Nascar
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Five-Time Wins All Star Race a Record Fourth Time
I guess maybe this was a bit predictable, but Jimmie Johnson winning his fourth All Star race was not surprising unless you were one of the Busch brothers. You might also enjoy…Rantin’ ’bout the Fan Vote for the Sprint…TV Times – Let the Haters Hate, But Jimmie Will…TV Times – Harvick’s Daytona Win Makes Chase…Looking [...]
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SHORT TRACK: Five Minutes with Hoosier Hundred Promoter Bob Sargent
The 60th running of the most prestigious dirt track race in the world is slated for Thursday, May 23rd at the Indiana State Fairgrounds where the USAC Silver Crown cars will compete in the 2013 Hoosier Hundred. Yup, I am openly promoting this race and nope, they don’t pay me. I grew up attending the [...]
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The 8 Hours of Talledega
David Ragan was a 100-1 shot going into Talledega’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday. You might also enjoy…Notable Quotables: Richard ChildressBehind the Scenes in the GarageLooking in the Rear View Mirror: KentuckyTrack Trash: Da Tuna in Da RainTV Times – Carl Edwards Breaks The Drought In Phoenix
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Do you believe in Talladega miracles?
Talladega is usually a high-speed, high-stakes race that usually features an unexpected finish. We definitely saw that on Sunday, it was just that is took more than half the day and ended with darkness rapidly approaching. Regan Smith won the Nationwide race as darkness fell on Saturday afternoon. And then he nearly pulled the same [...]
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Biff! Bam! Pow!
Referees may be required from now on at all NASCAR short track racing! Yet even negative attention is better than none at all for the circus that took place at Richmond when fists flew. Hey, it probably will prove to be a positive stimulus to sell tickets and increase TV ratings! Kevin Harvick’s team made [...]
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Kevin Harvick Finally Gets Happy At Richmond
What an interesting week it was in NASCAR. First of all, Matt Kenseth’s team gets just hammered by NASCAR after an engine connecting rod was found to be 2.7 grams underweight in his winning Toyota. Fines were levied, with Kenseth and Joe Gibbs losing 50 points each. Ouch. For a part that has nothing to [...]
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Anti-hero Kyle Busch Might Be On A Roll
Kyle Busch is doing well in the Cup. Now can he turn it into a roll? Nice going by anti hero Kyle Busch! Love him or hate him, he won the Texas Cup race when he beat Martin Truex on the final stop of the race. Car owner Joe Gibbs was beaming when said, “Kyle has had a lot of [...]
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NASCAR and Congressional Blackmail
Auto racing has once more been turned into a political circus by a politician who apparently has so little actual work to do that he must fill his time by advocating media censorship. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, a U. S. congressman tried to convince the Fox network to censor last weekend’s NASCAR [...]
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Mercury Cyclone for Dummies
As under-appreciated muscle cars go, the enigmatic Mercury Cyclone is about as obscure as they come. But I still love them. First of all, “Cyclone” was a cool name. Most modern car names are garbage. The Intrigue wasn’t. The Hummer didn’t. The Citation couldn’t go fast enough to earn one. The Probe… well… insert your [...]




