November 21, 2011
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Years from now, when NASCAR fans talk about Tony Stewart's third Sprint Cup championship, should they embellish what happened, as often occurs, it's hard to imagine they'll make it any more remarkable than it was.If they try, it wo...
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November 16, 2011
In a season where one crew chief has likened the risk-taking by his colleagues as throwing "Hail Marys," the championship race between Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart could be determined by what their crew chiefs do Sunday at Homestead.
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November 14, 2011
AVONDALE, Ariz. — They raced like champions Sunday. Next Sunday, one will be. After battling one another and a cantankerous track, Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart are where they started the day — Edwards leads Stewart by three points.
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AVONDALE, Ariz. — If Kasey Kahne had only made the Chase. Kahne, driving for a team that might not exist after this weekend's season finale, won Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway.
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November 9, 2011
Tony Stewart has won four of the first eight races in the Sprint Cup Chase, yet he’s not leading the points.Carl Edwards, winless in the Chase, is leading.So is NASCAR’s new points system working?
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November 7, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas — Tony Stewart didn't need a catchline Sunday. He didn't need to brag and didn't need to tell Carl Edwards he should be worried as Stewart did after winning last weekend's race at Martinsville.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Busch watched Sunday’s race from the pit box after NASCAR parked him for the weekend.NASCAR barred Busch from driving in Saturday’s Nationwide race and Sunday’s Cup race for wrecking Ron Hornaday in Friday......
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November 2, 2011
ESPN.com reports that Michael Waltrip Racing will announce Friday that Mark Martin will drive for the team part-time next season, replacing David Reutimann in the No. 00 car. ESPN.com also reports that team owner Michael Waltrip likely will drive in all o...
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October 31, 2011
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon tried, but both failed to get car owner Rick Hendrick the 200th Sprint Cup victory of his career Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, as Johnson finished second and Gordon was third behind winner Tony S...
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October 29, 2011
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A wet Friday kept Sprint Cup cars from practicing at Martinsville Speedway, but gave those in the garage time to discuss the sport's "rough week on the ethical scale," as driver Brad Keselowski put it.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — NASCAR scheduled a Sprint Cup practice session for 8:30 to 10 a.m. today, but the forecast calls for morning rain. NASCAR will put precedence on allowing Cup teams to practice even if that means eliminating qualifying and setting...
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October 26, 2011
Car owner Jack Roush denied ordering Trevor Bayne to leave Jeff Gordon and draft with Matt Kenseth at the end of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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October 24, 2011
TALLADEGA, Ala. — It was the thrilling finish fans crave, teammates bouncing off each other coming to the finish line, but even that couldn't mask the unsavory feelings restrictor-plate racing elicits where the 11th-place finisher was nearly as happ...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Clint Bowyer said he would have pushed teammate Jeff Burton to the win Sunday had they been in a clump of cars on the final lap Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Instead, they were alone. So, Bowyer made his move. Bowyer got by Bu...
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October 22, 2011
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The past lurks at Talladega Superspeedway. Each driver has his own tale or event he is remembered for at this track. Although Carl Edwards' car flew into the catchfence on the last lap in 2009, it is his run in the 2008 fall race t...
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October 19, 2011
Two past NASCAR Cup series champions say they feel comfortable racing at Talladega, even with the threat of danger that lurks at that track. Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch discussed safety and driving at Talladega Superspeedway — where the series heads...
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October 17, 2011
CONCORD — It is easy to become jaded by Jimmie Johnson's success. While he's won five consecutive titles and has never finished worse than fifth in the point standings since 2002, there are other drivers who rise and fall each year, their opportunit...
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October 16, 2011
NASCAR is keeping a close eye on competitors as the Chase progresses and is set to make a rules change in one area by next season, if not sooner.
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CONCORD — Matt Kenseth won, Jimmie Johnson crashed and NASCAR's title Chase took another twist Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway in what has been an unpredictable race to the championship.
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October 12, 2011
Even during a tight points race, the economy and its impact on NASCAR remains a key issue with the start of the 2012 season a little more than four months away. NASCAR chairman Brian France, speaking to reporters last weekend at Kansas Speedway, said the...
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October 3, 2011
DOVER, Del. — After beating his so-called “arch-nemesis,” Kurt Busch compared this year’s title Chase to a game of cards.
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DOVER, Del. — The race Tony Stewart feared proved to be as bad as he thought.Even before the Chase began, Stewart said he was worried about Dover, where he was 29th in the May race. Coming into Sunday’s event as the points leader after having...
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September 30, 2011
CONCORD — The video begins with Leona Dennis wearing a black Dale Earnhardt Jr. T-shirt, hands clasped, head bowed, as she watches the final laps of the Coca-Cola 600 in May.
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September 29, 2011
Updated at 4 p.m. with comments from a Charlotte Motor Speedway official CONCORD -- The video begins with Leona Dennis wearing a black Dale Earnhardt Jr. T-shirt, hands clasped, head bowed, as she watches the final laps of the Coca-Cola 600 in May.
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September 28, 2011
Kevin Harvick worried he would be further behind in the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standing after having to pit an extra time for fuel during Sunday's race at New Hampshire and finishing 12th. Instead, Harvick heads into Sunday's race at Dover International...
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