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Organizers for the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America announced Tuesday that this year’s edition raised $1.3 million for the Victory Junction Camp for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses.

RELATED: Kyle Petty Charity Ride carries ‘Americana’ theme

This year’s Ride, the 24th edition of the charity fundraiser, wound roughly 1,200 miles from Maine to North Carolina over seven days, ending with a May 11 celebration at the camp in Randleman. Several figures from the NASCAR community rode along, lending their support to Petty’s philanthropic mission.

The tour visited a pair of NASCAR tracks — New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway — along the way. Petty indicated that the New Hampshire stop was particularly emotional; his son, Adam, lost his life at the track in May 2000.

“From lapping the track at New Hampshire to our homecoming at Victory Junction, this year’s Ride was a little bittersweet,” Petty said in a news release. “It was more emotional for me this year than past Rides because we ended at Camp. I’ve said it a million times – when I see a camper, I see Adam in their smile and I know he’s still here with us. And there were campers everywhere as we pulled into Camp.”

Funds from the charity ride have directly benefited Victory Junction since its opening in 2004. The camp, which is open year-round to benefit medically fragile children, was founded to honor the memory of Adam Petty.

Seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty participated in this year’s ride. joining legends Harry Gant, Donnie Allison, Ricky Craven and Hershel McGriff. Other celebrities offering their support: Front Row Motorsports’ David Ragan, Heisman Trophy winners Herschel Walker and George Rogers, and NBC Sports colleagues Krista Voda, Rutledge Wood and Rick Allen.

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The 1970s were great for hairstyles, high-collared shirts and those rare family photos that people stuck in books called photo albums, which are still wonderful to look through for those lucky enough to have a few laying around the house.

What the 70s weren’t great for were home mortgage rates, but you cannot tell that hardship by looking at Dale Earnhardt in this photo from 1975. Dale Jr. posted the picture from his aunt on Instagram, and it’s one we haven’t seen before — have fun trying to figure out what the occasion was that made ‘The Intimidator’ let down his guard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkL_h67nt5W/?hl=en&taken-by=dalejr

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Five Monster Energy Series drivers and three NASCAR Next prospects are entered in Saturday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series West event at Sonoma Raceway.

RELATED: Entry list | Sonoma schedule

A total of 31 cars are on the preliminary entry list, revealed Monday ahead of the Carneros 250. Two drivers are still to be announced. The NASCAR premier-series regulars participating are:

  • Erik Jones, in the No. 20 Toyota owned by David Gilliland
  • Alex Bowman, in the No. 24 Chevrolet from the Bill McAnally Racing stables
  • William Byron, in the No. 27 Chevy owned by Jerry Pitts
  • Aric Almirola, in a No. 41 Ford with Tony Stewart listed as the car owner of record
  • Daniel Suarez, in the No. 54 Toyota also owned by David Gilliland

Those five should benefit from extra track time ahead of Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 (3 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM).

Three drivers in the current NASCAR Next class will also suit up for the sixth K&N West race of the season. Among those is Will Rodgers, who won the pole for the Sonoma race last year before finishing a close second to Kevin Harvick.

Other K&N regulars in the Next program who are scheduled to compete: Derek Kraus, winner of the West season opener and a three-time pole winner already this year; and Hailie Deegan, who has finished in the top 10 in all five K&N West races this season.

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Making his NASCAR national series debut in the Xfinity Series, Riley Herbst wasted no time turning heads. The 19-year-old Las Vegas native scored a sixth-place finish in his maiden voyage in the series behind the wheel of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

“It was cool,” Herbst said after the race. “I came here to learn as much as I possibly could and I feel like I did that. We came home sixth. I would have liked a top five but all in all it was a good day, I thought.”

RELATED: Full race results | Race recap of Iowa 250

Herbst qualified ninth for the race and spent the bulk of the afternoon in the top 10. A speeding penalty entering the pits on Lap 201 was the lone misstep of the day for the young driver and one that he chalked up to inexperience. Yet, he was able to rally back for the top-10 result.

“That was kind of frustrating because I feel like we got pushed into that speeding penalty,” Herbst said. “I’ve never done anything like this in this series but I guess that’s what you do to get other people to speed.

“I knew that we sped. We got all the way back to 18th, driving back up to sixth (in the final 46 laps). I thought that was just a testament to our team on how good the car was all day.”

RELATED: Get to know the NASCAR Next Class |  NASCAR Next Class of 2018 announced

Herbst is in his second year of the NASCAR Next youth initiative. Before the season, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Herbst would participate in two Camping World Truck Series races later this year with the first scheduled to come on Saturday night at Gateway Motorsports Park.

“I’m really excited,” Herbst said. “Gateway is a super unique track. It’s another short track but totally different from Iowa Speedway with the flat ends on each end. I know everybody at Kyle Busch Motorsports will give me a great No. 51 truck.”

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“Dale And Amy: Renovation Realities” Episode 3 on the DIY Network! – IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THE HOUSE WAS ONCE BASICALLY A TWO-STORY LITTERBOX FOR CATS. ALSO, MORE SHIPLAP.

With every episode, it’s become apparent that this house either once belonged to the official Crazy Cat Lady of Key West. Or maybe it was the other way around — maybe there were so many cats in there that they owned a lady. Either way, the amount of cat waste they find every episode is a feat unto itself. Tear a wall board away — CAT WASTE. Open a cupboard — CAT WASTE. Hell I think Dale might have found some in the pocket of his cargo shorts at one point. But we need a reality series down the road on the day that the cats of Key West, livid that this highfalutin’ ginger done come into their two-story cat commune and claimed eminent domain, exact revenge.

RELATED: Recap of Episode 1 | Episode 2

FIRST SEGMENT

  • They notice the railing on the staircase is way too short. The best way to determine ifyour railing is too short for the average person is for JR Motorsports drivers Tyler Reddick and Justin Allgaier to come by and tell you, “Looks fine to me.”
  • Ooooooooooo termites. This house has hit for the vermin cycle — termites, maggots, rats and scorpions. GOD I wish they’d have Denny Hamlin over. I bet he’s scared crapless of all those things. Picture a deleted scene of Denny dashing Forrest-Gump style out of the house and down U.S. 1.
  • Dale Jr. sure does sweat profusely. Like, all the way through the shirt. Prayers up to anyone who owns a race-worn firesuit of his.
  • HAAAAAAAAA a rat. Amy shrieks like I assume Dale does when she chases him around the house with metal earrings.
  • It appears that Amy is wearing ripped jeans. Don’t know if it occurred during demolition or if it’s just her being fashionable. I mean I wouldn’t wear ripped jeans TO a demolition. But Dale’s wearing shorts. As someone who once badly lacerated his ankle with a weed-eater, this just causes concern for me.
  • They just threw out a perfectly good toilet. I mean maybe it didn’t work and maybe it reeked of mildew and bilge water but at least take that home and create a new toilet graveyard on your property next to all the wrecked cars.
  • MORE cat crap. Somewhere on the island a bunch of cats are pissed off to no end that some damn ginger has commandeered their giant two-story litterbox.

SECOND SEGMENT

  • They’re now discussing the foreman of the project, Ron. Calls him “The Richard Petty of building houses.” Which is a huge coincidence considering Richard Petty has been known for years as “The Ron The Foreman of NASCAR.”
  • Dale does NOT go with Amy to the tile store. Very nice of her to not make him go. Awesome. He needs to marry that girl.
  • TILES HAVE BEEN SELECTED. They’re nice. I can’t go into much more detail. I don’t know anything about tile. When a couple is working on a home-improvement project, there are battles worth fighting, and then there are “Sure, hon” items. This is one of them.
  • Amy says she’s gonna put Dale to work when they get home, building a dollhouse or a swing set for the little one. Who needs a swing set or a dollhouse when you have rust-covered car carcasses to play in?
  • OH MAN they’re gonna hang drywall. Amy says “We have no clue what we’re doing.” TAKIN’ A BIG SWING AT THE SETUP HERE. OH DAMMIT, COMMERCIAL. DRYWALL CLIFFHANGER.

THIRD SEGMENT

  • OH Dale’s rocking the tool belt now. That’s like a rite of passage like earning a black belt in karate.
  • Dale says working with drywall reminds him of fabricating metal for cars. Really? Have you ever gotten really mad and punched a hole through sheet metal? No. That’s why drywall rules.
  • “I want to be busy, even if I’m not doing it right.” Quote of the show by Dale. Take notice, Mr. Foreman. That’s his philosophy. Be like “OK Dale what I need you to do today is walk down the street and look for four-leaf clovers while Amy and I work.”
  • AWWWWWWWWWW SHIPLAP IS BACK. This house is like 40 percent shiplap. Still not sure what it is but it’s a fun word to say. #PuttinUpThatThereShiplap
  • They left a couple of time capsules in the wall — a toy car with a note and a coconut bra. So years from now if someone renovates this house, they’ll find those. Pretty awesome. God I hope they’re discovered. And whoever finds them thinks they both belong to Dale.

FOURTH SEGMENT

  • They are putting in a pedestal bathtub and put the legs on wrong. Bring it back in Dale, they put the right sides on the left and the left sides on the right.
  • Is it too much schadenfreude to wish they hadn’t noticed the mistake. Just picture someone soaking in that tub and it flips over dumping gallons of water and its inhabitant out on the floor.
  • Oh man Dale saying “Nyull post” is giving my life force a boost.
  • Design-wise they seem to be paying homage to its previous look by using some of the original wood and doors in the renovation, but they have yet to re-use a single cat turd, which I find disrespectful.
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Justin Allgaier dominated Sunday’s Iowa 250 presented by Enogen but had to hold off a hard-charging Christopher Bell for the victory at Iowa Speedway. Allgaier swept all three stages on the day for the race win and his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in 2018.

“Incredible. We’re in the middle of corn fields — how could you not enjoy this? … Doing it on Father’s Day, it was really cool having my daughter here,” Allgaier said after getting a hug from his 4-year-old daughter Harper Grace.

Allgaier faced a variety of challengers throughout the day. The driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet chased down polesitter Austin Cindric in the closing laps of Stage 1 for the lead and the stage victory. He then did battle with Daniel Hemric for the bulk of Stage 2 before pulling away late in the 60-lap stage. In the final stage, Allgaier had repeated battles with Bell for the lead position but was able to keep the Joe Gibbs Racing driver at bay for most of the final run.

RELATED: Full race results | Updated standings

The win is the seventh of Allgaier’s career in the Xfinity Series, and the seven playoff points on the day give him eight on the season now. Penalties took away the playoff benefits from his Dover win last month. The 182 laps out front were the most ever for Allgaier in the Xfinity Series.

Bell made an impressive drive up from a 39th-place starting spot after the No. 20 JGR Toyota did not make it through qualifying inspection earlier in the day. By Lap 28, he was in the top 10, and he was Allgaier’s main challenger for the bulk of the final stage.

“Man, I just needed to be in front of him,” Bell said. “Our (car) was really good. … I just didn’t have enough to clear him. He could just kind of ride ride that outside there, outside my door, just keep me pinned down. But we had a really good Rheem Camry, just unfortunately not good enough to get by him.

“Hopefully we put on a good show for the fans,” Bell said. “We were side-by-side for half the race.”

Hemric finished third, while Cole Custer came home fourth — his fourth straight top-five finish in the series. Both drivers also closed the gap on points leader Elliott Sadler through their own good runs and some misfortune for the JR Motorsports veteran. Sadler made contact with the wall towards the end of Stage 1, which that forced him down pit road under green and left him several laps down and out of contention en route to a 28th-place finish. He came in with a 41-point lead in the standings and left with a four-point lead over Custer and a seven-point lead over Hemric. Brandon Jones completed the top five.

MORE: Race results details | Best photos from Iowa

Riley Herbst, piloting the No. 18 JGR Toyota, finished sixth in his first NASCAR national series start. Ty Majeski scored a career-best seventh-place finish in just his eighth start in the series. Tyler Reddick, Matt Tifft and Kaz Grala rounded out the top 10.

Cindric, driving the No. 22 Team Penske Ford, earned his first pole in the series and led the first 58 laps of the race but finished 11th on the day. Justin Haley scored a 12th-place finish in his series debut in the No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet.

The Xfinity Series is off next weekend but will be back in action at Chicagoland Speedway on June 30 with the Overton’s 300 (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

–Rob Gray contributed to this report via NASCAR Wire Service.

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What channels are NASCAR races on this week? We answer that and provide all the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

Note: All times are ET.

MORE: Get the NBC Sports App |  How to find FS1, FS2 | Get FOX Sports GO | How to find NBCSN

Monday, June 18
7 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, M&M’s 200 presented by Casey’s General Store (re-air), FS1
5 p.m.: NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

On MRN
noon: Motorsports Monday (with hosts Woody Cain & Joey Meier)

Tuesday, June 19
5 p.m.: NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m.: NASCAR The Decades: “The 1970s,” NBCSN
6 p.m: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

On MRN
7 p.m.: NASCAR Live (with host Mike Bagley)

Wednesday, June 20
5 p.m.: NASCAR America, NBCSN
6 p.m: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

On MRN
noon: Crew Call (with hosts Sammi Jo Francis & Rocko Williams)
1 p.m.: NASCAR Coast to Coast (with hosts Kyle Rickey & Hannah Newhouse)

Thursday, June 21
5 p.m.: NASCAR America, NBCSN
5:30 p.m.: Dale Jr. Download, NBCSN
6 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
6 p.m.: NASCAR The Decades: “The 1980s,” NBCSN

Friday, June 22
2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series opening practice, FS1, (Canada: TSN GO)
5:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1, (Canada: TSN 2)
7 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub Weekend Edition, FS1
7:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series: Gateway 200, Final Practice, FS2

On MRN
12 p.m.: The Inside Line (with host Tyler Burnett)
1 p.m.: Classic Races: 1991 The Banquet Frozen Foods 300

Saturday, June 23
6:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS2 (re-air)
10:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (re-air)
2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, FS1, (Canada: TSN 2)
7 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1 (tape delayed)
8 p.m.: NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
8:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Gateway 200, FS1

Sunday, June 24
1:30 p.m.: NASCAR RaceDay, FS1
3 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350, FS1, FOX Deportes, (Canada: TSN 1, 3)
11 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350, FS1, FOX Deportes (re-air)

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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sonoma Raceway, while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will compete at Gateway Motorsports Park. Check out the full schedule below, subject to change.

Note: All times are ET

Sunday, June 24
PRE-RACE: SONOMA
2:54:00 p.m.: Presentation of Colors: Cal Fire Honor Guard
2:54:20 p.m.: Invocation by: Tim Boeve, Track Minister
2:54:45 p.m.: Intro National Anthem
2:55:00 p.m.: National Anthem by: Broadway Under The Stars in Sonoma Valley, Transcendence’s Meggie Cansler
2:56:40 p.m.: Fly-By TOT: (2) F-15C 173rd Fighter Wing, Kingsley Field in Southern Oregon (Turn 11 to Turn 7)   
3:01:40 p.m.: “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: Jonny Moseley & TBD Toyota Exec.
3:13:40 p.m.: Start of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 (110 Laps, 218.9 Miles)

ON TRACK: SONOMA
3 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 (110 laps, 218.9 miles), FS1, (Canada: TSN 1, 3) (Results)

LIVE EVENTS (Watch live)
11:30 a.m.: Trackside Live (Guests include Clint Bowyer and Hailie Deegan)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
6 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race

Friday, June 22
ON TRACK: SONOMA
2:40-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1, (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)
5:40-6:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1, (Canada: TSN 2) (Results)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
1:30 p.m.: Kyle Larson
1:45 p.m.: Clint Bowyer
4:30 p.m.: Denny Hamlin
4:45 p.m.: Matt DiBenedetto

ON TRACK: GATEWAY
6:15-6:40 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, No TV (Results)
7:35-8:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS2 (Results)

Saturday, June 23
ON TRACK: SONOMA
2:45 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Award qualifying, FS1, (Canada: TSN 2) (Results)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
3:45 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

ON TRACK: GATEWAY
12-1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, No TV (Results)
5:45 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole qualifying (tape delayed airing on FS1 at 7 p.m. ET) (Results)
8:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Villa Lighting delivers the Eaton 200, FS1 (160 laps, 200 miles), FS1 (Results)

 

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It’s an image that tells a love story. Davey Allison, a huge grin, lifting son Robbie Allison high into the sky. Both full of smiles, both full of life, just like Davey himself.

It’s a prized possession now for Robbie, 26, who was not yet 2 years old when his father died following a tragic helicopter accident in 1993.

Robbie Allison Davey Allison

“I have (a favorite picture) that I try to post (on social media) every once in a while,” Allison said in a recent interview. “I was probably about … 18 months old. I don’t know what the track is, but my dad’s in his fire suit, and he’s just lifting me up straight over his head in the air next to his car. The look on my face is just absolute happiness.”

The picture, long a favorite, added even deeper meaning to Robbie Allison when his son, Theo, was born.

“I think that’s just one of those father-son moments, especially as a young child that really develops that bond between a father and a son,” Robbie said. “I experienced it myself with my own son, so I know that that’s always been my favorite picture of me and my dad.”

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The race started with Harrison Burton on the pole for the first time in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career and ended with his career-best third-place finish in the series. And in between, there was some adversity for the 17-year-old driver of the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota to overcome in Saturday’s M&M’s 200 at Iowa Speedway.

The pole position was the first in 10 Truck Series starts for the son of 21-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner and NASCAR on NBC analyst Jeff Burton. The younger Burton led the first 30 laps of the race  — his first laps out front in the series — and finished Stage 1 in third. However, a throttle issue under the caution triggered by the stage break after Lap 60 brought the driver down pit road while it was closed resulting in a penalty that saw him have to start at the tail end of the field. The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion owned up to the mistake after the race.

RELATED: Full race results | See the thrilling finish at Iowa | Race recap

“I made a mistake and didn’t know how to reset the car once it was turned off, the ECU — the computer,” Burton said after the race.

The elements also made for a factor as it was a hot day into night at the 0.875-mile track in Newton, Iowa. That was further complicated by a cool box that Burton said “wasn’t working very well. It was more of a hot box.”

The Huntersville, North Carolina, native proceeded to drive up to sixth by the end of Stage 2 on Lap 120 and late in the race, found himself in position to capitalize should eventual race winner Brett Moffitt or teammate Noah Gragson slip up or get into each other. That position also gave Burton a pretty good view of a fantastic finish.

“I was trying all I could to make something happen,” Burton said. “I kind of had the same idea Noah did. I was just further back. That’s what it’s all about right there. The ability to say ‘I don’t care if I hit the wall, I’m going to try and win this race.’ That’s something that you can’t teach. Hats off to Noah for trying it. It reminded me of Carl Edwards back in the day.”

All said, though, the third-place finish was Burton’s second top five of the year and third top 10 in as many starts. He said he will not be back behind the wheel for KBM until the Bristol race on Thursday, Aug. 16.

“I’m proud of our effort,” Burton said. “We had a great truck all weekend. I thought this was ours to lose and I lost it, so I’ll move on, get better, and see what we’ve got next time. I’m excited.”