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July 27th, 2008

Fantasy Follow-Up: Indianapolis

TZ’s Picks (Indianapolis):
1. Jeff Gordon - 6th - 40.5 points
2. Kyle Busch - 15th - 35.5 points
3. Mark Martin - 11th - 37 points
4. Tony Stewart - 23rd - No points
5. Matt Kenseth - 38th - No points
6. Clint Bowyer - 19th - No points
Lock of the Week - Tony Stewart - Outside Top Fifteen […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 8 comments

July 24th, 2008

Race Preview for the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (aka: the Brickyard) is home of the Indianapolis 500 and is highly regarded as one of the most prestigious tracks in all of motorsports. After taking a week off, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will now return to the Brickyard for the fifteenth time in a race whose prestige to NASCAR […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 9 comments

July 21st, 2008

List of the Week: Bottom Half Chasers

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There’s only 6 races to go before we make it to Richmond, and then, after that 7th race is over, we’ll know once and for all who’s in and who’s out of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Historically speaking - since they first turned to […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

July 15th, 2008

NASCAR Represented in 2008 ESPY Award Nominations

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The annual 2008 ESPY Awards will air live on ESPN on Sunday, July 20th at 9 pm est / 8 pm cst, and keeping with their tradition of including outdoor sports and motorsports within their equation, NASCAR will be represented with nominees in three separate categories […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 3 comments

July 13th, 2008

Rating the Race: Chicago - Lifelock.com 400

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Kyle Busch continued his dominating run over the Sprint Cup Series Saturday night as he picked up his series-leading 7th win of the season by taking the checkers in the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL. After rain cancelled Friday’s qualifying session, Busch was awarded the pole […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

July 10th, 2008

Race Preview for the Lifelock.com 400 at Chicago

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NASCAR will return to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL this weekend. Saturday night’s race will mark the eighth trip to Chicagoland for the Sprint Cup Series, and the first NASCAR event there run under the lights. The 1.5 mile tri-oval track has produced only two repeat winner to-date (Kevin […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 2 comments

July 9th, 2008

NASCAR Rivals: Jeff Gordon Spun by Carl Edwards on Final Restart

As Jeff Gordon searched for his first victory of the 2008 season this past weekend at Daytona International Speedway, the racing Gods had other plans in mind. With the field all set to go for the sixth green-white-checkered finish of the year after a crazy final 35 laps of the race finally wound down to the […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 6 comments

July 6th, 2008

Rating the Race: Daytona - Coke Zero 400

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Kyle Busch won his sixth race of the Sprint Cup season and picked up the second Cup restrictor plate win of his career, much to the dismay of the crowd on-hand at Daytona International Speedway for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400. But, whether or not you like Kyle Busch is irrelevent - what […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 7 comments

July 6th, 2008

Fantasy Follow-Up: Daytona

TZ’s Picks (Daytona):
1. Tony Stewart - 20th - No points
2. Jimmie Johnson - 23rd - No points
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 8th - 38.5 points
4. Kurt Busch - 4th - 40.0 points
5. Kyle Busch - 1st - 41.0 points
6. Greg Biffle - 43rd - No points
Lock of the Week - Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Top Ten - 5 points
Sleeper Pick - Brian […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 0 comments

July 4th, 2008

DEI Not Helping Truex Jr’s Case for the Chase

NASCAR officials confiscated and impounded the no. 1 DEI Chevy driven by Martin Truex Jr. on Thursday afternoon when the car failed multiple attempts during the opening day inspections, as the roof failed to meet the inspection templates. The incident forced Truex to miss out on the first practice session after the team was unable to […]

By Tim Zaegel -- 6 comments