Both Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series drivers are under the lights this week at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.   Coming off a solid performance at his hometown track in Richmond, Denny Hamlin is looking forward to a good showing at Darlington in the Sprint Cup event Saturday night

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