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  • March 2008

    • Edwards Wins Vegas, but...

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 3, 08 6:28 AM CST

      Edwards Wins Vegas, but...

      (Newser) - Carl Edwards rallied from a penalty to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his second win in three races after last week in Fontana. But Edwards' defeat of Dale Earnhardt Jr. may come with penalties: NASCAR inspectors are investigating a missing oil tank lid in Edwards' Ford, the Los Angeles Times reports. This is Edwards' ninth win, and first at Vegas. More »

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      NASCAR  • auto racing  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.  • Jeff Gordon  • Tony Stewart  • Greg Biffle  • Carl Edwards

  • February 2008

    • Johnson Grabs Daytona 500 Pole

      Associated Press  |  Feb 11, 08 4:57 AM CST

      Johnson Grabs Daytona 500 Pole

      (Newser) - Jimmie Johnson's quest for a third straight Sprint Cup points title will begin from the pole position at next week's Super Bowl of NASCAR, after he finished first in yesterday's qualifier for the Daytona 500. Michael Waltrip, whose Toyota team was caught cheating during the qualifying session last year, will sit in the other first-row position, reports AP. More »

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      NASCAR  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.  • Jeff Gordon  • Nextel Cup  • Daytona 500  • Jimmie Johnson  • racing

  • November 2007

    • Johnson Extends NASCAR Reign

      Associated Press  |  Nov 19, 07 3:47 AM CST

      Johnson Extends NASCAR Reign

      (Newser) - With a conservative game plan in the top stock car circuit's finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson cruised to a 7th-place finish, easily netting him the NASCAR season title. Johnson had won his previous four races and needed only to place in the top 18 in Florida. Mentor and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon finished second in the season race, 77 points back. More »

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      NASCAR  • Jeff Gordon  • Hendrick Motorsports  • Jimmie Johnson

  • August 2007

    • Busch Wins in Michigan

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 07 1:39 AM CDT

      Busch Wins in Michigan

      (Newser) - Racer Kurt Busch took the checkered flag at the 3M Performance 400 in Michigan yesterday after rain delays bumped the race from its usual Sunday spot. The afternoon had no shortage of oddities, starting with a half-hour fog delay and ending with a two-lap overtime sprint due to Greg Biffle's spin out near the finish. More »

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      Michigan  • NASCAR  • auto racing  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.  • Jeff Gordon  • Nextel Cup  • Greg Biffle  • Kurt Busch

    • NASCAR's Ricky Rudd to Retire

      ESPN  |  Aug 20, 07 12:19 AM CDT

      NASCAR's Ricky Rudd to Retire

      (Newser) - Veteran NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd will retire from his full-time Nextel Cup duties at the end of this season. Rudd, who has chalked up 23 wins in a 32-year career, may make occasional starts in future years, but said he wants to give his team plenty of time to find a replacement. More »

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      NASCAR  • auto racing  • Jeff Gordon  • Tony Stewart  • Nextel Cup  • Mark Martin

    • Spitzer Rolls With NASCAR Crowd

      New York Times  |  Aug 14, 07 6:30 AM CDT

      Spitzer Rolls With NASCAR Crowd

      (Newser) - The Times noticed an unlikely NASCAR fan at this weekend's race in upstate New York—Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was no doubt running slightly left of the pack. Spitzer, whose brother-in-law is an engineer for NASCAR's Hendrick Motorsports, said he was supporting his favorite driver, Hendrick driver Jeff Gordon. The Pinceton-cum-Harvard Democrat in pressed trousers stood out in the macho crowd. More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • NASCAR  • auto racing  • Jeff Gordon  • Tony Stewart  • Nextel Cup  • Hendrick Motorsports  • Watkins Glen

    • 'Spin Doctor' Stewart Wins Watkins Glen

      Sporting News  |  Aug 13, 07 3:11 AM CDT

      'Spin Doctor' Stewart Wins Watkins Glen

      (Newser) - Tony Stewart took his third checkered flag of the Nextel Cup season yesterday at Watkins Glen, recovering from an early spinout to finish 2.46 seconds ahead of teammate Denny Hamlin. Stewart, who battled Jeff Gordon for the lead all afternoon, took the top spot on the penultimate lap, when Gordon lost control of his No. 24 Chevy and dropped eight slots. More »

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      NASCAR  • auto racing  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.  • Jeff Gordon  • Tony Stewart  • Nextel Cup  • Denny Hamlin  • Watkins Glen

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

    • Gordon the Rain King in PA

      ESPN  |  Jun 11, 07 4:13 AM CDT

      Gordon the Rain King in PA

      (Newser) - Nascar's Pocono 500 was called after 106 laps for rain with Jeff Gordon in the lead after a gutsy off-timed pitting on the 65th lap. The move gave him a jump in the short-term, but had there been no shortening of the race, it likely would have meant a loss for the hard-charging Gordon. More »

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      NASCAR  • auto racing  • Jeff Gordon  • Pocono 500  • Ryan Newman

    • NASCAR's 'Genial Dictator' Dead at 74

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jun 5, 07 4:17 AM CDT

      NASCAR's 'Genial Dictator' Dead at 74

      (Newser) - Bill France Jr., the NASCAR chairman who took a Southern pastime and transformed it into a national mania, died at 74 on Monday. Sickly in his final years, the godfather of stock car racing from 1972 to 2000 was nonetheless fiery and irascible until the end. France's father had founded the sport in the 1940s. More »

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      obituary  • car  • NASCAR  • auto racing  • Jeff Gordon  • Greg Biffle

  • April 2007

    • Champ Claims NASCAR is Rigged

      Associated Press  |  Apr 26, 07 7:56 AM CDT

      Champ Claims NASCAR is Rigged

      (Newser) - Two-time champion Tony Stewart charges that NASCAR is rigged like pro wrestling. He said officials control races by throwing bogus caution flags for debris on the track. “They can almost dictate the race instead of the drivers doing it. It’s happened too many times this year," said Stewart on his Sirius Satellite Radio radio show. More »

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      radio  • NASCAR  • auto racing  • Jeff Gordon  • Tony Stewart  • racing

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