November 22, 2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Mark Martin chases a championship he doesn't need. He refuses to define himself based on titles won even if many others do. Championships, though, once consumed him, ate at him, caused sleepless nights. No matter how hard he...
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Today ends what has been one of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s most frustrating seasons. Although he comes into today's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway 24th in the points, he's not ready for the season to end.
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November 21, 2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Should Jimmie Johnson win his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title Sunday, Jeff Gordon likely will smile, hug his teammate and celebrate Johnson's momentous feat. As part owner of Johnson's car, Gordon will be happy. As a competitor, pan...
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kasey Kahne might be maxed out at RPM. Kahne is strongly considering bolting Richard Petty Motorsports after his contract expires next season because of the instability surrounding the organization and will start shopping around for a n...
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November 18, 2009
NASCAR is surveying Fan Council members about TV broadcasts, asking fans if they watch the races on TV with the sound turned down to hear the radio broadcast and how often they do so.
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November 17, 2009
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Really, did many people think Jimmie Johnson would finish poorly two races in a row?
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November 16, 2009
AVONDALE, Ariz. — History isn't always dramatic. Even when it's remarkable. Jimmie Johnson's run to a record-breaking fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship might not be appreciated by all who tire of seeing him in victory lane — as...
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AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR officials met with Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin before Sunday's race to discuss their incident during Saturday's Nationwide race. It wasn't the first time they've had a run-in on the track.
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November 14, 2009
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Dave Blaney fiddles with four quarters and stands among the row of cars that don't have a garage stall at Phoenix International Raceway. This is NASCAR's low-rent district. Here are Sprint Cup teams that show up to only some races or th...
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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Robby Gordon says he has sponsorship for only the first eight races of next season and has run nearly one-third of this season without sponsorship, though he's kept company decals on his car in those races.
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November 11, 2009
Juan Pablo Montoya says the racing in NASCAR is better than any other series he's competed in, and if someone can't see that, they don't need to be watching.
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November 10, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas — There is hope. That might be all there is, but now NASCAR Sprint Cup title contenders have more than wishful thinking on their side as they chase Jimmie Johnson.
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November 9, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas — Two hours before Sunday's race, NASCAR Chairman Brian France conceded that dramatic storylines in the sport "aren't what they have been in the past or will be in the future," in citing a reason for NASCAR's slumping TV...
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Kurt Busch will have a new crew chief next season and some have questioned why not make the change with his title hopes over, but Pat Tryson's pit call helped Busch win Sunday's race at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch, who had one of...
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FORT WORTH, Texas — NASCAR Chairman Brian France says he wants TV broadcasters that work NASCAR events to call the sport like those in other sports do and limit their areas of criticism. France made the comments in an exclusive interview with the News......
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November 8, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A race that featured 58 lead changes boring? Two cars upside down in the final laps and the talk is about single-file racing earlier in the event? NASCAR faces a dilemma about its racing. Complaints by some fans about last week's Tall...
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FORT WORTH, Texas --Greg Biffle said he was pleased with the conversations in a recent follow-up meeting to the town hall sessions NASCAR officials held five months ago.
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November 7, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas --Ryan Newman stresses that the car needs to be changed before the Sprint Cup series returns to Talladega next April to limit the likelihood of it getting airborne.
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November 4, 2009
A NASCAR official criticized ABC's broadcast of Sunday's Talladega race, stating in a blog that the network "missed a lot of very good racing." ABC defended its coverage in a statement Tuesday, saying: "We feel we had a strong telecast. We......
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November 3, 2009
Let them race. It's the mantra from fans on Internet message boards, comment sections and even Twitter. A short, simple declaration to NASCAR after what fans saw in Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway. Yet, some fans are discovering what drivers have...
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November 2, 2009
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Ryan Newman does not want to be a daredevil, but when it comes to restrictor-plate racing, he's gone airborne about as often as a circus performer shot out of a cannon. There, it's OK. The rocket man lands in a net, waves to the cr...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jimmie Johnson moved closer to a record-breaking fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup title Sunday as a last-lap crash collected his two nearest rivals.
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November 1, 2009
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The Native American medicine man prayed. He burned ceremonial offerings and asked that balance be restored to Talladega Superspeedway, a place where drivers race on an edge so sharp, disaster is a constant companion.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Kyle Busch got a generous bump from teammate Aric Almirola a few hundred yards from the finish to win the NASCAR Camping World Trucks race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.
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October 31, 2009
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- AJ Allmendinger, arrested early Thursday for driving while impaired, said he had to take a breathalyzer for NASCAR before he could practice Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway.
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