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Earnhardt fails to take advantage of Stewart’s problems
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Tony Stewart’s 25th-place finish in Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway tightened the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings considerably, but with a sway bar and a wheel threatening to fall off his car, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn’t able to take advantage of Stewart’s problems. Earnhardt faded early with a car that handled atrociously, thanks to a sway bar that was dragging the asphalt because a mounting … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Kurt Busch holds off Johnson for Dover Cup win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Thank you, Kurt Busch said, after screw-ups by Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards put Busch in position to win Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway. While Busch celebrated his second victory of the season and the 24th of his career in victory lane at the Monster Mile, runner-up Johnson and third-place Edwards sat in the nearby media center castigating themselves in the postrace news conference. Johnson stumbled on the … Read entire article »
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Travis Pastrana says, ‘No more X Games’
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Travis Pastrana wants to put his best foot forward—literally and figuratively—and that means no more participation in the X Games. In other words, Pastrana won’t do anything else to jeopardize his plans to race stock cars. Pastrana broke his right foot and ankle in a failed attempt to perform a “TP Roll” in the X Games Best Trick competition in July. The accident nixed his planned Nationwide Series debut at … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Carl Edwards cruises to Nationwide win at Dover
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Carl Edwards pulled away from Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer after a restart on Lap 168 of 200 to win Saturday’s OneMain Financial 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. The victory was Edwards’ seventh of the year and the 36th of his career. Keselowski held off Bowyer in the closing laps to claim the runner-up position, with Bowyer running third. Kasey Kahne finished fourth, one spot ahead of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
Martin Truex Jr. finds success at Dover with pole run
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – Martin Truex Jr. returned to the site of his only NASCAR Sprint Cup victory and found success again Saturday afternoon, winning the pole for Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway. Truex, who claimed his first Coors Light pole award of the season and the sixth of his career, will start the third race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup next to Kurt Busch, the … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch Friday Dover Press Conference Transcript
KYLE BUSCH visited with the media at Dover International Speedway Friday to talk about racing at Dover. What is your strategy heading into the third race of the Chase? “Our strategy is just to continue doing what we’ve been trying to do and collect some good finishes here. Just be able to let the points fall as they may by being able to run as strong as we can. It’s about all we can control, but … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Matt Kenseth Friday Dover Press Conference Transcript
Matt Kenseth is seventh in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings after a sixth-place finish last weekend in New Hampshire. Kenseth visited the infield media center at Dover to talk about this weekend’s race and how wife Katie is doing after her midweek practice accident at Charlotte Motor Speedway while preparing for a charity event. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT COMING TO DOVER AND MAKING A STATEMENT HERE? “I always love coming to Dover. It’s always been … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
For Earnhardt, getting into the Chase was most stressful
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—To hear Dale Earnhardt Jr. tell it, the pressure of being in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup doesn’t compare with the stress of trying to get into NASCAR’s 10-race playoff. Earnhardt didn’t secure his Chase spot until Sept. 10, in the final race of the regular season at Richmond. Of the 10 drivers to qualify on points, he was 10th, and after getting collected in a Lap … Read entire article »
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Despite testy exchange, it’s business as usual for Johnson, Knaus
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Despite a testy exchange on the radio last week at New Hampshire, it’s business as usual for Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus—to the extent that the five-time Sprint Cup champion and his crew chief haven’t even talked about the incident. During last Sunday’s Sylvania 300, in which Johnson finished 18th and fell to 10th in the standings, 29 points behind Chase leader Tony Stewart, the driver of the No. … Read entire article »
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