forbes.com - 2/10/2009
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It was NASCAR's "Heidi Bowl" moment, and no one cared. On Nov. 9, with 34 laps to go in a late-season race at Phoenix International Raceway, ABC pre-empted its live national coverage of the event for the umpteenth airing of its cheesy reality show America's Funniest Home Videos . Forty years ...
cnbc.com - 2/18/2009
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cnbc.com —
Posted By: Darren Rovell With 48 laps, or
120 miles to go, in the sport's biggest race,...
NASCAR officials decided to call off the Daytona 500 on Sunday and declare Matt Kenseth the winner. Read More Topics: Consumers | Retail ...
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NASCAR's Daytona Decision Has Consequences
nascar.fanhouse.com - 2/15/2009
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nascar.fanhouse.com —
by Holly Cain DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Today
marks the 51st running of the Daytona 500. But...
for most Americans, NASCAR's green flag really dropped 30 years ago in the 1979 Daytona 500 when television carried flag-to-flag coverage of the sport's biggest race for the first time. It was a dramatic ...
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Daytona '79... NASCAR's Greatest Day?
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NASCAR owners want franchise system
Freshrubber Blog —
... to see the sport turn into a franchise system, similar to professional football and baseball. There would be a fixed number of teams, maybe a dozen or so, with three to four cars each. All drivers would automatically qualify to race each Sunday so that corporations would know their brand would be represented at each race. United Parcel Service was miffed in 2007 when it paid an estimated $20 million to sponsor a driver who didn’t qualify in seven out of 36 races. – Forbes ...
Some More Tuesday Linkage
Fang's Bites —
... interview with ESPN's Jay Bilas. Here's part one. And this is part two. Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel wonders if ESPN is classifying Jamal Anderson as an ex-player or current network analyst. MASN's Bob Carpenter welcomes Rob Dibble to the Washington Nationals broadcast team. Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America Daily says former LA Galaxy GM Alexi Lalas is joining ESPN. Jack Gage of Forbes magazine says NASCAR needs to find a way to spread the wealth. That is all.
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