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Junior still tabloid fodder; Gordon still has a desire
After his qualifying laps Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. made light of a recent story in the tabloid National Enquirer, which described him as a "train wreck" headed for an emotional breakdown.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Johnson will go for title from pole at Homstead
Jimmie Johnson kept his promise -- to try to qualify up front -- and at the same time took another giant step toward his record fourth consecutive Cup Series championship.
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Jimmie Johnson
Homestead last chance for some to crack win column
After winning last year's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Carl Edwards could never have expected to find Victory Lane so elusive since. But here it is, the season finale, and Edwards, who won nine times last season, knows Sunday's race will be ...
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Carl Edwards
Ratings, economy aside, France says sport is strong
With a nod toward the likely historic achievement that will be Jimmie Johnson's fourth consecutive Cup championship barring unforeseen developments, Brian France faced the media Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and answered a wide spectrum of ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Johnson, Lowe's sign extension with Hendrick
Rick Hendrick understands you don't mess with a good thing. That's perhaps why one of his top priorities was to sign potential four-time champion Jimmie Johnson and sponsor Lowe's Companies, Inc. to long-term contract extensions, something that was ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Kahne may leave RPM after contract expiration in '10
Kasey Kahne is thinking about leaving Richard Petty Motorsports after his current contract expires.
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Kasey Kahne
Johnson takes Chase class to school, earns the grade
Ok, now it's really over. The chances that Jimmie Johnson does not finish 25th this week at Homestead-Miami are so very slim that on Sunday it's all but a stone cold lock that we will be celebrating the four-time champion Jimmie Johnson. So this week ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Is this the year HMS finally wins at Homestead?
The flow of ifs, ands and buts has been reduced to a trickle as the Cup season heads toward an official end this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. And the flow of uncertainty is shut down altogether when it comes to which team owner will win this ...
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Successful JRM run ends Saturday for Keselowski
Brad Keselowski was far from a controversial figure 2 and a half years ago when Dale Earnhardt Jr. signed him to drive in three Nationwide Series races for JR Motorsports.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Almirola hoping to shine at Homestead-Miami finale
Aric Almirola has enjoyed a superb season in the Truck Series with seven top fives including two second-place finishes in 15 races. Almirola could bring it to a dazzling conclusion with his first victory in Friday's Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Aric Almirola
Either way, Hendrick set to make history this weekend
Rick Hendrick sat with drivers Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin situated to either side of him at a long table on an elevated stage Thursday at the posh Hyatt Regency hotel.
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Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Despite rough season, Roush drivers ones to beat
The final race of the 2009 Cup Series season is on tap at Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend. The annual running at the 1.5-mile true oval has been the final race of the season for some time now, and the drivers have become used to racing at the ...
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McMurray signs deal with EGR to drive No. 1 car
Jamie McMurray has been tabbed by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet in 2010, the team announced on Wednesday.
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Jamie McMurray
Homestead season finale just the first of many lasts
The winds of change will be blowing at Homestead-Miami Speedway this week.
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Montoya eighth at Phoenix, makes move on top five
Juan Montoya had one of the worst cars Sunday he's ever had at Phoenix International Raceway, yet he scored his best career finish on the unique desert mile oval, eighth.
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Juan Montoya
Burton, RCR improve as season nears the end
Jeff Burton didn't win the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, and he refused to con himself into thinking his second-place finish was some kind of real, tangible triumph.
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Jeff Burton
Martin, Gustafson come up short in Phoenix, 2009(?)
Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway was the kind of day that'll make a young crew chief an old man before his time; and in the case of veteran driver Mark Martin, already 50, just make him shrug.
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Mark Martin
Johnson rolls at Phoenix, ups Chase lead to 108
Jimmie Johnson has moved closer to a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship with a dominating win at Phoenix International Raceway.
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Jimmie Johnson
Lap-by-Lap: Phoenix
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Earnhardt's crew uninjured in traffic crash near PIR
In a season in which far more has gone wrong than right for Dale Earnhardt Jr., several members of his over-the-wall crew luckily escaped injury Sunday morning in a traffic accident outside Phoenix International Raceway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Small changes on tap for 88 after solid final practice
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief, Lance McGrew, by necessity, has the ultimate in mechanical minds.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
Truex looking forward to future with new team
Just when Martin Truex Jr. was basically ready to admit to himself that it's all about next season, he won the pole for this Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
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Martin Truex Jr.
2009 not a complete loss: Edwards gains perspective
Carl Edwards has had a great year.
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Carl Edwards
Labonte, TaxSlayer.com return to TRG Motorsports
Bobby Labonte has signed a one-year contract to drive TRG Motorsports' car in 2010 -- and at least for the season-opening Daytona 500 he'll have a teammate in TRG's hoped-for full-time second car.
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Bobby Labonte
Busch, Tryson succeeding against odds of breakup
It doesn't matter if you're a sports psychologist or just a sports fan, it seems the success Kurt Busch and Penske Racing crew chief Pat Tryson have had during this Chase has flown in the face of all reason.
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Kurt Busch
Notes: Kahne stays course despite more RPM layoffs
Kasey Kahne is trying to stay focused in the wake of additional layoffs at Richard Petty Motorsports. He and his No. 9 Dodge team reported to Phoenix International Raceway intent on improving their performance at the 1-mile track.
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Kasey Kahne
Johnson ready to move on; Martin approach the same
To call it a duel in the desert may seem trite, but it has the gritty feel of one.
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Truex takes first lap at PIR to third pole of the season
Martin Truex Jr. stormed from mid-pack to the pole in Friday's qualifying session for the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
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Martin Truex Jr.
Johnson's foes lurking, they need a repeat of TMS
The sight of Jimmie Johnson's smashed and steaming car sitting near the inside wall at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday should have been raw meat to the eyes of the dwindling few who still have shots at winning this year's Chase.
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Jimmie Johnson
Sorenson confident at PIR as he looks to the future
Reed Sorenson will race in the Nationwide Series at Phoenix International Raceway for the first time in three years in Saturday's Able Body Labor 200 (4 p.m. ET, ESPN2), driving Braun Racing's No. 32 Toyota.
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Harvick has a lot on the line when the green falls at PIR
As a driver and an owner, Kevin Harvick could be doing some serious celebrating following Friday night's Lucas Oil 150 Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway (7:30 p.m ET, SPEED).
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Kevin Harvick
Thanks to Texas, tiering is back to a two-man race
Now we have a race. I just knew that if all of us in the media started mouthing off and writing that the Chase was over after Talladega something goofy would happen and there you go. Indeed things are much closer, but what is the realistic chance the ...
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Texas brought Johnson closer to field with two left
Talladega came a week later for Jimmie Johnson. After surviving Talladega and finishing sixth, Johnson crashed early at Texas and finished 38th. Houston, we have a race. Maybe. Here's the breakdown of the top 12 after Sunday's race at Texas Motor ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Johnson, Martin should lead the way at Phoenix
The race at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend promises to hold much more intrigue that we would have imagined just one week ago. The almost insurmountable lead that Jimmie Johnson had in the Chase coming out of Talladega evaporated in an ...
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Jimmie Johnson
Sam Hornish Jr.
Still on the mend, Yeley eager to return to track
Sometimes it's not as easy as A-B-C. For J.J. Yeley, the ARCA-Busch-Cup route culminated with 95 Cup Series starts between 2004 and 2008 and included two top-five finishes and seven top-10s.
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J.J. Yeley
Notes: Truex penalized for rule infraction at Texas
NASCAR announced penalties for the car No. 1 team in the Sprint Cup Series for a violation that occurred during post-race inspection Sunday at Texas.
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Martin, Gordon left to wonder if they did enough
Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon split the difference on an unexpected chance to get back into the 2009 Chase on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, with Martin cutting point leader Jimmie Johnson's margin more than in half.
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Jeff Gordon
Jimmie Johnson
Rogers' debut with Busch flames out on a fuel call
A dream debut for Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch and crew chief Dave Rogers went up in fumes with less than three laps left in Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Kyle Busch
Busch out-fuels his brother for first Texas victory
Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.
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Kyle Busch
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing staying with Chevrolet
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will stay with Chevrolet as the manufacturer for its racing teams next season, ending a courtship with Toyota, multiple sources said Sunday.
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Johnson's crash tightens Chase race in Texas
Jimmie Johnson's seemingly inevitable march toward his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title was thrust into doubt on the third lap Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Jimmie Johnson
Danica is nowhere and everywhere at same time
Danica Patrick hasn't jumped to NASCAR yet, but Danicamania has arrived in full force.
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Danica Patrick
Edwards starting to see light at end of the tunnel
Carl Edwards has finally created some light at the end of the tunnel that his 2009 season's become.
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Carl Edwards
Notebook: Burton to miss Nationwide race after crash
Jeff Burton slammed the outside wall during Friday's Cup practice and will start Sunday's Dickies 500 in a backup car. Casey Mears is replacing Burton in Richard Childress Racing's No. 29 Chevrolet for Saturday's O'Reilly Challenge Nationwide Series race.
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Richard Childress
Keselowski buttoned-down in new role with Penske
If you want contrite, or apologetic, don't expect it from Brad Keselowski, either in the last three weekends of the 2009 season or any time in the future.
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Rogers carries past lessons into new role with Busch
Dave Rogers had been to the big show, and he didn't miss it. He had crafted something of an empire for himself in the Nationwide Series, building a championship-caliber team, turning out race-winning cars on a regular basis, and getting to spend ...
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Gordon wins Texas pole, extends consecutive streak
Not since 1997 has Jeff Gordon won fewer than two poles in a Cup season. Never in 16 previous full seasons had he failed to win at least one.
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