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Created by dipity on Feb 6, 2009
Last updated: 05/09/12 at 06:06 PM
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...look to secure his first Daytona 500 victory. In 2009, SHOWTIME Sports signed a multi-year deal to produce and televise Inside NASCAR throughout the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Produced in conjunction with NASCAR Media Group, Inside NASCARis filmed at NASCAR...
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Skirts and Scruffs
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...Emmy-winning ESPN Tech Garage during race telecasts to help viewers better understand the technical and mechanical aspects of NASCAR racing. Marty Reid will step into the lap-by-lap announcer position for NASCAR Nationwide Series telecasts once ESPN’s NASCAR...
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Catchfence
http://www.catchfence.com/2012/sprintcup/02/21/espns-nascar-coverage-set-to-take-green-flag-at-daytona/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=espns-nascar-coverage-set-to-take-green-flag-at-daytona
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LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC Dodge plans to unveil its new NASCAR Dodge Charger on March 11. Brad Keselowski drives the 2012 model for Penske Racing. Dodge announced Monday that it would continue racing the Charger in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition in 2013, when all
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Auto Week
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120220/NASCAR/120229997
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...announced today the promotion of three members of its Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) department along with the addition of three new members, continuing NASCAR’s long-term strategic plan to strengthen its Communications function within the organization....
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Flagworld
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...After The Lap is one of the crown jewels of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week, and having proceeds benefit The NASCAR Foundation will help those in need,” said Sandy Marshall, NASCAR Foundation Executive Director. Sponsored by Coca-Cola and Ford Motor...
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...of Activision Publishing. “We really wanted to make something electrifying for all NASCAR fans, not just the hardcore. NASCAR Unleashed gives players a new style of speed and excitement, without sacrificing accessibility.” NASCAR Unleashed was made possible...
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Nintendo Everything
http://nintendoeverything.com/index.php/72845/
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...and we just have to open more college students’ eyes to it." Responsible for establishing and executing at least 10 unique NASCAR events and integrating the sport into existing campus events, each school’s two brand ambassadors will also be charged with working...
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Skirts and Scruffs
http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2011/08/nascar-launches-college-brand.html
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...Xbox, PC and other gaming platforms that are based on NASCAR. Developers of these games worked with the founders of NASCAR to come up with the exciting car racing games we enjoy each year. You must also know that there are different merchandise and goods associated...
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Staggered Special: Motorsports and Social Media
http://www.staggeredspecial.com/nascar-racing-facts/
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...187 is a writer, columnist, and blogger as well as creator of the widely popular Chief 187 Chatter. Her column “Why I Love NASCAR” and other articles are featured on Skirts and Scuffs. She can be reached via Twitter by following @Chief187s. To find out more...
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Skirts and Scruffs
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...and Owens on hand, the evening at Fluor Field will feature a number of other NASCAR attractions, including local short track NASCAR drivers and their cars, information and exhibits from the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Museum, and more. All fans sporting NASCAR...
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Our Sports Central
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...Thompson, Conn. Evans ranked No. 1 in the 2003 voting of the NASCAR All-Time Modified Top 10 Drivers, and he was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. Glen Wood laid the foundation for the famed Wood Brothers racing team as a driver in NASCAR’s...
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...the meeting "did not go as well as we had hoped it would." Commenting on a meeting inside the hauler was unprecedented for NASCAR, which promised a further review of the incident. No fines were ever announced, and NASCAR said the issue was closed. But...
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The News & Observer
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...the NASCAR Sprint All-Star week and NASCAR Hall of Fame: You can also keep up to date with all the week’s events by following @NASCAR on Twitter (Hashtag: #SprintAllStar) and logging onto www.nascar.com/allstar. Wednesday, May 18, 4-10 p.m. at the NASCAR Hall...
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Skirts and Scruffs
http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2011/05/fan-friendly-activities-scheduled-for.html
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...telecasts of the final 10 races of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season will have a new look with the introduction of “NASCAR NonStop,” a commercial format designed to bring more racing action to viewers while also providing value to advertisers. The new...
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Catchfence
http://www.catchfence.com/2011/sprintcup/05/17/espn-going-%e2%80%9cnonstop%e2%80%9d-with-nascar-commercial-format/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=espn-going-%25e2%2580%259cnonstop%25e2%2580%259d-with-nascar-commercial-format
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...roads are dangerous. Have NASCAR officials become too lackadaisical about pit road safety? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR) DOVER, Del. Safety? Safety on pit road? Sorry, think again. And how about safety out there on the race track itself?...
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Mike Mulhern
http://www.mikemulhern.net/DailyBriefing/nascar-really-serious-about-safety
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...for NASCAR fans, drivers, teams, tracks, sponsors and more to unite to improve the lives of children across the nation. NASCAR Unites engages the sport in a collaborative effort to support children’s causes through fundraising, volunteering, sharing inspirational...
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PR Newswire
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...in real time with other fans. We would merely site down in front of our deep box of a television (no flat screen) to watch NASCAR races on cable, mostly ESPN. A community of fans could be found at races or in a local bar that put the race on, but a vast union...
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Skirts and Scruffs
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...biggest initiatives for 2011 was to go after … young people," said veteran driver Mark Martin. "It's good for our sport." But NASCAR's season drags on for 10 months, and NASCAR needs more than a one-week Cinderella story to sustain a wider following. Meanwhile,...
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WGNO
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2011) — NASCAR announced today that the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown will be broadcast live on Sirius NASCAR Radio on Friday, Jan. 28 and Saturday, Jan. 29.
The race at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) has been d
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Catchfence
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...can vote for drivers in NASCAR Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series and regional tours DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Online voting is underway for the Most Popular Driver of the Year awards in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,...
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Skirts and Scruffs
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http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2010/07/nascar-most-popular-driver-voting.html
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...in managing multiple locations and most important, the 1903 group are very skilled at customer loyalty programs. About NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for one of North America's premier sports....
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Car Racing
http://www.carracing.com/racing/nascar/news/2010/5/14/4127/NASCAR-Inks-Exclusive-Car-Wash-Deal-With-UtahBased-Group.html
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...of NASCAR, has received an Emmy Award for “Inside the Headsets,” a television program which aired following the 25th annual NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race last May. NASCAR Media Group and its broadcast partner SPEED were presented the award in the “Live...
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crash.net
http://www.crash.net/nascar/news/159325/1/nascar_media_group_wins_third_emmy.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
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...the No. 2 rated regular-season sport on television. NASCAR races are broadcast in more than 150 countries and in 20 languages. NASCAR fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any...
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Skirts and Scruffs
http://www.skirtsandscuffs.com/2010/04/need-tickets-or-race-info-1-866-go.html
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The NASCAR Hall of Fame will induct five members of its inaugural class May 23. Leading up to the hall’s induction ceremony, SPEEDtv.com has compiled member profiles, photo galleries and background stories of the first five racing legends chosen for
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SPEEDtv.com: NASCAR
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/2010-nascar-hall-of-fame-preview-on-speedtvcom/
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NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three races for deliberately wrecking Brad Keselowski in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500, NASCAR president Mike Helton announced on Tuesday.
Edwards rammed Keselowski when
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The Epoch Times
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/31034/
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...value back to our NASCAR Performance partners and adds to the fan experience by putting their brands in front of millions of NASCAR fans in an authentic way while also allowing them to promote this exciting once-in-a-lifetime facility,” says Odis Lloyd, managing...
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Search Auto Parts
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...the ESPN Craftsman Tech Garage during race telecasts to help viewers better understand the technical and mechanical aspects of NASCAR racing. Bestwick, Burns and Welch will each step into the lap-by-lap announcer position as fill-ins for Reid for some NASCAR...
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Speedway Media
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/pr/pr.asp?pr=020410122642
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...enabled the NASCAR Foundation to collect and distribute over $1.8 million, primarily helping children in need and making “NASCAR dreams” come true. “Thanks to the loyal fans of our sport, The NASCAR Foundation continues to fulfill - and exceed - our original...
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Speedway Media
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Do Dale Earnhardt, Jr’s fans know more than most of the media that covers NASCAR week after week during the long season?
In spite of finishing 25th overall in the Sprint Cup Series this year and not making the Chase To The Nextel Cup, Jr. was named
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2245540&src=rss
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...such as driver meetings, and NASCAR-themed activities, games and merchandise. Morgan RV owns about 45 campgrounds, but the NASCAR campgrounds will be rolled out at non-Morgan facilities as well, Moser said. The plan is to rebrand existing campgrounds as well...
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Reuters
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/sportsNews/~3/sV8z9Qm5R-I/idUSTRE5BH48A20091218
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WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (December 14, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — Fresh off the race track and on to the Las Vegas Strip, Swiss watch brand Tissot, the Official Timekeeper and Watch for NASCAR®, continued to show its strong affiliation with the world of motorsports
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tissot-celebrates-nascar-sprint-cup-series-champions-week-on-the-las-vegas-strip-79213612.html
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...in conjunction with the Emmy® Award winning NASCAR Media Group, Inside NASCAR will be taped at the new, state-of-the-art production facility at NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. The host and analysts for Inside NASCAR are to be announced in the coming...
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NASCAR Hall of Fame
http://www.nascarhall.com/media/news/showtime-sports-launches-inside-nascar
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Danica Patrick is apparently joining the Nascar Nationwide Series part time in 2010. There had been rumors that Danica Patrick might even make the jump to the Nascar Sprint Car series but Danica Patrick appears to be joining the Nationwide Series on a
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2469270/danica_patrick_joining_nascar_nationwide.html
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NASCAR next season. The new NASCAR team of Patrick and Earnhardt Jr. could certainly make merchandise fly off the shelves, and the team is also hoping that it turns into success
on the track. Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team is known as JR Motorsports, and
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2469518/danica_patrick_joins_dale_earnhardt.html
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...contracts do not refer to these guidelines.'' NASCAR notes a claim of negligence fails because of an incorrect premise that NASCAR and the laboratory that tested Mayfield had to comply with the applicable guideline to certain federal agencies. NASCAR also...
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Roanoke.com
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/racing/wb/226722
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1. Though it has been reported for months that Danica Patrick is looking to drive a part-time schedule in NASCAR next season, we've still heard nothing official. Should she bother with NASCAR or stick strictly to Indy cars?
It's hard to believe that
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=423c5dd7bd12cbbae72fbf78f40b37d4
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..."3M has enjoyed a strong presence in our sport for a number of years on several levels," said Odis Lloyd, managing director, NASCAR Automotive Group. "To expand their sponsorship demonstrates the value of a NASCAR sponsorship and solidifies 3M as a strong...
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NASCAR
http://nascar.com/2009/news/business/11/12/3m.nascar.partnership/index.html?eref=/news/business
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development, said Toyota's departure from Formula One has no bearing on its NASCAR program, but he also said NASCAR should learn from F1's mistakes.
"Leaving Formula One was not an easy
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=4632300&campaign=rss&source=RPMHeadlines
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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- NASCAR demanded drivers be on their best behavior at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting sanitized what's usually one of the most spectacular races of the season.
In the end, chaos reigned, just like always.
After 45
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The Delaware News Journal
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091102/SPORTS06/911020329/-1/rss08
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Qualifying and Racing in Ultra-Realistic Racing Simulators to Be a
Highlight of Fans' Race Day Experience
BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 30 -- If the two living members of the NASCAR Hall
of Fame's inaugural class of inductees, Richard Petty and Junior
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TheAutoChannel.com
http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=96567f6818abcf33b294fb97b09ccd30
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Some people say that the country’s love affair with NASCAR is ebbing. And with 38 races over a 10-month season — two at Texas Motor Speedway — and saturation TV coverage, you can see how stock-car racing may be suffering from
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DFW.com
http://www.dfw.com/106/story/193817.html
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I was once a proud Nascar fan. Before the Nascar chase for the cup was instituted in 2004 I would rush home from church on Sunday evenings to settle on the couch with my pizza, popcorn and drinks to cheer my favorite driver to victory.
I loved the
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2333194/why_the_nascar_chase_for_the_cup_is.html
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In the latest twist in the Jeremy Mayfield saga, NASCAR filed a motion to urge Judge Graham Mullen to hear their appeal on the temporary injunction he lifted July 1.. That injunction, tabled three weeks later by an Appeals Court once Mayfield failed a
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Speedway Media
http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/4200
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NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge Benefits NASCAR Day and Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma
Team and Individual Champions
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TheAutoChannel.com
http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=16d4599823040fdb0008cf4da7c1bb8b
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...2009 NASCAR Hall of Fame class is a very impressive one. The 2009 NASCAR Hall of Fame class is also the inaugural class, and will enshrine the first group of NASCAR drivers into their new Hall of Fame. It's a huge honor, because these drivers are being called...
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Associated Content
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NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France today will announce the first five inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which will open in May 2010 in Charlotte. SPEED will televise France’s announcement live at 4 p.m. ET, and it will be streamed on
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SpeedTV
http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-hall-of-fame-announcement-live-on-speed/
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The first class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame will be announced at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday in Charlotte.
Among the 25 nominees are seven-time Sprint Cup champions Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt and three-time Cup champs Lee Petty, David Pearson, Cale
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Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/article/2009-10-13/nascar-hall-fame-name-first-class-wednesday
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Jimmy Johnson rebounded to take the Chase To The Cup point lead following his win at Fontana. Because he and his team didn’t buckle under the pressure. Now big fan favorite Mark Martin is behind by 12 points with Juan Pablo Montoya third, 58 points
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Speedway Media
http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/4147
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Along with the recently announced uniform start times, debris cautions are another thing NASCAR needs to change.
Not only does it take away from NASCAR's credibility, but makes some fans turn off the TV.
Driver Kasey Kahne shared his displeasure about
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Speedway Media
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/articles/Story.asp?S=4871012090902
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Glance at the dozen drivers in this year's NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup title playoff and one might never guess that NASCAR has its roots in the South.
Reigning champion Jimmie Johnson is a Californian. Kurt Busch is from Las Vegas. Tony Stewart
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/cp489Uny5YI/la-sp-nascar-drivers7-2009oct07,0,3804650.story
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