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Some numbers favor Jason Leffler at Atlanta, but others don’t
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Jason Leffler is entered in Turner Motorsports’ No. 30 Chevrolet for this Saturday’s Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. And that’s good news for Leffler. Leffler has driven the No. 30 entry five times in 2011, with an average finish of ninth. When he drives Turner’s No. 38, though, Leffler has an average finish of 14th. “It’s really strange; it’s almost comical,” Leffler said of the number … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch outduels Logano for record 50th Nationwide win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn.—At age 26, Kyle Busch made history in Friday night’s Food City 250 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In beating Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano to the checkered flag in a near dead heat (.019 seconds), Busch won his 50th race in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, breaking a tie with 52-year-old Mark Martin for the top spot on the career victory list. Behind Busch and Logano, Clint Bowyer … Read entire article »
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Despite leaks galore, Danica Patrick’s announcement is still a circus
By Matt Crossman Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service The announcement that Danica Patrick will go full-time NASCAR racing next year has been over for hours and I still can’t decide: Is this the greatest day in NASCAR history or simply one of the greatest? This has as much to do with Danicamania as it does the unfathomable breadth and depth of the NASCAR universe. All of the things that make NASCAR awesome and ridiculous were on full display … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick To Compete In NASCAR Sprint Cup Series For Stewart-Haas Racing
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Racing superstar Danica Patrick will run a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2012 with sponsorship from Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting company and domain registrar in the world. The number of races and specific venues where Patrick will drive a SHR prepared Chevrolet Impala will be announced at a later date. Her car number will also be revealed in the near future. The limited Sprint Cup … Read entire article »
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Patrick cares more about results than she gets credit for
By Matt Crossman Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service The smartest thing Danica Patrick has done in her move to NASCAR is take her time. She is expected to announce Thursday that she will race full-time in the Nationwide Series next season, thus ending two years of speculation about what she will do with the rest of her racing career. The announcement will not be a surprise because the NASCAR traveling circus leaks like a sieve. What is a … Read entire article »
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Wallace finds the good in hairy incident as he heads to Bristol
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service One of the highlights from last weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Montreal was Steve Wallace’s best career finish. But will anyone remember that after the now-infamous “hair-pulling” incident? “I’m very controversial,” Wallace said. “I don’t know why that is, but that’s kind of how it’s been lately.” Wallace has been a bit of a lightning rod in his brief career, and the best example of that happened after he drove to … Read entire article »
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Wait ’Til Bristol Sees Us! It Loves Us!
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – In the classic 1978 movie Animal House, while on a road triwith his Delta Tau Chi fraternity brothers, Donald “Boon” Schoenstein notices that the band Otis Day and the Knights are playing that evening at the Dexter Lake Club. As the group enters the establishment, “Boon” enthusiastically yells out, “Wait ’til Otis sees us! He loves us!” As Kyle Busch, crew chief Jason Ratcliff and the rest of the Z-Line Designs team for Joe … Read entire article »
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Norris takes over as Crew Chief for Trevor Bayne
CONCORD, N.C. – Chad Norris has been named crew chief of Roush Fenway’s No. 16 Nationwide Series team with driver Trevor Bayne. Norris will assume the role immediately, serving as crew chief for the team this weekend at Bristol. Norris, who has been with Roush Fenway since 2005, led Marcos Ambrose’s winning effort from atop the pit box last weekend in Montreal. “I am excited for the opportunity to work with Trevor Bayne,” said Norris. “Trevor … Read entire article »
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Mike Wallace looking forward to point fight under lights of Bristol
GAFFNEY, S.C. – When it comes to racing at Bristol Motor Speedway under the Friday night lights, there are two big keys to success. First, keep the fenders and bumpers on the race car to stay in the race. Second, survive the bumps, spins and sins of other drivers to exit Thunder Valley with as many points as possible. Mike Wallace knows what it takes to be successful at the.533-mile, concrete oval. Now, h just needs to … Read entire article »
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