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Oklahoma vs. Texas? The NASCAR equivalent to that would be Hendrick Motorsports vs. Roush Racing as the Chase for the Sprint Cup reaches its halfway point in Saturday night's Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing? Maybe Georgia or Southern California — or even a ...
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After winning the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago, Jimmie Johnson provided a remarkable bit of self-evaluation. "I sucked my whole life until this level of racing," the two-time defending Cup champion said. That's why, Johnson said, it's hard for him to think of ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Greg Biffle isn't angry with teammate Carl Edwards for starting a 12-car crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Neither is Matt Kenseth . Kevin Harvick ? Not quite over it. Witnesses said Edwards and Harvick scuffled Thursday in the Nationwide Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway after Edwards ...
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Greg Biffle
Carl Edwards
Matt Kenseth
Kevin Harvick
Regan Smith says having — and taking — the chance to win Sunday at Talladega was worth everything that happened on the controversial final lap. "To be in that position is what you are there for and it was a great feeling," said Smith, the Cup rookie who passed Stewart for ...
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Regan Smith
We're only four races into NASCAR's 10-race Chase for the Cup and already half of the dozen drivers in the Chase are longshots to win the championship. Tony Stewart won the fourth race Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and climbed to seventh from 11th in the standings. Yet he's still a ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Goodyear and NASCAR officials say tire wear has improved significantly during this week's testing at Indianapolis. This is the second test conducted at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since July's Allstate 400 turned into a series of 10- to 12-lap sprints because the tires wore out. NASCAR vice ...
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e tempest of discontent that has followed Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway was as predictable as night following day. Hey! Regan Smith got to the finish line first. He should have won. No! He went below the yellow line to pass. That automatically knocks him out. Hey! Tony ...
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Regan Smith
Tony Stewart
Despite Regan Smith 's last lap penalty for passing below the yellow line and Martin Truex, Jr.'s day ending in a crash, Sunday's AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was a shot in the arm for Dale Earnhardt Incorporated. Team officials spent the week leading up to Talladega answering ...
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Regan Smith
Martin Truex Jr.
Paul Menard
Promising efforts at Talladega Superspeedway and the addition of another driver and sponsor for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season has Yates Racing looking ahead to the future. Despite Travis Kvapil and David Gilliland both being eliminated from Sunday's AMP Energy 500 in accidents, it was an up ...
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Paul Menard
David Gilliland
This past weekend's on-track action at Talladega Superspeedway will be remembered for three notable things. One is the shear number of lead changes (64, the most since the Talladega 500 in July, 1984). Another is the now infamous judgment call that gave Tony Stewart the victory and dropkicked ...
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From a distance Dale Earnhardt Jr. 's No. 88 looks like every other AMP Energy Chevy he has driven. In fact, watching it in the race you won't be able to notice that anything is different. But get up close to it and you can tell that it is covered with thousands of names of Junior's fans, fans ...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Kyle Busch is an intensely competitive person. And with that comes a desire to assess blame when mistakes are made. But Busch won't point his finger unless he thinks he knows the correct target. Maybe that's what makes Busch's horrendous last three weeks even more difficult to handle for him. ...
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Kyle Busch
Flat-out, wide-open, and get the heck out of my way, or eat my bumper. That's the approach Greg Biffle , Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards are taking in this championship chase. But Tony Eury Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr. 's crew chief, has another approach — get through the first few races ...
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NASCAR maverick Kyle Busch intends to make a stand at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. He will take aim at the Camping World RV 400, the third race of 10 in the Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship, in which he trails the leader, Carl Edwards , by 210 points. Busch, 23, who has won a series-high ...
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Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
There isn't any driver in the Sprint Cup Series who is flying under the radar more than Kevin Harvick . All that Harvick did last Sunday was finish sixth at Dover International Speedway for his eighth straight top-10 finish. And he managed to escape the "Monster Mile" with just one ...
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Kevin Harvick
Carl Edwards
Sprint Cup driver A.J. Allmendinger will not return to Red Bull Racing next season, the team announced Tuesday. Allmendinger, a former Champ Cap World Series star, is in his second season driving Red Bull's No. 84 Toyota and the team is currently 34th in car owners points. It is unclear whether ...
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Brian Vickers
Scott Speed
NASCAR announced this weekend that it would institute a random drug-testing policy for drivers, pit crew members and race officials in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series beginning next season. While we applaud the move, we're a little concerned about the ‘random' nature of the ...
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A former crew chief said Rick Hendrick's comments about Dale Earnhardt Jr. 's focus "should definitely serve as a wake-up call to Dale." While it's common for drivers to yell on the radio, an emotional driver can hinder a crew chief's ability to improve the car, said Robbie Loomis, who ...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jeff Gordon
A senior official with Dodge Motorsports Tuesday refuted rumors that Gillett Evernham Motorsports will abandon the manufacturer and become a Toyota backed team. On Monday FoxSports reported through sources that Gillett Evernham principal owner George Gillett was in negotiations to purchase Bill ...
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NASCAR has tinkered with its points format over the past several seasons, hoping to put more emphasis on winning races as a key to capturing the Sprint Cup Series championship. But as the circuit heads to Dover International Speedway for Sunday's Camping World RV 400, several title contenders ...
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