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Late-Race Accident Derails Busch’s Chance at All-Star Victory
Kyle Busch finished seventh in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway near Charlotte, N.C. The driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing led three times for 33 laps, but an accident on lap 93 while battling for the lead damaged his car and ended any chance of his first All-Star victory. … Read entire article »
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Kenseth Comes Up Just Short of Claiming Second Sprint All-Star Win
CONCORD, N.C. – Matt Kenseth came just two laps short of winning his second career Sprint All-Star Race, getting edged out on lap 98 of 100 by eventual race winner Tony Stewart Saturday night under the lights at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. … Read entire article »
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All Star Race Results
Pos St No Driver Make Laps Status 1. 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 100 Running 2. 3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 100 Running 3. 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 100 Running 4. 18 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 100 Running 5. 14 99 Carl Edwards Ford 100 Running 6. 5 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 100 Running 7. 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 100 Running 8. 21 20 Joey Logano * Toyota 100 Running 9. 20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 100 Running 10. 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 100 Running 11. 7 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 100 Running 12. 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 100 Running 13. 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 100 Running 14. 8 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 100 Running 15. 9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 100 Running 16. 19 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 100 Running 17. 10 09 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 100 Running 18. 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 93 Accident 19. 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 92 Accident 20. 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 85 Engine 21. 11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 71 Accident * Series rookie … Read entire article »
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All-Star Showdown Race Results
Pos St No Driver 1. 6 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 2. 28 26 Jamie McMurray 3. 1 12 David Stremme 4. 11 00 David Reutimann 5. 17 20 Joey Logano * 6. 4 1 Martin Truex Jr. 7. 8 44 A.J. Allmendinger 8. 5 6 David Ragan 9. 30 7 Robby Gordon 10. 12 47 Marcos Ambrose 11. 2 66 Dave Blaney 12. 9 42 Juan Montoya 13. 21 07 Casey Mears 14. 26 55 Michael Waltrip 15. 20 171 David Gilliland 16. 14 21 Bill Elliott 17. 22 98 Paul Menard 18. 32 43 Reed Sorenson 19. 18 82 Scott Speed * 20. 19 187 Joe Nemechek 21. 7 113 Max Papis * 22. 31 41 J.J. Yeley 23. 13 51 Dexter Bean* 24. 33 34 Tony Raines 25. 3 36 Scott Riggs 26. 10 37 Mike Wallace 27. 24 64 Todd Bodine 28. 15 175 Derrike Cope 29. 23 73 Mike Garvey 30. 27 106 David Starr 31. 16 157 Norm Benning 32. 35 127 Kirk Shelmerdine 33. 25 19 Elliott Sadler 34. 29 83 Brian Vickers 35. 34 146 Carl Long * Series rookie … Read entire article »
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All Star Race Starting Grid
Unlike the All Star Showdown, the 18 drivers in the All Star Race were able to get their qualifying in. Some of them probably wish they hadn’t. The All Star Race qualifying consisted of 3 laps, with a mandatory 4 tire pit stop on either of the first 2 laps. In addition to the pit stop, NASCAR added a 5 second penalty for loose lug nuts, speeding onto pit road, or pitting outside the box. … Read entire article »
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Starting Grid for the All Star Showdown
With rain washing out qualifying, the starting grid for the All Star Showdown was set based on the qualifying draw. That put Kirk Shelmerdine on the pole with Carl Long on his outside. The first few laps should be pretty interesting. … Read entire article »
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Hendrick Motorsports joins Twitter
CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports has launched its official Twitter page — www.twitter.com/HendrickInfo. Fans are invited to check out the page for daily updates about Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the rest of Hendrick Motorsports. … Read entire article »
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Earnhardt’s Black No. 3 Chevy Unveiled at NC Sports Hall of Fame
WELCOME, N.C. — The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is now home to a black No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet made famous by the legendary Dale Earnhardt. RCR President and CEO, Richard Childress, with whom Earnhardt won six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships from 1986 to 1994, was on-hand for the May 13 celebration in downtown Raleigh, N.C. … Read entire article »
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Bring Back the Trophy or the Steering Wheel
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – If there was one person who best described the attitude of everyone involved in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway near Charlotte, it would be former track President H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, who once called it a race in which the owner of the car tells the driver, “Bring me back the trophy or the steering wheel.” … Read entire article »
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