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Franklin Graham to Deliver Inspirational Message and Invocation at 50th Coca-Cola 600

CONCORD, N.C. – World-renowned evangelist and North Carolina-native Franklin Graham will deliver a 30-minute inspirational message and the invocation during pre-race festivities at the 50th running the Coca-Cola 600 on May 24 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. … Read entire article »

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Fourth at Darlington Moves Newman to 8th in Points

DARLINGTON, S.C. – Ryan Newman, driving the No. 39 U.S. Army/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala SS, continued his torrid pace with a fourth place finish in Saturday night’s Southern 500 Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway. … Read entire article »

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Third at Darlington Moves Stewart to Second in Points

Tony Stewart continued his impressive first season as a driver/owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by finishing a solid third in Saturday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. It was Stewart’s best Sprint Cup finish in 17 career starts at Darlington, besting a pair of fourth-place efforts earned in March 2000 and September 2001. … Read entire article »

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Southern 500 2nd, 3rd, top rookie race press conference

Transcript of the Southern 500 post race press conference with Jimmie Johson (2nd), Tony Stewart (3rd) and Joey Loganao – Top rookie (9th). … Read entire article »

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Standing after Darlington

Pos Driver Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1. Jeff Gordon 1601 11 1 6 8 2. Tony Stewart 1572 11 0 5 8 3. Kurt Busch 1546 11 1 3 6 4. Jimmie Johnson 1465 11 1 5 7 5. Denny Hamlin 1445 11 0 2 4 6. Jeff Burton 1384 11 0 2 5 7. Kyle Busch 1380 11 3 4 4 8. Ryan Newman 1363 11 0 3 5 9. Greg Biffle 1345 11 0 3 6 10. Matt Kenseth 1326 11 2 3 4 11. Mark Martin 1316 11 2 3 6 12. Carl Edwards 1271 11 0 1 4 13. Clint Bowyer 1264 11 0 3 4 14. Juan Montoya 1255 11 0 0 3 15. David Reutimann 1232 11 0 1 2 16. Kasey Kahne 1205 11 0 1 2 17. Brian Vickers 1188 11 0 1 4 18. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1182 11 0 1 3 19. Martin Truex Jr. 1144 11 0 0 3 20. Marcos Ambrose 1131 11 0 1 2 21. Kevin Harvick 1109 11 0 2 2 22. Casey Mears 1104 11 0 0 1 23. Reed Sorenson 1090 11 0 0 1 24. Jamie McMurray 1068 11 0 0 3 25. A.J. Allmendinger 1059 11 0 1 2 26. Elliott Sadler 1059 11 0 1 1 27. David Stremme 1039 11 0 0 0 28. Michael Waltrip 1017 11 0 0 1 29. Bobby Labonte 1007 11 0 1 1 30. Joey Logano* 1002 11 0 0 2 31. Sam Hornish Jr. 998 11 0 0 2 32. David Ragan 998 11 0 0 1 33. Paul Menard 957 11 0 0 0 34. Robby Gordon 847 11 0 0 0 35. Scott Speed* 756 10 0 1 1 36. John Andretti 743 10 0 0 0 37. David Gilliland 649 10 0 0 0 38. Regan Smith 573 6 0 0 0 39. Brad Keselowski 479 4 1 1 2 40. Aric Almirola 451 7 0 0 0 41. Joe Nemechek 414 8 0 0 0 42. Scott Riggs 394 7 0 0 0 43. Dave Blaney 298 8 0 0 0 44. Travis Kvapil 292 4 0 0 0 45. Jeremy Mayfield 288 5 0 0 0 46. Max Papis* 280 4 0 0 0 47. Bill Elliott 228 3 0 0 0 48. Todd Bodine 123 3 0 0 0 49. Mike Bliss 123 3 0 0 0 50. Sterling Marlin 123 3 0 0 0 51. Tony Raines 122 3 0 0 0 52. Terry Labonte 91 1 0 0 0 53. Michael McDowell 0 0 0 0 0 54. Trevor Boys 0 0 0 0 0 55. Eric McClure 0 0 0 0 0 56. Mike Wallace 0 0 0 0 0 57. Dexter Bean* 0 0 0 0 0 58. Mike Garvey 0 0 0 0 0 59. David Starr 0 0 0 0 0 60. Dennis Setzer 0 0 0 0 0 61. Brandon Ash 0 0 0 0 0 62. Carl Long 0 0 0 0 0 63. Geoffrey Bodine 0 0 0 0 0 64. Derrike Cope 0 0 0 0 0 65. Kirk Shelmerdine 0 0 0 0 0 66. Kelly Bires 0 0 0 0 0 67. Norm Benning 0 0 0 0 0 68. Boris Said 0 0 0 0 0 69. Mike Skinner 0 0 0 0 0 * Series rookie … Read entire article »

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Southern 500 Final Results

Here’s the final results of the Southern 500 at Daytona Raceway. Pos St No Driver Status 1. 12 5 Mark Martin Running 2. 42 48 Jimmie Johnson Running 3. 18 14 Tony Stewart Running 4. 3 39 Ryan Newman Running 5. 2 24 Jeff Gordon Running 6. 16 1 Martin Truex Jr. Running 7. 31 25 Brad Keselowski Running 8. 11 16 Greg Biffle Running 9. 5 20 Joey Logano * Running 10. 1 17 Matt Kenseth Running 11. 24 29 Kevin Harvick Running 12. 6 31 Jeff Burton Running 13. 23 11 Denny Hamlin Running 14. 19 19 Elliott Sadler Running 15. 40 98 Paul Menard Running 16. 8 2 Kurt Busch Running 17. 38 44 A.J. Allmendinger Running 18. 27 96 Bobby Labonte Running 19. 41 43 Reed Sorenson Running 20. 25 42 Juan Montoya Running 21. 29 78 Regan Smith Running 22. 20 26 Jamie McMurray Running 23. 7 9 Kasey Kahne Running 24. 34 12 David Stremme Running 25. 39 34 Tony Raines Running 26. 32 187 Scott Speed * Running 27. 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Running 28. 28 7 Robby Gordon Running 29. 21 00 David Reutimann Running 30. 4 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Running 31. 35 83 Brian Vickers In Pit 32. 9 99 Carl Edwards Running 33. 10 47 Marcos Ambrose Running 34. 14 18 Kyle Busch Running 35. 22 113 Max Papis * Running 36. 13 07 Casey Mears Running 37. 17 33 Clint Bowyer Running 38. 15 6 David Ragan In Pit 39. 37 36 Scott Riggs In Pit 40. 36 55 Michael Waltrip Out of Race 41. 33 66 Dave Blaney In Pit 42. 43 09 Sterling Marlin In Pit 43. 30 171 David Gilliland In Pit * Series rookie … Read entire article »

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Southern 500 Starting Grid

With Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon leading them to the green, here’s the starting grid for Saturday nights Southern 500. … Read entire article »

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Matt Kenseth Pole Qualifier Interview

Matt Kenseth qualified on the pole for Saturday nights Southern 500. Afterwards, he spoke to the medis. … Read entire article »

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Jeff Gordon post qualifying interview

Jeff Gordon qualified 2nd for Saturday nights Southern 500 at DArlington Raceway. Afterwards he spoke to the media. … Read entire article »

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