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• Up to Speed: Can Michael McDowell Take Spire Motorsports to the Playoffs?
McDowell is off to a good start in his new opportunity with Spire, and maybe another surprise awaits him down the road....2025
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• Family Man Michael McDowell Hopes to InSpire Many With New Ride & Child
McDowell recently chatted with Frontstretch about his relationship with old teammates, his newly-adopted son, and his transition to Spire....2025
• Michael McDowell to feature Rockingham race weekend on his No. 71 at Martinsville

In support of NASCAR‘s celebrated return to Rockingham Speedway, Spire Motorsports will showcase a “Race the Rock” paint scheme aboard Michael McDowell‘s No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup Series 400-lap contest at Martinsville Speedway. For the first time in over a decade, NASCAR will return to the south-central North Carolina Piedmont for the […]...2025
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• Bringing the Heat: Michael McDowell Making Most of Fresh Start With Spire

McDowell talks about his switch to Spire, relationship with former Front Row teammates and his family life....2025
• Did You Notice?: What Age Is Too Old for NASCAR Success?
Can drivers like Josh Berry or Michael McDowell still carry the torch for an older generation? Or will teenage prospects remain the drivers of choice?...2025
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• Las Vegas #NASCAR Race Recap

Las Vegas #NASCAR Race Recap Winners: Josh Berry (Cup); Justin Allgaier (Xfinity); Corey Heim (Trucks) Graphic by Rolando Ramirez - RTR Graphics NASCAR Cup Josh Berry Scores First Career Cup #Win at Las Vegas Winning an intense battle against Daniel Suárez after a restart with 19 laps left, Josh Berry pulled away to a convincing victory in Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube...2025
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• Chase Briscoe gets air, big damage after crashing in seven-car pileup at Phoenix

This Phoenix race has been sloppy in the first two stages. Chase Briscoe was involved in a HUGE wreck in Stage 2. Right after Michael McDowell brought out the caution for a flat right rear, the NASCAR field got wadded up in the back....2025
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• Workforce and Spire Motorsports Announce Multi-Year Partnership

Workforce and Spire Motorsports Announce Multi-Year Partnership Spire Motorsports announced a multi-year partnership with Workforce – Occupational Health & Safety Solutions to support Michael McDowell, driver of the No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1, as the team ramps up for the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series season. Workforce is an occupational healthcare industry specialist in work injury management focus...2025
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• Workforce sponsoring Michael McDowell for three races

Today, Spire Motorsports announced a multi-year partnership with Workforce — Occupational Health & Safety Solutions to support Michael McDowell, driver of the No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1, as the team ramps up for the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series season. Workforce is an occupational healthcare industry specialist in work injury management focused on connecting injured employees to […]...2025
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• Kyle Petty claims Michael Jordan celebrating Tyler Reddick’s win at Talladega victory lane is 'a huge moment for the sport'
23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick pulled of an impressive win on Sunday at Talladega taking advantage of the last lap crash featuring race leader Michael McDowell....2024
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• Monday Morning Pit Box: Pit Entry Calamity in the Peach State
A crash entering pit road proved to be a major setback for Michael McDowell and William Byron at Atlanta. Source...2024
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• Daytona 500: Kevin Harvick, Chase Briscoe, Martin Truex Jr. and more crash with 19 laps to go | NASCAR on FOX

Kevin Harvick, Michael McDowell, Ty Gibbs and more crashed in Stage 3 of the Daytona 500....2023
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• NASCAR has dropped the hammer on another driver
Michael McDowell is the fifth driver to have been issued a massive penalty by NASCAR as a result of this past weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway. Before Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified from first and second place, respectively, in Sunday’s M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at […] NASCAR has dropped the hammer on ano...2022
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• Michael McDowell deducted 100 driver points post-Pocono

On Tuesday, NASCAR issued deduction of 100 owner points, 100 driver points and 10 NASCAR Playoff Points to the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports of Michael McDowell team for modifying a single source supplied part. Crew chief Blake Harris has been fined $100,000 and suspended for the next four races....2022
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• Michael McDowell Hit with L2 Penalty and Docked 100 Points
Crew chief Blake Harris was fined and suspended four Cup races....2022
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• Ninja Turtles to be featured on cars of Michael McDowell and Chris Buescher
Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are invading Atlanta Motor Speedway this Labor Day weekend. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo will be featured on the cars of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell and Nationwide Series driver Chris Buescher. McDowell will drive the No. 95 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Ford Fusion for Leavine Family Racing during Sunday’s Cu...2014
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"Justin Haley, Michael McDowell Running Daytona Trucks for Spire"

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"Check out the full highlights as Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell and more battled it out in this Daytona 500 Qualifying race."

2023
"In a battle between two drivers needing a win to clinch a Cup Series playoff berth, Michael McDowell got the better of Chase Elliott."

2022
"Michael McDowell has four top-10s in the past nine Cup races heading to Road America."

2021
"Michael McDowell will once again pilot the Number 34 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series, while Anthony Alfredo will drive the Number 38 Ford Mustang in his first year at the Cup level."

2020
"Michael McDowell and others dropped from iRacing event at Richmond"

2019
"Michael McDowell is set to return for a third consecutive year at Front Row Motorsports in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season."

2018
"Love's Travel Stops will return to Front Row Motorsports for a sixth straight season, partnering with Michael McDowell and the Number 34 team for 18 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races in 2018."

2017
"Front Row Motorsports Announced today David Ragan will return to the team and has also signed Michael McDowell for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Season."

2016
"Michael McDowell breaks the 200 miles-per-hour barrier during Practice 3 for the Daytona 500 on Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway."

2015
"Michael McDowell's night took a particularly bad turn at Richmond International Raceway when he collided with a safety vehicle under caution."

2014
"Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo will be featured on the cars of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell and Nationwide Series driver Chris Buescher."

• NASCAR Phoenix Weekend Schedule

NASCAR Phoenix Weekend Schedule ARCA – Friday / Xfinity – Saturday / Cup - Sunday This weekend at Phoenix Raceway offers three exiting events: ARCA Series, Xfinity, and #NASCAR Cup. Christopher Bell, the Cup race’s defending winner, is trying to become the first driver to win three consecutive races in the Next Gen era after victories the past two weeks at Circuit of The Amer...2025
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• Workforce and Spire Motorsports Announce Multi-Year Partnership
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• NASCAR team confirms two drivers for 2024 lineup
Front Row Motorsports plan to move forward with both of their current NASCAR Cup Series drivers, Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland, in the 2024 season. Front Row Motorsports have formally confirmed their driver lineup for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, announcing that they have picked up options in the contracts of both of their […] NASCAR team confirms two drivers for 2024 lineup - Be...2023
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• Michael McDowell and Ford lead Friday's Daytona practice

McDowell and his Front Row Motorsports teammate, Todd Gilliland, were drafting late in the session when McDowell posted his fastest average lap speed of 192.678 mph. McDowell had finished second in Thursday night’s second qualifying race.Gilliland ended up second-fastest (192.361 mph) and David Ragan was third (192.274 mph). Chris Buescher – who won Thursday night’s second qualifying ...Keep readi...2022
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• Michael McDowell Scores First Career Win in Wreck-Filled, Rain-Delayed Daytona 500
A rain-plagued 2021 Daytona 500 ended nearly 10 hours after it began, after 12:20 a.m. ET on Monday (Feb. 15). For Michael McDowell, it was worth the wait. The No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford crossed the finish line in front of Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon, but was also out front when the caution …...2021
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• McDowell Continues Despite Blurry Future in Cup Series
After the announcement yesterday of Kasey Kahne joining Leavine Family Racing, Michael McDowell now joins the list of free agents for the 2017 season. Despite having a blurry future in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, McDowell spoke with Brad Gillie and Larry McReynolds on The Late Shift. “Obviously, it’s not the news you want to have but I’m thankful for the time I got to spend at LFR and t...2017
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• Kasey Kahne to stay in NASCAR and drive for Leavine in 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kasey Kahne will drive for Leavine Family Racing in the No. 95 Chevrolet Camaro next season. He’ll replace Michael McDowell, who has driven that car since 2014. Kahne has been with Hendrick Motorsports since 2012. The team bought him out of his contract for next season, which made him a free agent. Kahne had a rough opening round to the playoffs at Chicagoland, where he fin...2017
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• McDowell Earns Career Best Finish at Daytona
Michael McDowell showed a strong arm last weekend in the Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway earning his career best finish. McDowell was running as high as second during NASCAR Overtime but got passed by Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer on the final lap and had to battle with Ryan Newman for fourth. He ultimately held on to score his first top-10 of 2017 McDowell started 23rd, but fel...2017
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• Michael McDowell offers rebuttal to Chase Elliott’s criticism
Michael McDowell goes on Twitter to counter what Chase Elliott said about him at Daytona....2017
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• McDowell Showing Strength in Daytona
Coming off of a strong run at Sonoma Raceway last weekend, Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing head to Daytona International Speedway looking for another strong run. The team enters one of their best tracks with a lot of momentum on their sides. In six starts in the Coke Zero 400, McDowell earned his career best finish in 2014 when he finished seventh. Daytona has been a good track to the G...2017
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• NASCAR Cup Series standings: Michael McDowell shakes up playoff race

How about Michael McDowell getting the job done under pressure and shaking up the NASCAR standings along the playoff bubble? For those other drivers without a win, hoping to point their way to the postseason, everything just got that much harder....2023
• NASCAR Championship: Full Driver Playoff Standings After Indianapolis
A look at the current playoff standings after Michael McDowell locked himself into the postseason with a win at Indianapolis....2023
• Bubba Wallace loses ground on NASCAR Playoffs cutline after Verizon 200

Good news for Bubba Wallace, he had a 58-point cushion on the cutline coming into Indianapolis. He left only 28 points up, though. Not only that, Michael McDowell just stole a playoff spot from the rest of the NASCAR bubble drivers by dominating the field on the IMS road course....2023
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• NASCAR notebook: Rookie Ty Gibbs zeroes in on playoffs

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- By his own admission, Ty Gibbs did not have his best race last Sunday at Richmond. Nevertheless, he salvaged a 15th-place finish and gained both positions and points in the standings at the expense of other bubble drivers -- Daniel Suarez, Michael McDowell and AJ Allmendinger -- who fared worse at the .75-mile short track....2023
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• Michael McDowell talks about his inexperience in the Cup Series

Michael McDowell has not been in a position to be on the points bubble to vie for a playoff spot. Will that lack of experience hurt him? He doesn't think so....2023
• NASCAR Playoffs Bubble Battle: Michael McDowell vs AJ Allmendinger

The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs are just six races away. Michael McDowell and AJ Allmendinger will battle it out. While there is a path for both drivers to make the postseason, they will be competing against one another for those precious points week in and out....2023
• Michael McDowell doesn't think his rise in the standings is a surprise

Michael McDowell was 23rd in the final standings last year and is currently 18th. He doesn’t view it as a surprise....2023
• NASCAR has dropped the hammer on another driver
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• Michael McDowell deducted 100 driver points post-Pocono
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• The Underdog House: David Ragan, Michael McDowell Pay the Price For Good Daytona Performances
With several underdogs looking to capitalize on a golden opportunity, it was the defending Daytona 500 champion who led the way once the checkered flag waved. Michael McDowell proved just how special the race could be last year, boosting the fact anyone has a shot to take home the Harley J. Earl Trophy. The reigning winner started his effort to become only the second back-to-back 500 champion thi...2022
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• Bringing the Heat: Michael McDowell Making Most of Fresh Start With Spire
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• Spire Motorsports, Michael McDowell partner with B'laster for 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign

Today, Spire Motorsports announced B‘laster Holdings will join the team‘s family of partners and serve as the primary sponsor for 2021 Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell in two NASCAR Cup Series races in 2025. B‘laster will also maintain an associate sponsorship presence with McDowell and the No. 71 Cup Series team across the 2025 season. […]...2025
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• Kyle Petty claims Michael Jordan celebrating Tyler Reddick’s win at Talladega victory lane is 'a huge moment for the sport'
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• Michael McDowell predicted his Indianapolis victory in Twitter exchange with Denny Hamlin

Some of the best sports moments are when athletes call their shot, Michael McDowell did just that just two weeks ago. With his victory in the NASCAR Verizon 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, McDowell is in the playoffs and has proven Denny Hamlin wrong in the process....2023
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• Front Row retains Michael McDowell, Todd Gilliland

Front Row Motorsports exercised its options Wednesday to retain drivers Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. "Both Michael and Todd are like family to me," team owner Bob Jenkins said in a news release....2023
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• 'We've got good momentum on our side'— Michael McDowell opens up about having his car next to top cars in the Cup Series

Michael McDowell on having his car on the side of the garage with the top cars in Cup Series and trying to make the playoffs. He also indicates he doesn’t have total control over his 2024 ride saying it without saying it that Front Row has an option on him....2023
• Martin Transportation Systems Returns to Sponsor Michael McDowell at Michigan

Love‘s Travel Stops partner, Martin Transportation Systems (MTS), will mark their return to the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports team and driver Michael McDowell this weekend at the Michigan International Speedway. McDowell, who has had a career year, is excited to keep the summer momentum rolling with a good finish. With nine top-10 finishes, Michael […]...2022
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• Daytona 500 champion Michael McDowell "never lost hope"

He insists he always knew he would win a series race before his career came to an end, although he finds it difficult to articulate the reasons why he came to that conclusion.“Y’all could ask my wife because she’s more realistic, and she’s just like, ‘Man, I don’t think it’s in the cards.’ Just for whatever reason, I don’t know. “I’m like, ‘It’s going to happen. I ...Keep reading...2021
• Tifft Jumps to Cup with Front Row for Rookie Campaign
Two former NASCAR XFINITY Series teammates will be going head-to-head for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie honors next year as Matt Tifft announced today he will be joining Front Row Motorsports in a third car next season. Tifft joins Daniel Hemric who previously announced his intention to run for Rookie of the Year driving for Richard Childress Racing. “Today is a huge moment in my car...2018
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• Look out! Michael McDowell nails safety vehicle during Richmond race
2015
• Michael McDowell swings a hammer for Indy Habitat for Humanity
Sprint Cup Series driver Michael McDowell took some time out of his schedule before hitting the track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to lend a hand to a family in need while taking part in a Habitat for Humanity build. ...2015
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• Michael McDowell confident in Next Gen car, having best year

Michael McDowell has four top-10s in the past nine Cup races heading to Road America. Bob Pockrass looks into the reasons for his success....2022
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• NASCAR takeaways: Michael McDowell outlasts Chase Elliott at Indy for playoff spot

2023

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• Practice 3 results for Daytona 500 as McDowell tops 200 mph
Michael McDowell breaks the 200 miles-per-hour barrier during Practice 3 for the Daytona 500 on Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway. Check out the complete results from the practice here....2016
• NASCAR issues warnings to teams of Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, others
NASCAR has issued warnings to multiple Sprint Cup Series teams for irregularities in the inspection line last weekend at Dover International Speedway. The teams of Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart were both handed written warnings for discrepancies with the rear bumper tubing round on their cars in pre-race inspection. Busch is a Chase a driver while Stewart, the co-owner ...2015
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• Ryan Blaney, Michael McDowell transfer from Duel 1 into Daytona 500
Cole Whitt did everything possible to make to the Daytona 500 during the first Can-Am Duel qualifying race, but wrecked in the process....2016
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• Michael McDowell to feature Rockingham race weekend on his No. 71 at Martinsville
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• Las Vegas Motor Speedway Weekend Notebook

Michael McDowell wins pole for Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas LAS VEGAS—A change of scene did nothing to diminish Michael McDowell‘s qualifying prowess. After winning the first six pole positions of his NASCAR Cup Series career with Front Row Motorsports last season, McDowell moved to Spire Motorsports in 2025 and apparently retained the […]...2025
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• Chase Briscoe gets air, big damage after crashing in seven-car pileup at Phoenix
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• Phoenix Raceway Cup Fast Facts

Phoenix Raceway Cup Fast Facts Phoenix Begins Stretch of Traditional Tracks Fast Facts Track: Phoenix Raceway Location: Avondale, Arizona Track length: 1 mile When: Sunday, 3: 30 p.m. ET Where to tune in: FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Race purse: $11,055,250 Race distance: 312 laps | 312 miles Stages: 60 | 185 | 312 Defending winner: Christopher Bell, March 2024 Starting l...2025
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• Group 1001 joins Michael McDowell at Atlanta

Michael McDowell will pilot Spire Motorsports’ No. 71 Group 1001 Chevrolet ZL1 in the Ambetter Health 400. The 40-year-old driver will pull double duty on the weekend, competing in Saturday’s Fr8 208 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race. McDowell will drive the No. 07 Delaware Life Chevrolet Silverado with crew chief Allen Hart atop the pit box. […]...2025
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• Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell involved in multi-truck wreck late at Daytona

With less than 20 laps to go in the NASCAR Truck Series race at Daytona, we have the biggest wreck of the night, collecting multiple trucks. Rajah Caruth, Michael McDowell, Matt Crafton, and others were involved after Jack Wood was turned into the wall....2025
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• Michael McDowell Adds Go Bowling Sponsorship for Cup, Truck Races
Michael McDowell has Go Bowling sponsorship in multiple races this year with Spire Motorsports, Spire announced Feb. 10. Two of those events take place this ... Continue Reading...2025
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• Go Bowling partners with Spire Motorsports to sponsor Michael McDowell

In bowling circles, a turkey accounts for three strikes in a row. Today, Spire Motorsports and Go Bowling combined for a collective turkey of their own when both organizations revealed that Go Bowling will serve as Michael McDowell‘s primary sponsor in a trio of races in 2025, beginning with a pair of events at the […]...2025
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• Michael McDowell shockingly wins Daytona 500 after late crash

This marked the first career Cup Series win for McDowell, making him the eighth driver to secure his first win at the Daytona 500....2021
• NASCAR: Michael McDowell to return to Front Row Motorsports in 2020
Michael McDowell is set to return for a third consecutive year at Front Row Motorsports in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Amid speculation that he wouldn’t be back with the team for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, Front Row Motorsports have confirmed that Michael McDowell is set to return for a third consecutive […] NASCAR: Michael McDowell to return to Front Row Motorsports in ...2019
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