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Kyle Busch edges brother Kurt Busch with record pole run; Bowyer starts 26th
NASCAR Wire ServiceThere was no beating the Busches Friday at Texas Motor Speedway. The 42nd of 45 drivers to make a qualifying run in time trials for Saturday night's NRA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Kyle Busch took advantage of the late draw and stole the pole from...Tags: Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR
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Driver suspension for racial slur reflects NASCAR commitment to diversity
Richard Lapchick had just moved to Central Florida in 1997 when he got a call from Brian France. He wanted to get together to chat. "My goal is to make NASCAR look like America," France told Lapchick when they met. It was a perfect fit: France was...Tags: Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Daytona 500, Phoenix (music group), Racism, NASCAR
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NASCAR driver Michael Annett out indefinitely with broken sternum
Michael Annett, a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken sternum in Saturday's race at Daytona International Speedway, his team said Tuesday. Annett, 26, was scheduled to have surgery after doctors in...
Tags: Michael Annett, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, 50 Cent, Daytona International Speedway
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Dozens hurt after crash debris hits Daytona stands
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — With the start of the Daytona 500 just hours away, NASCAR officials still have some cleaning up to do amid growing questions about fan safety. The season opener will go off as planned Sunday less than 24 hours after at...Tags: Brad Keselowski, Daytona 500, Car Engine Repair, Car Tires, Regan Smith
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Tony Stewart captures wreck-marred Nationwide Series race
DAYTONA BEACH — Tony Stewart won Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300, but it was a subdued victory as the triumph was marred by a major wreck that involved injuries to at least 28 fans in the grandstand. As Stewart's No. 33...
Tags: Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Daytona 500, Regan Smith, Scott Lagasse, Jr.
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Last lap wreck at Daytona injures fans, mars Tony Stewart's Nationwide victory
NASCAR Wire ServicesTony Stewart won Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, but the elation of his victory disappeared in the wake of a heart-stopping wreck that saw Kyle Larson's car demolished after flying into the crossover gate that provides...Tags: Nelson Piquet, Jr., Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Health and Medical Professionals, Matt Kenseth
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The Backstretch Blog: Countdown to the Season- The Best of the Rest
Eyewitness SportsThe NASCAR season gets underway this weekend with the Sprint Unlimited (formerly the Bud Shootout) and officially next weekend with the Daytona 500. With that in mind it is time the annual countdown if my predicted finish for the season. Take this with...Tags: Michael Waltrip Racing, Daytona 500, Politics, NASCAR, Richard Childress Racing
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Matt Kenseth finds perfect match in Joe Gibbs Racing
CHARLOTTE — Matt Kenseth didn't agonize over one of the most important decisions of his life last spring. He didn't lose a wink at night and didn't have to call in an army of consultants. Sometime during the Coca-Cola 600 week in May, Kenseth took...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch
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Crew chief shuffle in full swing at Richard Childress Racing, Petty Motorsports
NASCAR Wire ServicesThings may be quiet on the driver front, but silly season for crew chiefs is at full song. Drew Blickensderfer is taking his leave from Richard Childress Racing and Jeff Burton's No. 31 Chevrolet to work for Richard Petty Motorsports, according to an RCR...Tags: Richard Childress Racing, BK Racing, Daytona 500, Matt Kenseth, Stock Car Racing
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Richard Petty Motorsports staying with Ford
AP Auto Racing WriterRichard Petty Motorsports and Ford Racing will partner for a fourth consecutive season in 2013. RPM will also continue to lease its cars from Roush Fenway Racing and its engines from Roush Yates Engines. The team said it will continue fielding a...Tags: Michael Annett, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, Horse and Harness Racing, Marcos Ambrose
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Marcos Ambrose notches Watkins Glen repeat in wild finish, Clint Bowyer is 4th
NASCAR Wire ServiceOn a track too greasy to provide traction, Marco Ambrose surged from third to first on the final lap of Sunday's Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen International and won the race in a slugfest with runner-up Brad Keselowski. Keselowski had grabbed the lead...Tags: Juan Pablo Montoya, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Travis Kvapil, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin
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Richard Petty: Still King of NASCAR at 75
He will climb atop of one of the team haulers Saturday night as he always does, finding solitude in the roar of 43 engines churning along Daytona's super-speedway. The moonlit skies will cast an iconic silhouette of a tall, slim man wearing sunglasses, a...
Tags: Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, Sickle Cell Disease, TNT (tv network), Richard Petty
Apr 12, 2013
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Mar 5, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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Feb 23, 2013
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Feb 23, 2013
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Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 5, 2013
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Oct 30, 2012
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Oct 19, 2012
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Aug 12, 2012
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Jun 30, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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