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June 17th, 2008

An Historic Weekend for NASCAR

If you talked to most race fans last week, you probably didn’t pickup on a ton of excitement heading into this weekend’s action. The Sprint Cup and Craftsman Truck Series were both heading to Michigan, and the Nationwide Series was set to take to Kentucky Speedway … two tracks that probably don’t rank up there […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 5 comments

June 10th, 2008

3 Teams Under the Radar & On the Move

We all know that Joe Gibbs Racing has established themselves as the powerhouse of the field at this point in time. We know that Roush-Fenway Racing has come a long way in figuring out this new car and that Hendrick Motorsports seems to have lost the edge that they had on everyone else last year. […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

June 4th, 2008

NASCAR Rivals: Sadler Wrecks Stewart … Again!

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For many viewers, about the only real excitement during Sunday’s Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway came on lap 18 of the 400 lap event when Elliott Sadler - in an effort to clear the lapped car of Jeremy Mayfield - slid down the track and clipped […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Kenseth Joins Roushketeer’s Uphill Charge

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A few weeks ago following the Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond, things were beginning to look a little grim for car owner, Jack Roush. Ten races into the season, and only two of his five drivers were sitting inside the top-12 in points, though at the time […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

May 31st, 2008

The Biff is Fastest at the Monster Mile

Greg Biffle turned the fastest lap during Friday’s Sprint Cup Series qualifying session at Dover International Speedway by clocking a lap in just 23.193 seconds, and in doing so, will start Sunday’s Best Buy 400 from the pole position. This is the second time Biffle has won the Coors Lite Pole Award this season - […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

May 28th, 2008

Ganassi Slates Mayfield for Dover; Franchitti for Pocono

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Dario Franchitti, driver of the no. 40 Target car for Chip Ganassi Racing, returned to the track on Tuesday for the first time since incurring his ankle injury a month ago at Talladega. Dario was on-hand for NASCAR’s test session at Pocono Raceway in preparation for the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

What’s A Brother Gotta Do To Get Some Love?

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Utter heartbreak and sheer disappointment. That’s the best way to describe Kurt Busch’s career in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ever since younger brother, Kyle, joined the circuit full-time for Hendrick Motorsports back in 2005 … well, I guess you could throw subtle envy into that equation as well. […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

May 17th, 2008

Allmendinger Wins His First in the All-Star Showdown

He failed to qualify for the first three races of the season, then Team Red Bull replaced him for with Mike Skinner for the next five events, he wrecked out of the two races after that, and he finished a race for the first time this season by finishing 27th last weekend at Darlington. Yet, […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

May 14th, 2008

Tale of the Last 12 Months

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Bill Marx recently wrote an article called Who Turned the Standings Upside Down over at sportingnews.com, and to be quite honest, I just plain ol’ found it rather interesting. All Bill did was simply compare the standings this year as they sit now to what they looked […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 6 comments

May 14th, 2008

LaBonte Brothers Unite Under the Petty Banner

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Petty Enterprises recently announced that Kyle Petty will take a leave of absence from the no. 45 Dodge beginning on the June 1st race at Dover until July 12th when the Sprint Cup Series heads to Chicago. The reason for Petty’s leave from the team is to attend his […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

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