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Kellogg Returns as a Primary Sponsor of Carl Edwards’ No. 99 Ford
CONCORD, N.C. – Roush Fenway Racing and Kellogg Company have announced the multi-year extension of their NASCAR partnership. Kellogg will serve as a primary sponsor of the No. 99 Ford for four Sprint Cup races in 2012, teaming its famed Kellogg’s™ Frosted Flakes cereal and Cheez-It® crackers with perennial championship contender and fan favorite Carl Edwards. Kellogg has been involved with NASCAR for many years, including serving as a primary sponsor of … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Stars’ Off-Track Events Fascinating, Compelling
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On the track, it has been dubbed by some as the most exciting season in NASCAR history. But the 2011 season did not lack in entertaining, if not fascinating, moments away from the track as well. From television appearances and movie cameos to skydiving, NASCAR drivers and personalities certainly presented plenty of compelling options for these top moments. Trevor Bayne and Ellen DeGeneres Before it even had a chance to sink in, … Read entire article »
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A New Champion, Surprise Winners and Broken Records Highlight a Storybook Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \ – “You come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar Little, The Wire. From the 2007 season – Jimmie Johnson’s first as a defending champion – through 2010, exactly 100 drivers started at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. All took aim at Johnson’s throne. All missed. A shocking victor claimed NASCAR’s most famous race to open the 2011 season, as Trevor Bayne, 20, became the youngest driver to ever … Read entire article »
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Roush Fenway Racing Wins Five Year-End Awards at NASCAR Champions Week
LAS VEGAS – Roush Fenway Racing claimed five awards at Thursday’s NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Luncheon in Las Vegas. Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award, Bob Osborne earned the DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Year award, the No. 99 Aflac pit crew won the Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew award, Matt Kenseth received the Growth Energy American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award and Roush Yates Engines took home the Mahle Engine Builder … Read entire article »
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Race of His Life: Stewart Chases Edwards, History
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott When 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart was looking for an apt comparison for his battle with Carl Edwards – which literally came down to the last lap of the final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway – he went to the Bible. “I appreciated that championship battle. It was a David versus Goliath battle to the end,” he said. Goliath, as you may … Read entire article »
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Carl Edwards Homestead-Miami Post Race Press Conference
Carl Edwards battled to a second place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale, and wound up tied with race winner Tony Stewart in the series standings. With the championship tie breaker being number of wins, Tony Stewart’s series leading five wins was more than enough to relegate Edwards to a second place finish. Carl met with members of the media after the race. Full transcript. Kerry Tharp: Carl, terrific season, terrific effort tonight. … Read entire article »
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Stewart Backs Up His Mantra – Win the Race, Win the Chase
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Tony Stewart won the biggest game of winner-take-all in the history of NASCAR racing. Rebounding from a succession of setbacks, Stewart took the checkered flag in Sunday’s rain-interrupted Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in a tiebreaker over race runner-up Carl Edwards. With four new tires to Edwards’ two—thanks to a strategic gamble that paid off when rain hit the 1.5-mile … Read entire article »
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Video – Who do NASCAR drivers thing will win the Sprint Cup championship
During Friday’s media availability at Homestead-Miami Speedway, NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson talk about the Ford 400 and who they like in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. … Read entire article »
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Jeff Gordon leaning toward Edwards but pulling for Stewart
HOMESTEAD, Fla.—In handicapping the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, do you favor the driver with a dominant track record at Homestead-Miami Speedway, or do you go with the guy who’s a four-time winner in the Chase? Do you bet on the driver with a three-point lead or on the driver who has trimmed his deficit to Edwards from 24 to three points over the past four races? That’s a tough call, says Jeff Gordon, a four-time champion in … Read entire article »
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