April 29, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. — Kyle Busch capped a perfect weekend Saturday night by winning the spring race at Richmond for the fourth consecutive year. The victory snaps a 22-race winless streak for Busch, and came a day after he went to victory lane for the fir...
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April 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Greg Biffle fell two laps down at Martinsville, clawed his way to a 13th-place finish, then headed to the Bahamas as NASCAR’s points leader. “It feels good to go on vacation being the point leader,” Biffle sai...
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March 29, 2012
CONCORD (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. won a career-high six races in 2004 and mounted a decent challenge for the championship.He has not had a year like that since, not even close. But five races into the season, he feels as good as he did eight years a...
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March 19, 2012
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Brad Keselowski used Bristol Motor Speedway last fall to cement his spot in NASCAR's championship race.Back at the track Sunday, Keselowski again made his way to victory lane.And he again began to think about a Sprint Cup title...
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March 13, 2012
CONCORD (AP) — An appeals panel Tuesday upheld penalties levied against five-time champion Jimmie Johnson's crew chief for failing the opening day inspection at the Daytona 500.The three-member committee heard testimony from Hendrick Motorsports and...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The court of public opinion has long been divided on Chad Knaus. Depending on who you ask, the crew chief is a world-class cheater, a masterful innovator, or maybe a combination of both.
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March 1, 2012
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Penske Racing will switch from Dodge to Ford in NASCAR competition beginning in 2013.Penske will compete with Ford Fusions in the Sprint Cup Series and Ford Mustangs in the Nationwide Series. Penske's IndyCar team is using Chevrolet...
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February 29, 2012
CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR issued steep penalties against five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and his team for failing the first inspection for the Daytona 500.
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January 25, 2012
CONCORD (AP) — Ford on Tuesday became the first manufacturer in NASCAR to unveil its 2013 car, rolling out a Fusion that closely resembles what fans can buy off the showroom floor.
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CONCORD (AP) — The celebration of Chip Ganassi's success was supposed to be a surprise, an opportunity to gather his great champions and toast their remarkable runs. The surprise was ruined, but the celebration will stay etched in Ganassi's memory.
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January 24, 2012
CONCORD (AP) — Danica Patrick, the highest-finishing woman in the Indianapolis 500, will skip the race this season and instead enter NASCAR's longest event of the year.
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December 5, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Kurt Busch and Penske Racing parted ways today after six bumpy seasons, a split that clouds the former champion's future in NASCAR as he embarks on a personal journey to reclaim his passion for racing.
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December 1, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brad Keselowski was rewarded for a breakthrough season at NASCAR's top level with a contract extension from Penske Racing for both the driver and his crew chief.
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November 28, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has fired Darian Grubb and hired a new crew chief.Stewart-Haas Racing says Steve Addington has taken over the No. 14 Chevrolet effective immediately. Addington quit as Kurt Busch's crew chief last week.
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November 23, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Richard Childress predicted at the start of the season one of his drivers would win NASCAR's championship.So after falling short for a second consecutive season, Kevin Harvick will have a new crew in 2012.
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November 2, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has been hospitalized to treat injuries he suffered when his private plane ran off the runway during a landing.
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November 1, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick returned home Tuesday, a day after he broke a rib and shoulder when his plane ran off the runway in Key West, Fla.
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October 20, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Five-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson said Wednesday he has spoken to many IndyCar drivers about his belief that the series should not be racing on ovals, and all understood what he meant.
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October 18, 2011
CONCORD (AP) — Five-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson called on IndyCar to stop racing on ovals in the wake of Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon's death. Wheldon was killed in a 15-car accident in Sunday's season finale IndyCar ra...
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September 27, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — There was something different about Jimmie Johnson this year as he readied for yet another challenge to his reign of NASCAR.
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September 19, 2011
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Tony Stewart has snapped a 32-race losing streak by winning the opening race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.It is Stewart's first win since California last October and pushes the two-time champion into contention fo...
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August 9, 2011
It's too bad the sun spoiled what could have been a day of redemption for Joey Logano. The poor kid had been twisting in the wind for months, waiting like everyone else to see where Carl Edwards will drive next season. Among Edwards' options was Joe Gibbs...
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August 4, 2011
Carl Edwards spurned an offer from Joe Gibbs Racing, and signed a multi-year contract extension with current team Roush Fenway Racing.The deal was announced today and puts Edwards, the current Sprint Cup Series points leader, in position to compete for hi...
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August 2, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS — Carl Edwards is under no obligation to publicly discuss his ongoing contract negotiations or to hurry his decision along. That doesn't mean the NASCAR community isn't frustrated with the wait.
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June 6, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Richard Childress was fined $150,000 today for assaulting Kyle Busch, the latest incident in an ongoing feud between NASCAR's most polarizing driver and Childress' race teams.
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