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Unconventional approach at Talladega nets Jeff Gordon 71st career pole
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Gordon took the low road to the pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. In a departure from conventional wisdom — and from the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup field — Gordon chose a lower line for this first lap around the 2.66-mile track, and the strategy paid off on the second lap with his first Coors Light pole award of the season, his third at Talladega and the … Read entire article »
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Cool-Down Lap: It’s time for drivers outside the top 10 to start thinking “wild card”
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Is it too early for drivers outside the top 10 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings to take a more aggressive approach and gamble for victories? The answer to that question is an emphatic “No.” For drivers currently outside the top 10, qualifying as a wild card likely is their only viable way to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. After Sunday’s STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, we’re nearly a third of the … Read entire article »
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Biffle says Edwards is #1 at Rousch…Earnhardt says he’s the best at Hendrick
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Greg Biffle tried to deadpan his answer, but the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader couldn’t suppress a sly smile as he replied to a question about the pecking order at Roush Fenway Racing. A reporter reminded Biffle that teammate Carl Edwards had signed a hugely lucrative contract renewal last year and was widely considered the No. 1 driver at RFR. Yet Biffle won last Sunday’s Samsung … Read entire article »
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Jeff Gordon Will Miss Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Two-time track winner Jeff Gordon has fared well at Kansas Speedway, but he knows the track just won’t be the same anymore after this weekend’s STP 400. In 12 starts at the 1.5-mile Kansas track, Gordon has posted eight top-fives and nine top-10′s. But those starts are on a surface that will be torn up following this weekend’s event. “I love Kansas and other worn-out tracks,” said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Strong run at Bristol nets Vickers 2 more races with MWR
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — To the Vickers go the spoils. No, Brian Vickers didn’t win at Bristol in his maiden voyage in Michael Waltrip’s No. 55 Toyota, but he ran well enough — leading 125 laps and finishing fifth — to earn a bonus from his part-time employer. Waltrip and Vickers announced Friday at Martinsville that Vickers will compete for Michael Waltrip Racing in the road course races at Infineon Raceway (Sonoma, Calif.) … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Brian Vickers scores top-five in Sprint Cup return
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – What ring rust? Brian Vickers returned to the seat of a NASCAR Sprint Cup car and drove as if he’d never left. In the first event of a six-race deal with Michael Waltrip Racing, Vickers drove the No. 55 Toyota to a fifth-place finish in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, running right behind teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer. The same driver who exited the series … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Brian Vickers returns, blasts article and clarifies image
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. — As he returns to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol this weekend, Brian Vickers is carrying baggage. While racing for Red Bull in the Sprint Cup Series, his last full-time job as a driver, Vickers adopted what he calls “the Red Bull lifestyle.” As Vickers tries to return to NASCAR’s top series on a more permanent basis, however, the edgy image Red Bull sought to promote may be … Read entire article »
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Gordon Hopes Brakes Go His Way at Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. – One year ago, the breaks went Jeff Gordon’s way as the Drive To End Hunger team recovered from an early race accident to win at Phoenix International Raceway. One race ago here, however, it was a much different story as brake issues on the newly repaved, newly reconfigured track led to a 32nd-place finish in the penultimate race of the 2011 season. “Obviously, I like the old configuration better right now,” the four-time … Read entire article »
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Comeback Kid: Media Predict Johnson Rebound
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Undoubtedly, Jimmie Johnson would like to forget that the 2011 season ever happened. Apparently, voters in NASCARMedia.com’s annual preseason poll already have. Members of NASCARMedia.com picked Johnson to reign supreme once again – despite a career-low sixth-place finish in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points. Johnson received 147 votes in the annual preseason poll, just two more than Carl Edwards, who finished second in last season’s championship points. Rounding out the top … Read entire article »
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