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NASCAR driver Jeremy Clements indefinitely suspended after racial remark
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Jeremy Clements did just about the dumbest thing you could do… just when NASCAR was trying to introduce a new audience to the sport, Mr. Clements does his best to send them back to Civil War era.
MTV reporter Marty Beckerman was speaking Clements and a NASCAR official, when Clements used ‘a phrase that used the n-word’ in a conversation about...
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World's first 360-degree backflip in a car
Check out the video. French stunt driver Guerlain Chicherit became the first person to perform a 360-degree backflip in a car. Chicherit drove his Mini toward the 25-foot high ramp at precisely 37 mph. He soared 75 feet into the air, flipped the car backwards and landed rear wheels first on the other side of a snow ramp at the French ski resort of Tignes in the Alps.
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Monster truck teen takes sport to new heights
Rosalee Ramer is much like every other 15-year-old girl in Watsonville, Calif., except for one thing — she spends her free time “flying 10,000 pounds of truck through 30 feet of air.” That’s right — Ramer drives monster trucks. The sophomore at Pacific Collegiate School (who also plays the piano of all things) pilots Detour — a souped up 2010 Ford Ranger which she and...
Biffle fastest at Wednesday Kansas test
Trevor Bayne tests the 2013 Sprint Cup car for The Wood Brothers at Kansas Speedway.Greg Biffle just has a knack for getting around Kansas Speedway. The #16 driver topped the speed charts as teams tested the new asphalt and graduated banking at Kansas. Biffle circled the new surface with a best lap time of 29.205, 184.900 mph. He was followed on the scoring pylon by Mark Martin,...
Farmers to give car to a Kahne fan
Farmers Insurance is rewarding one lucky Kasey Kahne fan with keys to a new car. As NASCAR's top drivers take to the track in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, fans of Kahne and the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet can chase their own dreams of that new car smell by entering the "Farmers Insurance Start Your Engines Sweepstakes." Fans can play for a chance to win $35,000...
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October 17, 2012
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Bowyer, Gordon going opposite ways
Jeff Gordon was a huge surprise at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
He qualified 13th, and he and his Hendrick Motorsports team seemed fairly happy with their car in the two practices Saturday at the track.
Then in the race, he really searched and struggled most of the night. He ended up with an 18th-place finish. That kind of just wiped out, points-wise, those three...
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October 15, 2012
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Roush Yates Performance Products Becomes Certified Installation Facility for ROUSH Performance
ROUSH Performance and Roush Yates Performance Products are proud to announce a new partnership appointing Roush Yates as the certified installation facility for all ROUSH Performance parts.
Roush Yates Performance Products will now provide sales, service, and installation for all ROUSH Performance parts out of their Mooresville, NC facility. Both companies believe this new arrangement...
Kurt Busch Offers Mixed Reviews in Furniture Row Racing Debut
After finishing 21st in his Furniture Row Racing debut a candid Kurt Busch said, “It was an uneventful race, but an eventful weekend.”
Though he was looking for a better result in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Busch felt that he and the Denver-based team learned a lot about each other in a short period of time....
Regan Smith acclimates quickly to Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car
Though Regan Smith is one to downplay the pressure of stepping into Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s ride, there's no mistaking the breadth of the opportunity for the 29-year-old driver.
Recently ousted from Furniture Row Racing in favor of veteran Kurt Busch, Smith was hired to replace Earnhardt when the sport's most popular driver was sidelined for at least two races by a concussion...
Dale Jr. living a driver's nightmare
Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't want to climb out of the No. 88 car this weekend -- or any weekend.
Finally, the pieces had come together. In his fifth season at Hendrick Motorsports, Earnhardt had blossomed under the direction of crew chief Steve Letarte. Earnhardt had led the point standings for the first time in eight years. After a four-season drought, he returned to Victory Lane...
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October 11, 2012
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Kyle Busch's New $7.5M Mega Mansion
((HT: WCNC-TV))
Not bad to have a disposable $7.5-million or so, right...???
Kyle Busch bought a 13,000-square-foot home on Lake Norman (NC) last month for a Charlotte-area record $7.5 million...
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Local attorney Cliff Homesley, who is identified in the records as trustee of the private trust that owns the home, represented Busch in his 128-in-a-45...
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