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Darlington Raceway Made Stock Car Racing A Modern Sport
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series history began in Charlotte, N.C. on June 19, 1949 with Jim Roper’s victory in a 150-mile race over the 3/4-mile dirt Charlotte Speedway. The foundations of the modern sport, however, were poured the following year with the opening of Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. The track’s 63rd running of the Bojangles’ Southern 500 is set for Saturday night (FOX, 7 p.m. ET). Before Harold Brasington’s then-1.25-mile track was built … Read entire article »
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Quicken Loans to Sponsor June Race at Michigan International Speedway
DETROIT – Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. today announced it has teamed with Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Michigan, to sponsor the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at MIS on Sunday, June 17. “We saw the Quicken Loans 400 as another way to further our support of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series and to showcase our culture and focus on the client experience to the millions of NASCAR fans around the country,” said Jay … Read entire article »
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Brad Keselowski now has the respect he needs to win a championship
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service It was a stroke of genius. Brad Keselowski’s flawlessly executed move on the final lap of the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway was so effective that Kyle Busch didn’t even know what had hit him. Busch was glued to Keselowski’s bumper down the backstretch at the 2.66-mile track, and he was already planning the slingshot move he would make in the tri-oval to beat Keselowski to the … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Matt Kenseth blames himself for failure to win at Talladega
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. – Matt Kenseth had a simple explanation for his failure to win the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway: driver error. Kenseth led the field to a green-white-checkered restart on Lap 193 from the outside lane. With a push from Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle, Kenseth surged into the lead, clearing eventual race winner Brad Keselowski and diving to the bottom of the … Read entire article »
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Brad Keselowski prevails in Talladega thriller
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service - TALLADEGA, Ala. — Executing perfectly a move he had saved for the right occasion, Brad Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch on the final lap to win Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at at Talladega Superspeedway in a green-white-checkered-flag finish. Busch had pushed Keselowski to the lead on Lap 193 of 194 in a race that went six laps past its scheduled distance at the 2.66-mile track. The … Read entire article »
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Unconventional approach at Talladega nets Jeff Gordon 71st career pole
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Gordon took the low road to the pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. In a departure from conventional wisdom — and from the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup field — Gordon chose a lower line for this first lap around the 2.66-mile track, and the strategy paid off on the second lap with his first Coors Light pole award of the season, his third at Talladega and the … Read entire article »
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Sprint Cup Notebook: Earnhardt: Locking into Chase field early would help
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service – TALLADEGA, Ala. – Nine races into the season may be too early to focus on the points standings, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. already is looking ahead to the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ 26-race regular season. Currently second in the standings, four points behind leader Greg Biffle, Earnhardt would like nothing better than to secure his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup before the 26th … Read entire article »
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Cool-Down Lap: Earnhardt really IS close to victory — and the stats prove it
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. — One of these days — and that day may come very soon — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will win a Sprint Cup race and put an end to what several writers have facetiously called NASCAR’s “long national nightmare.” Earnhardt last tasted victory in the Cup series on June 15, 2008 at Michigan, not quite halfway through the first year of a lucrative contract with Hendrick Motorsports. Since that race, Earnhardt … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch capitalizes on late caution for Richmond win
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. — Pulling away from Dale Earnhardt Jr. after a restart with eight laps left in Saturday night’s Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Kyle Busch streaked to his fourth straight victory in the spring race at the .75-mile track. The win was Busch’s first of the season and the 24th of his career, tying him with his brother, 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch, for 26th all-time. Tony … Read entire article »
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