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American racecar driver Anthony James "A.J." Allmendinger was born on Dec. 16, 1981, in Los Gatos, Calif. He started his career in karts, winning two International Karting Federation Grand National championships. Allmendinger won the Barber Dodge Pro Series championship in 2002 and the Champ Cart Atlantic Championship in 2003. In 2004, he won the Champ Car World Series Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year award. In 2006, he went on a three-race winning streak in the Grand Prix of Portland, Grand Prix of Cleveland and Grand Prix of Toronto. After five wins of the season, Allmendinger joined NASCAR. Over the next year, he suffered through some crashes and failed to qualify for some races. In 2008, he...
American racecar driver Anthony James "A.J." Allmendinger was born on Dec. 16, 1981, in Los Gatos, Calif. He started his career in karts, winning two International Karting Federation Grand National championships. Allmendinger won the Barber Dodge Pro Series championship in 2002 and the Champ Cart Atlantic Championship in 2003. In 2004, he won the Champ Car World Series Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year award. In 2006, he went on a three-race winning streak in the Grand Prix of Portland, Grand Prix of Cleveland and Grand Prix of Toronto. After five wins of the season, Allmendinger joined NASCAR. Over the next year, he suffered through some crashes and failed to qualify for some races. In 2008, he won the Sprint Showdown, automatically qualifying him for the Sprint All-Star Race, where he placed 17th. In 2009, he debuted in third at the Daytona 500, his personal best. He finished 11th in the 2011 Daytona 500.
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NASCAR: Harvick wins in Richmond after two-lap overtime sprint
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When the dust settled at Richmond, 'Ol Happy Harvick was the only driver smiling. Kevin Harvick plowed through traffic on the final restart, driving from seventh to Victory Lane in a two-lap overtime sprint to the finish...
Tags: NASCAR, Kevin Harvick, Juan Pablo Montoya, Joe Gibbs Racing, Jeff Burton
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Kentucky Speedway: Keselowski used backup car to win third race of year
SPARTA — On his very first practice lap at Kentucky Speedway on Friday, Brad Keselowski wrecked his best car. What could have been a devastating blow, ended up being a curious blessing. Driving his backup, Keselowski raced to his series-leading...
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Auto Racing: Stewart makes late move to win at Daytona
AP Auto Racing WriterDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There was no fire or rain. Still, another frantic finish at Daytona International Speedway. Tony Stewart emerged the winner, charging past Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth on the last lap and holding on as the challengers...Tags: Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Greg Biffle, Coca-Cola Co., Juan Pablo Montoya
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Carpenter claims Indy pole; Marco to start third
-- Powerful stuff at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday as Ed Carpenter, whose family owns the track, won the pole for next weekend's Indianapolis 500 and Andretti Autosport placed all five of its drivers in the top three rows. Carpenter posted a...
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Carpenter claims pole for Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS -- Powerful stuff at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday as Ed Carpenter, whose family owns the track, won the pole for next weekend's Indianapolis 500. Carpenter posted a four-lap average of 228.762 mph and watched it hold up as four...
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Late caution, correct pit call, aggressive restart put Harvick in victory lane at Richmond
RICHMOND — Richmond International Raceway is billed as the "action track." And from the famous 1986 Darrell Waltrip-Dale Earnhardt duel to the 2008 Kyle-Busch-Dale Earnhardt Jr. battle to the Nelson Piquet-Brian Scott slugfest Friday, it often has...Tags: Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Juan Pablo Montoya, Brian Vickers, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Harvick rallies from seventh in final two laps to win NASCAR race at Richmond
Kevin Harvick rallied from seventh on the final green-white-checkered restart to lead the final two laps and win the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The win is Harvick's first of 2013 and moved him into ninth in the NASCAR Sprint...Tags: NASCAR, Kevin Harvick, Car Tires, Juan Pablo Montoya, Brian Vickers
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Kyle Busch wins at Fontana as Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano wreck on last lap
NASCAR Wire ServicesDenny Hamlin and Joey Logano knocked each other off the race track on the final lap of Sunday's Auto Club 400 -- allowing Kyle Busch to steal the win -- but it was Tony Stewart who left Auto Club Speedway fighting mad. Yes, it was Busch's 25th ...Tags: Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Joe Nemechek
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Matt Kenseth victory brings good karma to NASCAR
For a span of five days or so, it seemed that NASCAR was on some sort of crazy suicidal run. It was as if leaders met in a boardroom and said, "Let's see what we can do to really muck things up." To review: Texas Motor Speedway accepted a...
Tags: NASCAR, Danica Patrick, Indianapolis 500, Joe Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Californian A.J. Allmendinger to drive for Penske in Indy 500
Continuing his racing rebound after a failed drug test, A.J. Allmendinger was hired to drive in two IndyCar races for Team Penske this year, including the Indianapolis 500 on May 26. Penske announced Friday that Allmendinger, a 31-year-old Los Gatos,...
Tags: NASCAR, Mexico, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, ESPN (tv network)
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Allmendinger gets back in a Cup car at Phoenix
AP Auto Racing WriterA.J. Allmendinger will make his NASCAR season debut this Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Allmendinger, who didn't have a ride for the season-opening Daytona 500, will drive for Phoenix Racing in the No. 51 Guy Roofing Chevrolet. It will be...Tags: NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Phoenix Racing
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