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Brad Keselowski keeps cool, scores repeat Bristol win
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR racing has a new Ice Man. As he completed the final lap of his victory in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Brad Keseloswki needled Paul Wolfe, his crew chief. “Paul, are you nervous?” Keselowski radioed to Wolfe, his voice exuding of confidence. As he crossed the finish line six car-lengths in front of runner-up Matt Kenseth, Keselowski allowed himself an excited whoop. The driver of the … Read entire article »
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Greg Biffle edges Allmendinger for Bristol pole by .001 seconds
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — By the thinnest of margins, Greg Biffle won the pole for Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Biffle posted a lap at 125.215 mph (15.324 seconds) in Friday’s time trials and watched as the 10 drivers who succeeded him in the qualifying order tried to knock him out of the top spot. AJ Allmendinger came closest but fell .001 seconds short, as … Read entire article »
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Kyle Busch aims to rebound, bolster Bristol results
NASCAR Wire Service The high potential for pitfalls may not make Bristol Motor Speedway a welcome sight for everyone. But not everyone has navigated past peril there quite as well as Kyle Busch. Over the past three years, no NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver has been as dominant as Busch at the high-speed .533-mile track. He enters Sunday’s Food City 500 having won four of the last six races at Bristol and is tied for most victories … Read entire article »
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Stewart Grabs Second With Two-Tire Call
A late-race call for two tires put Tony Stewart in position to win Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) drove from fourth to first in the race’s final 10 laps, but couldn’t hold off Jimmie Johnson and wound up second to the four-time and reigning Sprint Cup champion. … Read entire article »
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Food City 500 Race Results
Bristol, Tenn – Jimmie Johnson used a 4 tire pit stop to go from 6th to 1st in the final laps of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. … Read entire article »
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Johnson Finally Wins at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. — In a milestone race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson — the last driver third-place finisher Kurt Busch wanted to see win the race — took the checkered flag for the 50th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup career in the Food City 500. … Read entire article »
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Food City 500 Starting Grid
Joey Logano will be the youngest pole sitter in NASCAR history when he leads the field to the flag for Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano turned a lap nearly a tenth of a second faster than 2nd place Kurt Busch. Rounding out the top 5 were Dave Blaney, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Defending race champion Kyle Busch qualified 38th. … Read entire article »
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Solid Start, Fondness for Bristol Track Put Smith in Upbeat Mood
DENVER, Colo – With the first four Sprint Cup races completed, which included a superspeedway and three intermediate tracks, Regan Smith is anxiously looking forward to the next phase of the schedule — the short track portion of the 36-event slate. … Read entire article »
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Bristol? Just Another Brick In The Wall
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Hugely successful upon its release in November 1979, Pink Floyd’s The Wall was the best-selling album of 1980 in the United States and it’s among the top-five best-selling albums of all-time in the U.S. … Read entire article »
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