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With the NASCAR Cup Series racing on Easter Sunday again this year, Erik Jones will take the time to celebrate his racing family. Before the race on Sunday, Jones will treat the No. 43 team, family and friends to an Easter meal at Richmond.
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A Nascar pit crew came to the rescue in Chicago this week after spotting a fender bender on the road
By Tom Joyce tjoyce@mtairynews.com A sport that involves circling racetracks at 200 mph while measuring success in nanoseconds requires lots of moving parts other than car and driver, and a Surry County resident has had a hand in many of those. “Ever since I was little, that’s all I could think about was race cars,” David Cropps said in discussing his 20-year career in NASCAR, which now involves working at Richard Petty Motorsports — headed by “The King” of stock car racing. “My main job is front-end mechanic,” Cropps, 42, of Mount Airy, said regarding his present position wi...