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Jimmie Johnson may have won the AllStar Race at Charlotte, but it was Rick Hendrick who stole the show with one memorable postrace ridealong.
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Jimmie Johnson won his third AllStar race on Saturday night by pulling away over the 10lap sprint to the $1 million prize.
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Saturday night featured SPEED's coverage of the AllStar festivities for the Sprint Cup Series from the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Krista Voda hosted from the Hollywood Hotel. Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds provided commentary from the booth. Many other SPEED and FOX personalities were featured throughout the coverage.This post will provide NASCAR fans an opportunity to discuss ...
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With most of the NASCAR world focused solely on Charlotte and Saturday night's AllStar Race, the Nationwide series has the Iowa Speedway all to itself.
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Wanna know how to kick the competition up a notch at the Sprint AllStar Race Turn the crew chiefs loose. Just this once. We'd get one heckuva show.
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In one evening, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler went from ringmaster promoter to globalimpact genius. One Hot Night May 16, 1992 revolutionized the motor racing world.
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Kyle Busch captured the pole for the Sprint AllStar race for the second straight year.
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Kurt Busch doesn't have any issues with NASCAR or the penalties it meted out from last week's incidents at Darlington Raceway, but the driver's relationship with former teammate Ryan Newman needs some work.
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Justin Lofton raced to his first NASCAR Truck Series victory Friday night, getting the jump on race leader Brad Keselowski on a late restart and holding on at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 pit crew got its revenge.
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The new Chevrolet SS will replace the Impala in the Sprint Cup Series in 2013.
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Jimmie Johnson broke free on a restart three laps from the end in the Southern 500 and held on Saturday night to give Hendrick Motorsports its 200th Sprint Cup victory.
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Joey Logano wrecked leader Elliott Sadler five laps from the end, then broke free during a greenwhitecheckered finish at Darlington Raceway for his second straight Nationwide Series victory.
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Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89.
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Eric McClure remembers only bits and pieces of the accident that left him with a concussion and internal bruising.
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The man in the picture is Lou Cappi. He was featured in an ESPN photo essay showing people who work in support roles at football games. In the old days, Lou's position was called a "red hat." On the football sidelines, connected to the TV truck, would be a man standing there in a red baseball hat. He would signal to the officials on the field when to hold play for a TV commercial. T...
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Update: This is the post that will not die! Just topped 100 comments and what a diverse group of fans we have posting. So, I am leaving this up as the lead post for one more day.There was little doubt that TV viewers were going to see a lot of Danica Patrick on Saturday night. Her sponsor was also the race TV sponsor and her story of driving at Darlington was destined to attract viewers.This week,...
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This Wednesday a simple press release went out from ESPN about the upcoming Nationwide Series coverage from Darlington, SC. The actual content was anything but simple.Lead Analyst Dale Jarrett is taking the weekend off and joining Allen Bestwick and Andy Petree in the TV booth for qualifying and race coverage on ESPN2 will be Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards. He will also be in that role for ...
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This is going to be a very big night for the NASCAR on FOX team. It's been an up and down season on TV with the addition of a second Waltrip and the ongoing struggle between the "hypertight" coverage and showing viewers the actual racing. Last weekend in Talladega, FOX surprised many of us by returning to a classic style of NASCAR TV that focused on the groups of cars raci...
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Kicking off race day with an appearance on the Press Pass program on the SiriusXM NASCAR channel at noon ET. Happy to join cohosts Jim Noble and Dustin Long to talk some NASCAR TV. The program starts at 11AM and runs through 2PM.Sirius is available online, but only to subscribers who have a car or portable Sirius radio. There currently is no "online only" option. That is something we are...
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Should Danica Patrick be penalized for punting Sam Hornish Jr. Should plate rules be adjusted ... again What is 2012's signature moment so far Who deserves to get voted into the AllStar Race Our experts weigh in.
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Tony Stewart's tongueincheek news conference following the Cup race at Talladega raised plenty of eyebrows. It also raised plenty of concerns about Talladega.
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Danica Patrick says she never intended to put Sam Hornish Jr. into the wall when she tapped his car on the cool down lap after Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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We first thought Matt Kenseth was gonna cruise to another plate victory Sunday at Talladega. We then thought Kyle Busch was gonna slingshot past the leader for a lastlap win. But Brad Keselowski had his own ideas.
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Brad Keselowski has won the Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, where he used a huge push from Kyle Busch to steal the race from Matt Kenseth.
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What a surprise when after another amateurish prerace show, the live race coverage from the NASCAR on FOX gang appeared to be significantly changed.The prerace featured the Waltrip brothers again trying to top each other and the results were not pretty. Jeff Hammond dusted off Mr. Pizzi for a tasteless look at the infield happenings. While the pit reporters appeared, the spotlight once again ...
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It's been a wet morning at Talladega with a consistent rain. NASCAR has advised the teams in the driver's meeting that an updated schedule will be announced at noon ET. The good news is that the rain has passed and it looks like it's just a matter of drying the track. That effort normally takes about two hours.The usual cast of characters is along for the ride this week on FOX. Mich...
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Is Talladega Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s best chance to break his winless streak going back to 2008 He thinks maybe, but maybe not.
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Jeff Gordon has won the pole for Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway, where he hopes his season can take a turn for the better.
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Joey Logano nipped Kyle Busch at the finish line to win the Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
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