By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
HAMPTON, Ga.—Late qualifier Denny Hamlin was the only driver between Ryan Newman and a record eighth Coors Light Pole Award at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
But Hamlin, the 31st driver to make a run during Saturday’s time trials for Sunday’s Emory Healthcare 500, knocked Newman, the third driver to qualify, off the pole with a lap at 187.380 mph to Newman’s 187.070 mph.
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By Lee Montgomery
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
SPARTA, Ky.—Todd Bodine clearly isn’t “points racing.”
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points leader gambled on fuel mileage Friday night and won the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced the addition of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event to the July 2011 NASCAR national-series race weekend at Kentucky Speedway today.
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Augusta, Ga – This weekend, Bobby Labonte will be behind the wheel of the No. 71 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet for Sunday night’s Emory Healthcare 500 at the Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway. For team sponsor, TaxSlayer.com, the race will have special meaning. The primary sponsor of Labonte and the TRG Motorsports team will place a special decal on the “C post” to support and give tribute to Lisa Murray, a dear friend to the TaxSlayer.com family who is currently undergoing treatment for colon cancer.
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DuQUOIN, Ill. – It’s a throwback to how it used to be when people came from miles around to eat corn dogs and elephant ears at the fair while they waited for their national heroes to race Stock Cars and Champ Cars.
It’s how it used to be; and for the versatile ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards teams, it’s how it still is, and will be, when the renowned stock car tour, in its 58th consecutive season, comes to the sleepy little corner of southern Illinois to mix it up on the “Magic Mile”.
And yes, the track’s still dirt; the garage floor is still grass; the raceday ticket price is still reasonable, and the crowds are still among the healthiest anywhere in ARCA.
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