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5 hrs ago | Forth Worth Star-Telegram

Tony Stewart has made all the right moves in his transition to owner-driver

That's all it took to turn Haas CNC Racing from a Sprint Cup afterthought into one of the most powerful teams in NASCAR.

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9 hrs ago | Roanoke Times

France critical of TV coverage

NASCAR chairman Brian France says he wants TV broadcasters that work NASCAR events to call the sport like those in other sports do and limit their areas of criticism.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

New York Times

Johnson Has Turned Nascar's Chase Into a Stroll

Jimmie Johnson will probably make stock-car history this month by winning a fourth consecutive championship, but his coronation will culminate an anticlimactic Nascar Sprint Cup Series season.

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AllLeftTurns.com

Kurt Busch Wins Dickies 500 as Chase Race Tightens Up

Jimmie Johnson wrecked , Kurt Busch won a fuel-mileage thriller and one lucky fan won $1 million at the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

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Tulsa World

Nascar Notebook

Busch's new crew chief ready for first tirade: Kyle Busch's new crew chief knows what's coming.

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PilotOnline.com

Quality of racing a hot topic for fans

Loading... Mark Martin, left, flips after being involved in an accident last Sunday at Talladega.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Biffle thinks Danica should wait ... a while

FORT WORTH, Texas What if Danica Patrick makes her NASCAR debut in the Daytona 500? More likely, of course, it would be the Nationwide Series race.

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SanLuisObispo.com

NASCAR to honor fallen soldiers at Texas race

NASCAR will honor the fallen soldiers at Fort Hood during a race weekend that is just 170 miles from the site of the massacre that left 13 people dead.

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CBS SportsLine

Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year

Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

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Roanoke Times

Gordon not fan of bump-draft - roanoke.com

Jeff Gordon admits he was one of the drivers who went to NASCAR last week at Talladega complaining about the bump-drafting but says that rule didn't impact the race.

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Forth Worth Star-Telegram

Jamie McMurray savors victory on his way out the door at Roush Fenway

Jamie McMurray doesn't sound like a driver who's worried about an uncertain future.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Connecticut Post

Galante's racing fleet sold an auction

Brandon O'Reilly looked at the NASCAR Whelen modified touring racers the way Bogart looked at Bacall, appreciating the top-of-the-line chassis.

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Fox Sports

Same frustations for Newman after Talladega

What frustrates Newman more than anything after his harrowing crash with five laps remaining last weekend is that it's the same kind of situation he was concerned about after the last race at Talladega six months earlier.

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AutoWeek

Izod is IndyCar Series title sponsorIf the euphoria of a major media announcement can be believe...

A picture of Clothing maker Izod will be the title sponsor for the IndyCar Series starting next year.

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Scene Daily

Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray think Daytona, Talladega are completely different

Roush Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray and Penske Racing's Kurt Busch talk to the media Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Cycle News

2010 AMA Pro Superbike Schedule Released

The 2010 AMA Pro Superbike Championship will feature nine races, with a possible tenth, according to the schedule that was released today by AMA Pro Racing.

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Scene Daily

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch looks to win fourth straight Nationwide race at Texas Motor Speedway

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings heading into this weekend's race at Texas Motor Speedway.

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PilotOnline.com

NASCAR official critical of ABC's race coverage

A NASCAR official criticized ABC's broadcast of Sunday's Talladega race, stating in a blog that the network "missed a lot of very good racing." ABC defended its coverage in a statement Tuesday, saying: "We feel we had a strong telecast." Ramsey Poston, NASCAR's managing director of corporate communications, didn't see it that way.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Automotive

Aflac Partners with ScottsMiracle-Gro for NASCAR Races in 2010

Below is an auto news article from November 04, 2009 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

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Roadracing World

2010 AMA Pro Event At Infineon Raceway Will Include TTXGP For Electric Motorcycles

Time Trial eXtreme Grand Prix and Infineon Raceway have announced an alliance that will see the Sonoma road course serve as host site of the first-ever zero carbon motorcycle race in the United States.

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