Up-And-Comer Jonathon Gomez Is a Winner Both On and Off the Track

Some of NASCAR’s best finishes not only occur in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide, or the Camping World Truck Series, but they also take place at the many local tracks, which are usually run on a Saturday night. Short track racing is where most of the big name drivers such as the Earnhardt’s, Petty’s, Waltrip’s, Allison’s, and a host of others got their first taste of what it’s like to bang and bump their way around these asphalt-covered gladiator rings. While most of NASCAR’s upper-tier series' closest finishes are watched over and over again, a lot of times that’s not the case at the local level, since the majority of the races are not televised. Instead, the finishes are talked about amongst the ...

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