October 12, 2009
FONTANA, Calif. — Top-five finishes might not be good enough to help Juan Pablo Montoya win the Sprint Cup championship.
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October 11, 2009
Five years after a NASCAR-endorsed driver diversity program began, no one in the program has reached the Sprint Cup level, and one has competed in the Nationwide series.
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FONTANA, Calif. -- Ford will delay the debut of its new Sprint Cup engine, said Doug Hervey, who oversees Ford's North American racing operations, on Saturday at Auto Club Speedway. The engine was scheduled to have debuted next week at Lowe's Motor Speedw...
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October 10, 2009
FONTANA, Calif. -- NASCAR will slow the cars and try to keep them from going airborne at Talladega with two rule changes, series officials said Friday at Auto Club Speedway. John Darby, Sprint Cup series director, said the restrictor plate will be reduced...
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FONTANA, Calif. -- It has been so easy for fans to complain about Auto Club Speedway: The track doesn't sell out. The weather can be unbearable. The racing lacks drama. Although some improvements have been made, the biggest move for track officials might...
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October 8, 2009
While the Chase remains and the car won’t be overhauled, NASCAR showed that it doesn’t ignore fans, announcing Wednesday that start times for Sprint Cup races will be more consistent and often earlier next year.
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October 7, 2009
With IndyCar's season ending this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the future of Danica Patrick should be known shortly.
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October 6, 2009
With nine Chase drivers finishing in the top 10 Sunday at Kansas, it's kept the points as close as they have been this late in the season. Heading to California for Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway, six drivers — half the Chase field — are...
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September 29, 2009
DOVER, Del. — This is looking all too familiar. Two races into NASCAR's Sprint Cup Chase and Jimmie Johnson is stalking the points leader. Again.
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September 28, 2009
DOVER, Del. — Greg Biffle provides hope for teams chasing Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson in the title race. Hope that even Biffle and his team can use. A year ago, Biffle won the first two races of the Chase and finished third the following race. Hi...
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DOVER, Del. —- Around and around, Joey Logano rolled unsure of when his car would finally come to rest after barrel rolling more than seven times in Sunday's race at Dover International Speedway.
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September 27, 2009
DOVER, Del. -- Car owner Richard Childress says he plans to field a fourth car next year even with sponsor Jack Daniel's leaving after this season.
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DOVER, Del. -- Juan Pablo Montoya's pit road speeding penalty nearly two months ago could impact the title Chase, and it wouldn't be the first time a speeding infraction played a role in the championship.
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September 26, 2009
DOVER, Del. -- What happened off the track Friday proved more intriguing than what happened on it. Consider: Would Jeff Gordon think about racing only part time? Brian Vickers' solution for the recent pit road incidents. Denny Hamlin's complaints a...
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September 25, 2009
DOVER, Del. — Five years after NASCAR allowed hard liquor brands to be sponsors, two such companies say they won’t return next year and another one is reducing its team sponsorship after this season.
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September 23, 2009
Experience has played a key role in who wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup title Chase and could again this year. A rookie to the Chase has never won the title, discounting 2004, when every driver would have been considered a Chase rookie with its debut.
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September 22, 2009
LOUDON, N.H. — No driver faces a bigger test this weekend than Kasey Kahne will at Dover. Kahne's challenge isn't as much the championship — he's last in the Chase after blowing an engine at New Hampshire on Sunday — but giving his organ...
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September 21, 2009
LOUDON, N.H. — Juan Pablo Montoya mastered Monaco, conquered Indianapolis and challenged Michael Schumacher before coming to NASCAR. None of that prepared him for Mark Martin with a victory at stake. Martin's humility — "You're not callin...
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LOUDON, N.H. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. appeared headed toward a top-10 finish Sunday until contact with David Reutimann late in the race sent Earnhardt's car into the wall. Earnhardt, who finished 35th, criticized Reutimann. "I know he can't hold hi...
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September 20, 2009
LOUDON, N.H. — It started shortly after NASCAR revamped restarts three months ago. Strategies and setups among Sprint Cup teams began to change. Only a few teams switched at first, but others followed after they saw how many positions a driver could...
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LOUDON, N.H. — Jeff Gordon's drive for a fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup title enters its eighth year, but even if Gordon wins the championship, he'll look at this crown differently than his previous titles. Gordon said he'll do so because the format has ch...
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September 19, 2009
LOUDON, N.H. -- A four-peat by Jimmie Johnson would be historic. A championship for Juan Pablo Montoya would be revolutionary. Yet, the best ending for NASCAR might be if 50-year-old Mark Martin, back after running a partial schedule the past two s...
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LOUDON, N.H. — Kasey Kahne enters the Chase with many questions. They have more to do about what is going on at Richard Petty Motorsports as opposed to what happens on the track. RPM is a team in flux. It is working on a merger with Yates Racing tha...
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September 18, 2009
Arms and voices rose in unison. The noise rumbled like a distant thunderstorm, growing louder with each car Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed two weeks ago at Atlanta. Fans who have endured Earnhardt's struggles and Kyle Busch's taunts had waited months to shed t...
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September 16, 2009
Variety is the catchphrase for this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup.So many storylines. So much action on the track. So much off it.Jimmie Johnson is going for a record fourth consecutive championship. Tony Stewart is attempting to be the first owne...
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