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Life isn't fair when you're Shawn Parker.
It's tough enough being a crew chief for a high profile team like Dale Jarrett, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of fans critiquing your every move while driver and car owner are in your face should any adjustment you make on the car not work out perfectly. Now your wife Tara is battling a heart increasingly betraying her. You ...
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No, really. Today's my birthday.
Anyway, remember in The Lord of the Rings how whenever a hobbit had a birthday it was the custom for them to give presents to others instead of being given presents? No, I'm not going shopping for all of you today. However, in a similar spirit I do present this bit of translating NASCAR-speak for one and all.
First, the official press ...
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Silly, silly me. Here I am taking a few days off to rest and relax, enjoying some quality vacation time and generally embracing a move toward mellow, getting far far FAR away from it all, thinking I'm having a good time...
... and the moment I check the Internet to see what's happening in the world what's the first thing I see?
The Danica Patrick vs. Milka Duno towel toss.
Maybe ...
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Danica Patrick
Milka Duno
Race Recap: (Nationwide Series) Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway
Carl Edwards hoists the trophy after winning the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway on Saturday, July 19, 2008. (Photo courtesy NASCAR Media)
Fin
Str
Car
Driver
Team
Laps
Pts
Bns
Total Award
Status
Times Led
Laps Led
1
3
60
Carl Edwards
Save-a-Lot Ford
200
195
10
$64,545
Running
2
79
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Johnny Benson celebrates after winning the Built Ford Tough 225 Presented By The Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers at Kentucky Speedway on July 19, 2007. (Photo courtesy NASCAR Media)
Fin
Str
Trk
Driver
Team
Laps
Pts
Bns
Total Award
Status
Times Led
Laps Led
1
4
23
Johnny Benson
Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota
150
195
10
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While the Cupsters enjoy an off weekend, the claims jumpers are at Gateway (yawn) while the truckers are at Kentucky (GO CHRISSIE!) Details and wrapups tonight.
The IRL is at Mid-Ohio (oh joy, another road course) this Sunday. As always, consult My Name Is IRL for full coverage with a healthy dose of delicious attitude.
Doesn't have anything to do with NASCAR, but it's at ...
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(This is a cross-post from my personal blog Goldfish and Clowns .) We are a society inured to death. It is filler for the back page, a faceless news item quickly scanned and responded to with clucked tongue and mumbled expressions of what a shame even as the names involved are forgotten, the actual persona forever an intentionally unexplored mystery. Some reach out with the ...
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To the surprise of exactly no one, Ryan Newman is leaving Penske after this year, in all likelihood to cast his lot with Tony Stewart at Stewart Haas. This brings together one of the Gillette Young Guns with Stubble Boy, which is about the only aspect of this story yet to be beaten to death. But give it time. Newman, being a known fan-friendly face, will help (if he hasn't ...
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Ryan Newman
Tony Stewart
Post-Race Interviews
An Interview With:
KYLE BUSCH STEVE ADDINGTON THE MODERATOR: We are joined by the winner of the Lifelock 400, No. 18 M&M's Toyota, Kyle Busch. Kyle, tell us about your run.
KYLE BUSCH: Well, glad to see everybody again. Been a long time. (Laughter).
I don't even know where to start really. I mean, we had a decent car ...
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Unofficial Results
Finish
Start
Car
Driver
Team
Lap
Points
Bonus Points
Status
Times Led
Laps Led
1
1
18
Kyle Busch
M&M'S Toyota
267
195
10
Running
5
165
2
5
48
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe's Chevrolet
267
175
5
Running
1
15
3
13
29
Kevin Harvick
Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
267
165
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First, the starting lineup:
Pos
Car
Driver
Team
Reason
Row 1:
1
18
Kyle Busch
M&M'S Toyota
2008 Owner Points 1st
2
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet
2008 Owner Points 2nd
Row 2:
3
31
Jeff Burton
AT&T Mobility Chevrolet
2008 Owner Points 3rd
4
99
Carl Edwards
Office Depot Ford
2008 ...
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"Hey, Bugsley!"
"Yeah, Mugsley?"
"Ya know what dis Saturday night is?"
"Da kickback awards banquet at da union hall?"
"Other den dat, ya knucklehead! Dem NASCAR boys are gonna be in town."
"On da Saturday night? I thought dem boys only came here in da daytime on Sunday."
"Naah. Dey got dem fancy lights now at da track."
"So we're gonna shake down da power ...
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0
0
Rover
found this 15 days ago on
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Other than the bare facts -- 50% ownership,
team to be renamed Stewart-CNC -- Tony Stewart didn't
have much to say in his press conference today. No revelation of sponsors; no statements about teammates. Stay tuned. Regrettably, terrible Terry Blount failed to let any of this stop him from postulating about the above. Or slamming Stewart in the process. Fortunately, ...
To the surprise of no one who's been paying the least bit of attention, the process of Tony Stewart leaving Gibbs in favor of becoming an owner/driver at Haas-CNC began today with JGR finally admitting the inevitable and giving Stewart a release from his contract at the end of the year. Tomorrow comes Stewart's press conference where he'll announce the ownership deal, probably unveil ...
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Tony Stewart
Haas CNC Racing
Courtesy NASCAR Media:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 8, 2008) - NASCAR has issued penalties, fines and suspensions to the car No. 1 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result of rules infractions found last week at Daytona International Speedway.
The car driven by Martin Truex Jr., was found to be in violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car ...
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Martin Truex Jr.
(With apologies to the 1985 Chicago Bears)
We are the NASCAR sponsorship crew Run a million ads; doin' it for you We aren't here to cause some trouble We're just here to do the sponsorship shuffle!
We're UPS -- been here for a while Riding around in our big brown style Worked with DJ but he since has retired Our ads with him we know you've all long admired Time to think of a new ...
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The following is an excerpt from my book Restrictor Plate This . The northern edge of Indianapolis is much like the outskirts of many big cities these days, a recent absorption of farmland now buried underneath strip malls and lookalike housing developments. The usual satellite suburbs dot the landscape, enclaves for yuppiefied office dwellers who strive to be in the city but not of ...
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I was rummaging through my MP3 collection a while ago, which although handy will never replace rifling through stacks of LPs or CDs, and ran across something I hadn't listened to in quite a while, namely the version of Smile (or to be correct SMiLE ) some über- devoted Beach Boys fans assembled some time back out of assorted bits from commercially released and bootleg records, laying the ...
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First, the starting lineup:
SP
Car
Driver
Hometown
Car Name
Entrant
Time
Speed
ROW 1
1
6
Ryan Briscoe
Sydney, Australia
Team Penske
Team Penske
1:29.3456
135.787
2
02
R
Justin Wilson
Sheffield, England
McDonald's Racing Team
Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
1:29.3804
135.734
ROW 2
3 ...
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Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Andretti Green Racing
Team Penske
Vision Racing
First, the results:
Finish
Start
Car
Driver
Team
Lap
Points
Bonus Points
Status
Times Lead
Laps Lead
1
9
18
Kyle Busch
Interstate Batteries Toyota
162
190
5
Running
3
31
2
24
99
Carl Edwards
Aflac Ford
162
175
5
Running
1
1
3
19
17
Matt Kenseth
R & L Carriers Ford
162
165
Running
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