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Kyle Busch 05/13/08, Time: 1:53 pm |
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Kyle Busch will return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Friday night?s race at Lowe?s Motor Speedway. (NASCAR.com) |
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Petty Enterprises 05/13/08, Time: 11:14 am |
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While Kyle Petty takes a break from the No. 45 car to attend his daughter's wedding and broadcast some Sprint Cup races for TNT, Chad McCumbee and Terry Labonte will take his place, Petty Enterprises announced Tuesday. (ESPN.com) |
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Kyle Busch 05/12/08, Time: 3:26 pm |
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Kyle Busch won the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway, his third victory of the season. "It?s pretty awesome,? Busch said. ?Darlington obviously showed again tonight that is one of the hardest places -- always has been, and always will be. Even with the fresh asphalt this place is tough.? The victory gives Busch a 79-point lead atop the Sprint Cup standings. The #18 Mamp;Ms Toyota driver has racked up an incredible seven top 5s and eight top 10s in only 11 races this season. ?It?s an awesome win for us,? Busch continued. ?I can?t thank these guys enough. They prepared such a great race car. The lapped cars were great at the end -- they gave me all the room in the world." (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Carl Edwards 05/12/08, Time: 3:25 pm |
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Carl Edwards had an impressive evening at Darlington, but didn?t have a chance at catching Kyle Busch. He finished 2nd in the Dodge Challenger 500. "First of all, my hat?s off to Kyle,? Edwards said. ?Man, I wanted to beat him bad. Now we?re tied for wins. I wanted to keep him down a little bit, but he did a great job. This car was good. I tore it up just a little bit on the left-front, but I definitely had a good time ? a lot better time than last night. The new surface is growing on me.? Edwards moved up three spots into 7th in the Sprint Cup standings. He should be a lock to make the Chase at year?s end. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Jeff Gordon 05/12/08, Time: 3:24 pm |
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Jeff Gordon finished 3rd in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. With two consecutive top 10s, he has moved himself into 10th in the Sprint Cup standings. It looks like the #24 DuPont Chevrolet team has righted the ship. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. 05/12/08, Time: 3:22 pm |
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished 4th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. A win would be nice, but Junior has finished inside the top 15 in 10 of the 11 races this season. He?s currently 3rd in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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David Ragan 05/12/08, Time: 3:12 pm |
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It?s hard not to like David Ragan. With a 5th place finish at Darlington, he jumped to 12th in the Sprint Cup standings. Whenever I listen to Kyle Busch, there always seems to be a hint of arrogance or cockiness. With Ragan, there seems to be a genuine sense of awe to even be in the sport. It?s a pleasant change of pace from the attitudes of most professional athletes. "To (finish well) at Darlington is just something special,? Ragan said. ?Darlington is an awesome track. You?re running laps out there and you think about the guys that made this place famous like Cale Yarborough and Bill Elliott and David Pearson and people like that. It just makes you realize how fortunate we are to come out here and race at such a cool track.? Besides an awful showing at Daytona, Ragan has been very solid this season. At only 22-years-old, the future looks very bright for him. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Matt Kenseth 05/12/08, Time: 3:09 pm |
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Matt Kenseth needed a good showing this weekend. Before the Dodge Challenger 500, he had finished 38th, 41st, and 38th in his three previous starts. His 6th place finish at Darlington couldn?t have come at a better time. ?We?ve been running so terrible and having such bad luck, so I was happy for our finish,? Kenseth said.? ?The only little thing frustrating is the racing was kind of weird at the end. Everybody is riding around half-throttle and when you have a hard tire and a little fuel cell everybody is trying to stretch that last five laps, so that was kind of weird. But, other than that, it was good. It was a great finish for us and we ran pretty good." The great run moves Kenseth up two spots into 20th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Denny Hamlin 05/12/08, Time: 3:08 pm |
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Denny Hamlin finished 7th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway, his 7th top 10 of the season. Hamlin jumped two spots up to 4th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Travis Kvapil 05/12/08, Time: 3:05 pm |
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Travis Kvapil had a much-needed top 10, with an 8th place finish this weekend. "I think we had a top-five car, but we just got behind on our adjustment in the middle part of the race and fell back,? Kvapil said. ?We got it right there towards the end, but we were just too far back. We had a super-fast car, but were just too far in the back of the pack." Kvapil moved up to 18th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Dave Blaney 05/12/08, Time: 3:05 pm |
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There was a Dave Blaney sighting Saturday evening. Blaney finished 9th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. This was his first finish in the top 15 all season. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Jeff Burton 05/12/08, Time: 2:58 pm |
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Jeff Burton remained 2nd in the Sprint Cup standings with a 10th place finish in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?We were tight then loose then back to tight,? Burton said. ?We were our best there at the end but I'm proud of the ATamp;T team for fighting and because of that we were able to get another top 10." (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Jamie McMurray 05/12/08, Time: 2:55 pm |
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Jamie McMurray finished 11th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?I could go really fast on new tires and when we had those runs where we didn?t have long runs, we gained a lot of track position, but those long runs hurt us,? McMurray said. ?I kept getting real tight off four and when I was trying to pass a guy I?d end up getting passed by two, but it was a pretty good night. We haven?t run that good this year, so that was nice." (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Kurt Busch 05/12/08, Time: 2:51 pm |
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Kurt Busch was in his brother?s shadow again Saturday night, finishing 12th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?The Miller Lite team did a great job tonight, Busch said. ?The Charlotte test paid dividends. With this right sides being the same as Charlotte here at Darlington, we just kept the same frame of mind for four days straight which really helped us. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Martin Truex Jr. 05/12/08, Time: 2:49 pm |
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Martin Truex Jr. finished 14th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Truex has been very inconsistent all season, but has managed to move into 15th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Jimmie Johnson 05/12/08, Time: 2:49 pm |
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Jimmie Johnson finished 13th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Johnson was not too happy with the car?s overall performance. ?It was one of those nights,? Johnson said. ?We had an alternator problem that hurt us through most of the night. We had to turn all our fans off and everything so that was kind of frustrating certainly; I was warm in the car without any air circulating around. And I barely made it in. It was sputtering coming to the finishing. Johnson moved up one spot into 6th place in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Clint Bowyer 05/12/08, Time: 2:48 pm |
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Clint Bowyer finished 15th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. After eight consecutive top 15s he sits 5th in the Sprint Cup standings. "We didn't have the best night but it could have been a lot worse.,? Bowyer said. ?We got a lap down a couple of times but we stayed after it all night and finished on the lead lap. We'll take that and go on to Charlotte." (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Tony Stewart 05/12/08, Time: 2:14 pm |
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Tony Stewart recovered from an early crash to finish a respectable 21st in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Elliott Sadler and Stewart got tangled up on the first lap, but Stewart was able to continue. The finish keeps Stewart in 8th place in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Bobby Labonte 05/12/08, Time: 2:08 pm |
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Bobby Labonte finished 18th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Labonte has failed to finish inside the top 10 all season and currently sits 19th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Mark Martin 05/12/08, Time: 2:06 pm |
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Mark Martin finished 16th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?This was a really tough race,? said Martin. ?You don?t always have the fastest car out there and everything doesn?t always go perfect. On those nights you just have to dig deep and give it all you have. That is what these guys did tonight and I?m incredibly proud to drive their car each week.? (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Kasey Kahne 05/12/08, Time: 2:04 pm |
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Kasey Kahne finished 22nd in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?We had to go to our back up car for the race and it wasn?t nearly as good as our primary car,? Kahne said. ?We struggled on power a bit, but kept it off the wall which is a positive.? (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Juan Pablo Montoya 05/12/08, Time: 2:03 pm |
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Juan Pablo Montoya finished 23rd in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. ?We went a lap down early and struggled with handling. I thought our Wrigley?s Big Red Dodge was really good in practice and qualifying, we just struggled in the race,? Montoya said. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Brian Vickers 05/12/08, Time: 1:38 pm |
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Brian Vickers finished 25th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Vickers is currently 17th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Kevin Harvick 05/12/08, Time: 11:34 am |
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Kevin Harvick hit the wall early and could never recover. He finished 39th, by far his worst of the season. Harvick had finished no worse than 24th all season. "I hate it for the Shell-Penzoil team,? Harvick said. ?It was my fault when I hit the wall. The guys did a great job in the garage and worked hard for me to get back on the track and because of that we were able to pick up a few positions." Harvick dropped four sports down to 9th in the Sprint Cup standings. |
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Ryan Newman 05/12/08, Time: 11:33 am |
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Ryan Newman finished a lackluster 37th at Darlington. "It was just a disappointing night for the Alltel Dodge,? Newman said. ?We had problems throughout the race, and it ended up costing us in the points. We're going to have to work harder and hopefully rebound at Charlotte." Newman has been all over the board this season. He has seven top 15s, but three finishes worse than 30th. If he could ever show more consistency, he would easily qualify for the Chase. |
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Greg Biffle 05/12/08, Time: 9:53 am |
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After winning the pole on Friday, it looked like Greg Biffle was going to be in or a great weekend. Biffle was clearly the class of the field, but engine problems ended his night prematurely. ?It is really frustrating, but, you know what, I?ve just come accustomed to expecting it because it?s just week after week it?s something,? Biffle said. ?Something breaks. Something falls off. We?ve got wheels loose. We had wheels loose twice tonight. I don?t know. I know everybody is trying their hardest. The guys are digging their hearts out, but the fact of the matter is in this sport ? in this day and age ? you cannot leave the wheels loose ? not at a place this fast.? Biffle finished dead last in 43rd and dropped two spots down to 11th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Elliott Sadler 05/11/08, Time: 11:05 pm |
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Elliott Sadler finished 42nd in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 28th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Sam Hornish 05/11/08, Time: 11:04 pm |
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Sam Hornish Jr. finished 38th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 34th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Paul Menard 05/11/08, Time: 11:04 pm |
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Paul Menard finished 36th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 24th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Scott Riggs 05/11/08, Time: 11:02 pm |
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Scott Riggs finished 17th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 25th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Michael Waltrip 05/11/08, Time: 11:02 pm |
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Michael Waltrip finished 24th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 32nd in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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J.J. Yeley 05/11/08, Time: 11:01 pm |
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J.J. Yeley finished 26th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 36th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Regan Smith 05/11/08, Time: 11:01 pm |
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Regan Smith finished 29th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 33rd in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Kyle Petty 05/11/08, Time: 10:48 pm |
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Kyle Petty finished 41st in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He is currently 39th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Casey Mears 05/11/08, Time: 10:46 pm |
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Casey Mears finished 35th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Mears is the only Hendrick Motorsports car outside the top 10 in the Sprint Cup standings. The finish dropped him to 27th place, with no real chance to make the Chase. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Bill Elliott 05/11/08, Time: 10:42 pm |
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Bill Elliott finished 30th in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Running a partial schedule, he has been unable to crack the top 25 in any race this season. He is 45th in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Reed Sorenson 05/11/08, Time: 10:39 pm |
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Reed Sorenson finished 32nd in the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. He has been unable to crack the top 10 since his 5th place finish at Daytona. Sorenson is 31st in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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NASCAR News 05/10/08, Time: 7:45 pm |
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Kyle Busch leads after 115 laps of the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington. Please visit ProFantasySports.com throughout the weekend for updates on your favorite driver. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Tony Stewart 05/09/08, Time: 12:38 am |
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Tony Stewart beat Nationwide Series points leader Clint Bowyer to the finish line by .815 seconds to win the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Friday night at Darlington Raceway. (NASCAR.com) |
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Greg Biffle 05/09/08, Time: 12:37 am |
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Greg Biffle won the pole for Saturday night's Dodge Challenger 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway. One of three drivers who participated in recent Goodyear tire tests at the 1.366-mile speedway, Biffle turned a lap in 27.405 seconds (179.442 mph) to win the fifth pole of his career. (NASCAR.com)
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Casey Mears 05/09/08, Time: 2:00 pm |
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Hendrick Motorsports' Casey Mears led the third Sprint Cup Series practice for tomorrow's Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. Mears recorded a fastest lap of 177.685 mph in his No. 5 Chevrolet. He was followed by second-fastest Martin Truex Jr. at 176.759 mph in his No. 1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet. (SceneDaily.com)
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Kyle Busch 05/09/08, Time: 1:53 pm |
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For the second time this season, Kyle Busch sits atop the championship point standings. Busch?s second-place showing last Saturday at Richmond marked his sixth top-five finish of the season. Busch?s 109.4 Driver Rating is best among all series drivers, as is his Average Running Position of 9.0. (NASCAR Media) |
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Richard Childress Racing 05/09/08, Time: 1:51 pm |
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Richard Childress Racing?s trio of drivers dominate this week?s top five in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. And, with RCR claiming eight wins at Darlington Raceway over the years, the outlook for that organization is looking up as the series travels to the track deemed ?Too Tough to Tame? for the Dodge 500 this Saturday night. (NASCAR Media) |
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Jimmie Johnson 05/09/08, Time: 1:48 pm |
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Jimmie Johnson will qualify in a backup car for Saturday's Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway after hitting the Turn 1 wall on the third lap of Friday's morning practice session. (ESPN.com) |
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NASCAR News 05/07/08, Time: 4:37 pm |
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Teenager Joey Logano won in his ARCA RE/MAX Series debut, leading 257 of 312 laps and easily holding off NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader on Sunday in the Carolina 5000, the return to racing at Rockingham Speedway. The 17-year-old Logano, driving the No. 25 Venturini Motorsports-prepared Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet, started from the pole and beat Schrader by 4.164 seconds in the 312-mile race. (FoxSports.com) |
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It has been rumored that if Tony Stewart were to leave Joe Gibbs Racing, Lagono would be the long-term replacement. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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Michael Waltrip 05/07/08, Time: 4:18 pm |
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Michael Waltrip is scheduled to make his 700th career Cup series start this weekend. ?It?s not something I am necessarily going to celebrate,? Waltrip said. ?I would have liked to have had more than four Sprint Cup victories by now. At the same time, I am thankful to be able to show up every week and do what I love to do. So I think I have mixed emotions because I will be a little bit sad about not putting up more numbers than I have, but glad that I have the ability to do what I do.? (SceneDaily.com) |
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NASCAR News 05/07/08, Time: 4:14 pm |
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NASCAR is not immune to feeling the pain at the pump. "It affects all of us, anybody that's in business," said car owner Richard Childress. "Getting our cars to the racetracks costs a ton in gas money for the haulers. Bringing our people to the tracks, the rising costs of jet fuel. It's very, very expensive to do what we're doing." (Associated Press)
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Elliott Sadler 05/06/08, Time: 12:26 pm |
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Nearly 50 Sprint Cup Series teams tested Monday at Lowe's Motor Speedway in preparation for the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600. Elliott Sadler ended up on top of the speed chart, posting a lap of 186.245 mph during the evening session. (NASCAR.com)
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Bobby Labonte 05/05/08, Time: 2:04 pm |
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Bobby Labonte became the latest driver to take himself off the free-agent market, agreeing to a contract extension with Petty Enterprises. A source spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Saturday because portions of the deal, including sponsorship, are still being completed. (NASCAR.com)
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Clint Bowyer 05/04/08, Time: 12:24 am |
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Clint Bowyer won the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway, the second win of his career. He grabbed the victory after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Kyle Busch spun in the closing laps. ?(Junior and Busch) were putting on a show for a while,? Bowyer said. ?They were racing hard. That's what racing at Richmond is all about in my opinion. It just didn't work out. I told the cops, I don't know why they were escorting me in here. I told them, they better get on and escort Kyle Busch out of here.? The win shot Bowyer up three spots into 4th place in the Sprint Cup standings. (Eric Adams/SB) |
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