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Rain Cuts Tire Test Short

FORT WORTH, Texas – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers participated in the second day of Goodyear Tire testing at Texas Motor Speedway Wednesday, but not for long. Due to inclement weather at the 1.5-mile track, the drivers only were able to test for approximately 2 hours. … Read entire article »

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Tony Jackson Jr. signs with SS Green Light Racing

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – SS Green Light Racing announced today that Missouri’s Tony Jackson Jr. will pilot the team’s No. 07 Chevy Silverado for seven races in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season beginning at Martinsville Speedway on March 27th. … Read entire article »

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Casey Mears Signs with Keyed-Up Motorsports for 2010

Mooresville, NC – Keyed-Up Motorsports, the new NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team founded by successful Virginia businessman Raymond Key and debuting in the 2010 Daytona 500, announced today it has named Casey Mears as driver of the No. 90 Chevy Impala. … Read entire article »

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Jeff Gordon Fired Up to Get 2010 Season Underway

Charlotte – Jeff Gordon believes his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet team is headed in the right direction, too, but he wants more than the one victory he had last season. … Read entire article »

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Dale Earnhardt Jr Looking For A Little Chemistry

Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. clearly wants to be one of the players early in 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Hendrick drivers finished first, second and third in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2009, but Earnhardt Jr. wasn’t one of those drivers. … Read entire article »

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Jimmie Johnson Motivated to Go for Fifth-Straight Title

Day three of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway included a lunch stop at the campus of the top team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Hendrick Motorsports. And the top driver on that team the last four years has been Jimmie Johnson. He’s the winner of the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, and set a NASCAR record for most consecutive titles last year with the 2009 championship. … Read entire article »

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All Star Race Becomes ‘The Backyard Brawl’

Today’s NASCAR Media Tour included wrestler ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair using his booming voice to unveil a promotional poster for the Backyard Brawl, NASCAR’s Sprint All-Star Race. … Read entire article »

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Aaron’s to Sponsor Six Additional Races at MWR

ATLANTA – Aaron’s, Inc. announced today it will add six more Sprint Cup races, plus the Sprint All-Star Race to its 2010 schedule. The additional races increase Aaron’s total to 24 races as the primary sponsor of the Michael Waltrip Racing No. 00 Aaron’s Dream Machine driven by David Reutimann. … Read entire article »

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Trucks Returning to Darlington Raceway After 5 Year Absence

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR today announced the addition of historic Darlington Raceway to the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule. … Read entire article »

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