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Marcos Ambrose powers past Brad Keselowski for win at the Glen
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Marcos Ambrose passed Brad Keselowski on the first lap of a green-white-checkered-flag finish at Watkins Glen and won Monday’s rain-delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen under caution when a violent multicar wreck exploded behind him on the final circuit. Ambrose, who charged through the bus stop (inner loop) and powered past Keselowski to the inside, became the fifth first-time winner in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series … Read entire article »
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Watkins Glen race postponed until Monday
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—A system of showers that camped out over the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York forced postponement of the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen until Monday at 10 a.m. ET. The rain arrived right after Sunday’s driver introductions for the 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season. When the race begins Monday, Kyle Busch will start from the pole next to second-place qualifier … Read entire article »
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Starting at the back a familiar place for Hamlin
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Denny Hamlin will start Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen from a familiar place — the rear of the field. But during Saturday’s Sprint Cup qualifying session, Hamlin found a new way to get there. Determined not to give in to conservatism during time trials, Hamlin spun, slapped the guard rail with the right side of his car and failed to complete a qualifying … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch storms to pole at Watkins Glen
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Kyle Busch showed the aces at Watkins Glen International that he has developed a mastery of the road courses, too. With a lap at 126.421 mph, Busch, the last driver to make a qualifying attempt in Saturday’s time trials, knocked AJ Allmendinger off the pole for Sunday’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, in a session that saw 15 drivers beat Jeff … Read entire article »
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Kurt Busch takes high road in feud with Jimmie Johnson
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—In responding to Jimmie Johnson’s barbs from Friday afternoon—a continuation of an altercation that began last Sunday at Pocono—Kurt Busch avoided the sort of inflammatory language Johnson used. That didn’t mean, however, that Busch didn’t get in a few shots of his own. The trouble started on the track, where Johnson and Busch, who have had run-ins in the past, raced each other extremely hard … Read entire article »
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Denny Hamlin: ‘Build me a tank’ for road courses
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – From the looks of it, road courses have replaced short tracks as the nexus of aggression and contact between racecars. As Denny Hamlin sees it, drivers’ attitudes toward road-course racing have changed in recent years. “I think people have a different mindset,” Hamlin said Friday at Watkins Glen, site of Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. “Honestly, I think that people think they can run over guys on road … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch: Shortening Pocono races a good idea
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Despite his recent success at Pocono Raceway, Kyle Busch makes no secret of his feelings about the Tricky Triangle—it’s one of his least favorite tracks. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Busch endorses the decision to shorten both Pocono races from 500 miles to 400 next year. “I think all of us have been asking for that the past few years, and certainly a lot of fans … Read entire article »
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Helton: Running the boot at the Glen not out of the question
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—When Tony Stewart and 2008 Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton traded cars for an exhibition run at Watkins Glen International in June, Stewart got to run the boot, a .95-mile section of the road course that isn’t used in NASCAR races. Stewart immediately suggested that NASCAR should start running that boot-shaped section, which would stretch the course to 3.40 miles, and track president Michael Printup endorsed the recommendation. According … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson sounds off about Kurt Busch—again
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Jimmie Johnson isn’t ready to let his feud with Kurt Busch die. In a spirited media session Friday at Watkins Glen International, Johnson, in essence, impugned Busch’s manhood for the way the driver of the No. 22 handled the postrace confrontation between the drivers last week on pit road at Pocono What started as an animated conversation between the combatants, who traded shots on the final lap of last … Read entire article »
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