bump-drafts.com - 2/23/2009
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In the spirit of the Academy Awards, Bump Drafts presents: a Fontana Race Review, with a Hollywood twist:
BEST PICTURE - Seeing NASCAR’s answer to that Hollywood “everyman” Jimmy Stewart win a second consecutive race. Not since Jeff Gordon, have NASCAR fans seen a driver ...
msn.foxsports.com - 2/23/2009
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For the first time since Jeff Gordon scored
back-to-back victories at Daytona and Rockingham in 1997 —...
and went on to win the championship — Matt Kenseth became the fourth driver in NASCAR history to win the Daytona 500 and the race the following week in the Sprint Cup Series.
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The Hot Pass: Team lifts Kenseth to win
autoevolution.com - 2/23/2009
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autoevolution.com —
The two champions that were banned from Victory
Lane last season - Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon...
- put out a hell of a show for the fans at the Auto Club Speedway on Sunday. With 20 laps to go in the Auto Club 500, Gordon was glued to Kenseth's bumper ...
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Matt Kenseth Holds Gordon for Auto Club 500 Win
sportsjudge.blogspot.com - 2/21/2009
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[Editor's Note: With last weekend's Daytona 500 kicking
off the 2009 NASCAR season, SportsJudge's Chris Carmona will...
bring you race previews and fantasy NASCAR picks each Saturday afternoon at 1pm.] This weekend's crew is heading out West for a Sunday evening race in California. The Auto Club ...
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Fantasy NASCAR: Auto Club 500
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Four Wide: The season starts now; NASCAR via Oscar
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... California. Fine with Matt Kenseth, obviously. Hey, Macarena! [NASCAR.com] • Of all the ways Dale Earnhardt Jr. wanted to start his 2009, this probably wasn't it. [LA Times] • Blowing up the myth that Sprint Cup drivers slow the development of Nationwide rookies. [Full Throttle] • You knew this was coming: a review of Sunday night's Auto Club 500, Oscars-style! Starring Mark Martin as the Joker! [Bump Drafts] • Kevin Harvick had a streak of running at the finish of 81 ...
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4ever3blog.com 2/23/2009 —
Can you believe it? Kenseth has 2 wins already this season and it is only two races old. He's two-for-two.
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