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September 15, 2015

Kes eats hot dog, Busch at ESPN, more from Chase media tour

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It’s playoff season in NASCAR with the 16-car field officially set for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. On Tuesday, the Chase Across North America media tour began with drivers making the rounds across the country. Drivers are building the hype before the first Chase race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

See where some of the sport’s biggest stars have visited:

Day One:

Kyle Busch, with his No. 18 JGR Toyota, was caught outside the ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. “Rowdy” swapped his racing attire for a business suit and talked all things NASCAR, and he even made some fantasy football picks.


Brad Keselowski, too, had quite the eventful day with his press circuit in Chicago, the home of the first Chase race. Keselowski got some helpful tips on how to eat a real Chicago hot dog. Hint: It’s all in the sauce.



Dover got a special treat on Tuesday with an appearance from Ryan Newman. Newman spent his day at Fred Fifer Middle School for a pep rally. Check out Newman’s periscope where he recorded the whole thing.


Joey Logano is just like us, he eats Dominos on the (private) plane. On his way home from his media day in New Hampshire, the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford decided to carb up after a long day of press.


In his first Chase appearance, Paul Menard is busier than ever. On Tuesday he was in Martinsville, Virginia. The Twitter-less Menard tweeted for the first time (on Martinsville Speedway‘s account), got a key to the city, had a parade in his honor and was awarded with his very own holiday (Sept. 15 is now officially Paul Menard Day).


Denny Hamlin has a lot on his mind not only with Chase-related pressures, but he will be at a disadvantage amongst his competition thanks to a torn ACL (though he says it will not affect his racing performance). This, however, did not slow him down during his fun-filled day at Homestead-Miami (Ft. Lauderdale) where he cruised in a solar-powered car built by high school students.



Day Two:

NASCAR’s biggest star took his media tour to America’s biggest city. Jeff Gordon‘s pit stop in the Big Apple started early Wednesday morning on “Good Morning America” with an interview with Robin Roberts. Fans flocked to the ABC studios to catch a glimpse of the driver of the legendary No. 24 Chevrolet as he enters his final Chase season.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. touched down in Los Angeles and found himself in the company of one of Boston’s finest. Safe to say, Jr. is making some famous friends during his whirlwind media tour.

This story will be updated.

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