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Edwards' late surge leads to 4th Nationwide win
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9.7.2008 : 9:59 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Clint Bowyer had already assured his spot in the Chase for NASCAR's biggest championship, and he looked as if he was about to pad his lead in another one.
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Castroneves wins IRL Chicago, but Dixon gets title
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9.7.2008 : 7:59 pm
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JOLIET, Ill. -- For nearly two hours Sunday afternoon, Helio Castroneves did everything in his power to deprive Scott Dixon of a second IndyCar Series championship.
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Johnson wins 2nd straight to charge into Chase
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9.7.2008 : 6:22 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Jimmie Johnson has momentum on his side and history in sight. Nevermind that Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards dominated the regular season, the Chase is Johnson's time of the year and the two-time defending NASCAR champion isn't turning his title over without a fight.
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Massa wins Belgian GP after Hamilton is penalized
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9.7.2008 : 5:01 pm
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Felipe Massa was declared the winner of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was penalized for cutting a corner during a late duel with world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
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Hanna washes out NASCAR at Richmond
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9.5.2008 : 7:07 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Steady rain that began Friday night and expectations that it would continue through Saturday with Tropical Storm Hanna moving in forced NASCAR to postpone Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
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Bowyer at ease headed into final qualifying race
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9.5.2008 : 6:12 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Clint Bowyer would maybe be nervous about making the Chase for the championship if the 12-driver field was finalized at any place other than Richmond International Raceway.
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NASCAR rescinds probation against Stewart, Logano
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9.4.2008 : 10:54 pm
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Tony Stewart and Joey Logano will not be on probation in the NASCAR Nationwide Series after all. A three-man panel of the National Stock Car Racing Commission issued a decision Wednesday rescinding the probation handed down to the drivers after the Joe Gibbs Racing team was caught trying to manipulate an engine horsepower test following the Nationwide race at Michigan last month.
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Private club puts wealthy drivers on fast track
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9.3.2008 : 4:56 pm
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MONTICELLO, N.Y. -- Bill McMichael braked his new Ferrari F430 Scuderia into the turn, downshifting as he went into the corner. Then he punched it on the straightaway. Pedal down, engine whining an octave higher, the sleek, black car closed in on 140 mph within seconds.
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Dario Franchitti headed back to IndyCar Series
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9.2.2008 : 7:13 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dario Franchitti will leave NASCAR and return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing.
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Johnson gets third win of season
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9.1.2008 : 10:28 am
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FONTANA, Calif. -- Jimmie Johnson had enough time to think about how good his car was -- and worry that he might blow it.
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Rookie Justin Wilson wins Detroit Indy Grand Prix
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8.31.2008 : 7:34 pm
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DETROIT -- Helio Castroneves surely had another fence-climbing celebration running through his mind as he raced toward victory Sunday at the Detroit Indy Grand Prix.
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Busch wins again
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8.31.2008 : 1:13 am
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FONTANA, Calif. -- It's Kyle Busch -- again. The 23-year-old NASCAR star was dominant on the 2-mile oval at Auto Club Speedway Saturday night, leading 144 of the 150 laps to race off with his seventh Nationwide Series victory of the season.
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Johnson ready to build some Chase momentum
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8.29.2008 : 8:39 pm
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FONTANA, Calif. -- Aiming to build some momentum heading into NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, Jimmie Johnson got off to a good start Friday, winning the pole at Auto Club Speedway.
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Phil Hill, only US-born F1 champ, dies
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8.28.2008 : 9:58 pm
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MONTEREY, Calif. -- Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One champion, died Thursday of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 81. The 1961 Formula Open champion and a three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, Hill died at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, said friend John Lamm, a noted automotive photographer and editor-at-large with Road & Track magazine.
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NASCAR puts Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards on probation
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8.27.2008 : 5:13 pm
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Sorenson to join Gillett Evernham Motorsports
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8.26.2008 : 7:29 pm
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Reed Sorenson isn't waiting for Chip Ganassi Racing to figure out the Car of Tomorrow. The 22-year-old driver signed a multiyear contract to join Gillett Evernham Motorsports next season, where he'll join Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler.
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Logano picked to replace Stewart in JGR No. 20
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8.25.2008 : 7:16 pm
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- Joe Gibbs Racing has selected 18-year-old Joe Logano to replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Sprint Cup Toyota next season. Logano was introduced Monday at the team's race shop, less than two months after he made his debut in the Nationwide Series.
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Castroneves gets first win in 30 races
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8.25.2008 : 4:21 am
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SONOMA, Calif. -- Helio Castroneves didn't want to let Team Penske down. Five days after one of the team's trucks caught fire during the long trek from its race shop in North Carolina to California, badly damaging the primary cars of Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe, the teammates drove their hastily prepared backup cars to a 1-2 finish in the Grand Prix of Sonoma.
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Felipe Massa wins European GP ahead of Hamilton
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8.24.2008 : 1:46 pm
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VALENCIA, Spain -- Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the European Grand Prix for his fourth Formula One victory of the season, leading Sunday's race wire-to-wire to finish comfortably ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton in second.
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Edwards eases Busch aside for 2nd straight Cup win
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8.24.2008 : 12:32 am
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Carl Edwards isn't conceding anything to Kyle Busch. Edwards saw Busch lead 415 consecutive laps Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, then used his bumper to nudge Busch in the first turn on lap 470. That move caused Busch's car to wiggle just enough so that Edwards could drive by for his second consecutive victory on the NASCAR Spring Cup Series.
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Kyle Busch wins O'Reilly 200 at Bristol
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8.20.2008 : 10:54 pm
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- There's no stopping Kyle Busch. Busch earned his third win in the Craftsman Truck Series by dominating the O'Reilly 200 Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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2 Penske cars damaged in transporter fire
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8.20.2008 : 10:03 pm
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- A Team Penske transporter, carrying the primary cars for Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe to Infineon Raceway for this week's IndyCar Series race, caught fire Wednesday on Interstate 80, west of Cheyenne, Wyo.
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NASCAR hands out penalties to 7 Gibbs crew members
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8.20.2008 : 6:21 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR's latest attempt to reel in the rule-breakers aimed at an unfamiliar target: the normally squeaky-clean Joe Gibbs Racing. NASCAR's decision Wednesday to suspend seven JGR crew members indefinitely for attempting to manipulate a horsepower test after a Nationwide Series race last weekend put a serious dent in owner Joe Gibbs' reputation
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Shuffle in Sprint Cup schedule involves 3 tracks
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8.19.2008 : 12:57 pm
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ATLANTA -- Three NASCAR tracks will swap dates on the 2009 Sprint Cup schedule. In the new scheduled announced Tuesday, Atlanta Motor Speedway will move its fall race from October to Labor Day weekend, with Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, giving up that date to move into the Chase for the championship and Talladega Superspeedway moving its second race nearer the end of the season.
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Nationwide Series to race at Iowa Speedway
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8.19.2008 : 11:36 am
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NEWTON, Iowa -- The Iowa Speedway in Newton will host a NASCAR Nationwide Series race next season. Track officials announced Tuesday that the 250-lap race will be held Aug. 1.
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Dixon to race in ALMS at Atlanta
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8.19.2008 : 10:22 am
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon will team with former Indy winner Gil de Ferran in the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Oct. 4.
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Edwards closes in on Busch with win at Michigan
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8.18.2008 : 4:06 am
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Carl Edwards looked in his mirrors and saw the guy he had to beat. With two laps remaining and one final restart coming up in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway, Kyle Busch -- the only driver that Edwards trails in the points -- was right on his rear bumper.
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NASCAR finds magnets under pedals on 2 Gibbs cars
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8.17.2008 : 10:37 pm
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- The two Joe Gibbs Racing cars that have dominated the Nationwide Series this season likely will face stiff NASCAR sanctions after team members were caught deliberately trying to mask the horsepower in their powerful engines.
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Racer dies at Grattan Raceway in N. Kent County
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8.17.2008 : 5:32 pm
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BELDING, Mich. -- A 72-year-old racer has died in an accident at the Grattan Raceway in northern Kent County. WOOD-TV said about 2,000 spectators watched Saturday when Jack Drews lost control in a turn at 110 mph and crashed into an embankment.
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Edwards gives Roush another win at Michigan
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8.17.2008 : 5:58 am
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Carl Edwards took the lead in the pits, then drove away Saturday for his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory at Michigan International Speedway and 16th overall series win.
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Stewart-Haas looking for personnel
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8.17.2008 : 1:51 am
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Now that most of the big-name drivers in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series are under contract for 2009, the silly season has turned to crew chiefs and engineers.
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Vickers wins Michigan pole
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8.15.2008 : 7:27 pm
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Nobody could touch Brian Vickers on Friday in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. "It was there from the first lap, the first turn," Vickers said after his lap of 188.536 mph put the Red Bull Racing driver on the pole for Sunday's 3M Performance 400.
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Stewart hires Newman as teammate
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8.15.2008 : 3:30 pm
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Tony Stewart plans to build his new NASCAR team into one that can win races and championships sooner than later.
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Southern 500 back at Darlington Raceway for 2009
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8.13.2008 : 5:56 pm
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Southern 500 is back at Darlington Raceway. Track president Chris Browning said Wednesday the historic name will return to Darlington for next May's Sprint Cup race, restoring at least part of more than a half-century of tradition to the old country track.
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Busch wins Watkins Glen, makes road course history
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8.10.2008 : 7:26 pm
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- If Kyle Busch has a weakness, it's apparently going to be awfully difficult to find. After rivals Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon said during the week they thought he was slipping following two straight lackluster finishes, Busch answered by making NASCAR history on Sunday.
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Dixon gets sixth win _ barely
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8.9.2008 : 9:34 pm
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SPARTA, Ky. -- Scott Dixon is having one of those near-perfect seasons, and it's more than a little frustrating for the guy trying to chase him down.
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Ambrose wins Zippo 200
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8.9.2008 : 7:25 pm
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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Marcos Ambrose took advantage of a fortuitous pit stop midway through the Nationwide Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International on Saturday and easily beat Kyle Busch for his first career NASCAR victory.
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