Sprint Showdown Lowdown

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A field of 23 drivers will try to race their way into the main event in Saturday night’s Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Sprint All-Star Race preliminary will transfer two drivers after the two 20-lap segments to the feature race and a chance to [...]

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Dale Earnhardt Sr., Father of the All-Star Paint Scheme

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The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race is an event where special, one-off paint schemes have been commonplace in recent years. This year, for example, Brad Keselowski’s iconic “Blue Deuce” No. 2 Penske Racing Ford will carry a mosaic paint scheme that was actually created by thousands of [...]

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Hamlin tries to rally into Chase

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I realize the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is still relatively young. Let’s face it: We’ve run only 11 out of 36 points events. While the teams pretty much have a baseline now, they all know there is still a lot to learn about this new [...]

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The Curious Case Of Mike Harmon And Jennifer Jo Cobb

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NASCAR driver Mike Harmon professed his innocence today, just hours after being arrested on felony larceny and breaking and entering charges related to the alleged theft of Jennifer Jo Cobb’s race transporter. Harmon was released on a $10,000 bond yesterday, and responded angrily to hithe charges [...]

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All-Star qualifying adds pit-road twist

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David Ragan guesses he was 12 or 13 years old, standing in the Legends garage at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and watching Dale Earnhardt launch off Turn 3 and onto pit road as part of an all-star qualifying format that mandated a pit stop but featured no [...]

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Ex-driver Dick Trickle dead at 71

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Retired stock-car driver Dick Trickle, known for his colorful name and short-track prowess, died on Thursday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71. According to the Lincoln County, N.C., sheriff’s department, the incident occurred at 12:02 p.m. ET at Forest Lawn Cemetery off Highway [...]

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