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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Dover Press Conference Transcript
DALE EARNHARDT JR. met with media and discussed the track surface at Dover, the pressure of making the Chase, the public being able to hear radio talk, and more. Full Transcript: DO YOU HAVE A LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS TRACK? IT SEEMS LIKE ITS FEAST OR FAMINE HERE FOR YOU “Yeah, this track has been good at times and bad at times for me. I like asphalt better than I like concrete. Concrete is just not as … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson Friday Dover Press Conference Transcript
JIMMIE JOHNSON met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed the Chase, racing at Dover, working with his crew chief Chad Knaus and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT THIRD RACE AT DOVER A PLACE YOU GET AROUND PRETTY WELL: “We’re excited to be at Dover. It is arguably one of our best tracks for the No. 48 team. Just excited to be here even from a qualifying standpoint. We all know how … Read entire article »
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Kevin Harvick Friday Dover International Speedway Press Conference Transcript
KEVIN HARVICK met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed racing at Dover, momentum, the current point standings and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT DOVER: “You don’t do anything any different than you would any other week. Just another race track that you try to do the same things that you do every week.” THE 48TH IS TENTH IN POINTS; DO YOU EVER COUNT HIM OUT? “I’m not racing the 48, I’m racing myself” ARE … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Friday Dover International Speedway Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed how his team has turned around quickly in the past couple of weeks, racing in Dover, how small changes can make a big difference in running order and much more. Full transcript. I KNOW YOU COME HERE TO WIN EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL DRIVERS HAVE SAID TODAY THAT THAT TURNAROUND CAN HAPPEN, ARE YOU SURPRISED OR WAS THERE … Read entire article »
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Coming off strong Chicagoland run, Scott primed for Dover
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service When Brian Scott won the pole and finished third in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway two weeks ago, there was a sense of achievement among his entire Joe Gibbs Racing team. And Scott also wondered, where has this been all year? “We’ve had performances that were in that range,” Scott said. “There’s been a handful of finishes like that that we should’ve had already. We’ve had bizarre things … Read entire article »
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Will the Delaware Destroyer return to the Monster Mile?
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Back in the day, Tony Stewart gave George Thorogood a run for his money as the real Delaware Destroyer. Wilmington, Del., native Thorogood, and his band, the Delaware Destroyers, pumped out such hits as “Bad to the Bone” and a resounding cover of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love” en route to 16 studio albums, two of which went Platinum while six more went Gold. But in the early 2000s, it was Stewart who … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch Won’t Be Horsing Around at Dover
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – When Kyle Busch and his No. 18 Interstate Batteries team sat down and looked at the schedule for the 2011 edition of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship, they circled several races on the calendar they knew where they would have a shot at bringing home a victory during NASCAR’s 10-race playoff. One of those tracks happened to be Dover (Del.) International Speedway, site of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 … Read entire article »
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Kurt Busch Hoping for a Solid Performance at Dover
DOVER, Del. – Shell-Pennzoil Dodge driver Kurt Busch returns to Dover International Speedway for this weekend’s “AAA 400” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race hoping a recent trend continues for his Steve Addington-led “Double Deuce” Penske Team. The likelihood of that occurring is extremely high, especially considering that Dover was the site of Busch’s best finish of the 10 Chase races last season. “It was kind of strange how things shook out in last year’s Chase,” offered … Read entire article »
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Gordon Looking for Concrete Improvements at Dover
DOVER, Del. – It has been four months since Jeff Gordon finished 17th at Dover International Speedway, but the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger team feels they have made monster improvements on concrete tracks since that day in May. There are only two concrete tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule: Dover and Bristol Motor Speedway. Earlier this year in Bristol, Tenn., Gordon started seventh but led no laps enroute to a 14th-place finish … Read entire article »
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