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STEWART, MONTOYA FEUD AT HOMESTEAD
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Yo, NASCAR. You're doing it wrong. Where was this weekend in April, when the sport needed it? On Saturday the Denny Hamlin-Brad Keselowski feud came to a head in the Nationwide Series race, with Hamlin exacting revenge by spinning out Keselowski. And in the Ford 400 Sunday, two...
JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS RECORD FOURTH STRAIGHT SPRINT CUP TITLE
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Jimmie Johnson won a record fourth straight Sprint Cup title at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday to continue one of the most impressive - and underappreciated - dynasties in all of sports. Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus, and their Hendrick Motorsports crew, are the most consistently...
RICK HENDRICK NOT AT HOMESTEAD
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Rick Hendrick will not be on hand to celebrate Jimmie Johnson or Mark Martin's Sprint Cup title today because of a family emergency. Alesha Gainey, Rick Hendrick's niece and the daughter of John Hendrick, who was killed in the 2004 plane crash near Martinsville Speedway...
FORD 400 TV AND START TIME
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Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami SpeedwayChase race: No. 10Date: Sun., Nov. 22, 2009TV: 2:30 PM ET on ABCRace time: 3:30 PM ETFavorite: Jimmie Johnson
The week in review:
Jay W. Pennell went to Jeremy Mayfield's auction and talked to the suspended driver about his recent comments...
FOR SALE: ONE RUINED CAREER
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CATAWBA, N.C. _ As NASCAR wraps up its 2009 season in sunny Homestead, Fla., over 800 miles to the north former Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield held an auction to sell off his personal property and real estate. Nearly 3,000 people showed up on a sunny, fall day to bid on items that...
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER SAYS FRANCE SHOULD NOT GET SPECIAL TREATMENT IN FAMILY COURT
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An editorial in today's Charlotte Observer calls for a district court to stop giving NASCAR chairman Brian France special treatment in a contract dispute with his ex-wife Megan. The Observer says, "The question is whether the rich and famous should be given special treatment...
FORD 400 ODDS
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You know the drill. Entertainment purposes only. I like long walks on the beach. A nice wine with dinner makes me fuzzy inside.
The 2009 Sprint Cup season ends Sunday with the Ford 400, which gives you one final chance to feel good about your predicting skills and make up for all...
WRECK OF THE WEEK: NASCAR WITH FRIENDS
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The Wreck of the Week usually goes to things like dudes smashing tables over each other's heads, or women tossing their cookies out of car windows, or the violent defense of Jesus. This being the last week of the season, I am going with something different. Call it the softer...
DAVID RAGAN EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW CHASSIS
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The final race of the year is a time for experimenting, and it appears that David Ragan, who normally drives the No. 6 Ford, is going with the new UPS delivery truck chassis. What it lacks in speed and turning it makes up for in being allowed to park in red zones.
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JIMMIE JOHNSON WON’T WIN THE CHASE
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Jimmie Johnson won't win the Chase.
There. I typed it. When I read (thanks to Jay W. Pennell) that Mark Martin has gained 109 points on Jimmie Johnson nine times in his career I thought, "There has to be a way for Martin to do that on Sunday at Homestead."...
USA TODAY INTERVIEWS EARNHARDT JR.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. said it was his public meltdown in Charlotte a few weeks ago that led to the National Enquirer story that claimed he was in a death spiral. Earnhardt told USA Today during a wide-ranging interview that he thought the Enquirer story was "fun" and a "...
5 BEST CUP TITLES
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NASCAR’s Cup point system has always been criticized by fans and competitors. Someone always feels there is a better way to calculate the championship. (This site’s own Dale Watermill, for example.) The truth is, there are an infinite number of systems that could be applied...
JIMMIE JOHNSON GOES EVEN MORE VANILLA
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This is what it has come to for Jimmie Johnson: open begging. The soon-to-be four-time Sprint Cup champion wants corporate America to know that he likes ice cream and tequila. Because like most famous athletes, he prefers the food and drink of recently-scorned women everywhere.
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LAWYERS FOR OBSERVER AND WCNC CALL FOR OPENNESS IN SECRETIVE FRANCE CASE
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Local news organizations are starting to pay attention to Brian France's super-secret lawsuit with his ex-wife Megan. That's one of the drawbacks of super-secret lawsuits. Reporters who believe in the quaint notion of open government tend to pay attention to them. According...
HOMESTEAD CRASH VIDEOS
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Here we are, the last race of the year, the Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Let's take a look at a few incidents from days gone by.
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IT'S A LONG SHOT, BUT MARTIN CAN STILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
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Jimmie Johnson’s win last weekend in Phoenix seemed to put the final touches on his fourth straight championship run. With just one race standing between him and a record-breaking fourth straight Sprint Cup trophy, all Johnson will have to do next weekend at the Ford 400 at...
NASCAR FAN CRIME SPREE: MAN IN M&M'S JACKET ROBS COUPLE OF COOKIES, ROOT BEER
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After a brief lull this fall, the NASCAR Fan Crime Spree has returned in all of its idiotic glory. Two mental midgets in Ocala, Fla., one of whom was wearing a dark M&Ms NASCAR jacket, recently stole a tin of cookies, some root beer and CDs from a man and a woman at gunpoint ...
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER PROVES THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING MIX HILARIOUSLY
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Michael Schumacher drinking and driving PSA
Get that, kids? Mix your drinks before you get in the car. Not while you're chauffeuring your Italian bartender. Mama mia! That's just asking for trouble. Personally, I'd much rather see the video of Michael Schumacher plowing...
LOLNASCAR: CALM DOWN, DENNY
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This is why we love you, LOLnascar.
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PAUL MENARD, YOUR DESTINY AWAITS
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Following Sunday's race in Phoenix, Paul Menard takes a commanding 164-point lead in the FLOPPER (Finishes Last in Overall Points while Participating in Every Race) standings going into the final race of the year. So he has that going for him. Some notes of interest:
1) Menard...
I'D SAY THAT ABOUT SUMS UP THE 2009 CHASE
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No, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 'Championship Contenders' Press Conference will not have very many contenders. One of them, Jimmie Johnson, has a 97 percent probability of winning the title. I redacted the address in order to prevent public bedlam and anarchy.
KRISSIE NEWMAN PICS
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The Sporting News recently named its 50 Most Beautiful People in NASCAR. (Yes, I've heard the jokes before. NASCAR? You mean they were able to find 50 beautiful people? Haw-haw-haw.) At the top of The Sporting News list was Krissie Newman, wife of driver Ryan Newman. Back in...
STEWART CALLS EARNHARDT 'NO-TALENT SOB'
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s season of unrelenting misery and inexplicable failure continued Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway, where his bizarre string of awful luck extended beyond the track. Six pit crew workers for the 88 team for were involved in a car accident Sunday morning...
HAMLIN-KESELOWSKI FEUD CONTINUES AT PHOENIX
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Remember the scene from “Days of Thunder” where Cole Trickle and that other driver are supposed to have dinner together? Neither wants the other to drive. They get separate rental cars that they trash while driving to the restaurant. Then they have a nice dinner that is...
UPDATED CHAMPIONSHIP PROBABILITY TABLE: JOHNSON HAS 97 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING
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After his win in Phoenix on Sunday, Jimmie Johnson's lead is now 108 points over Mark Martin. We almost don't even need a probability table for this week, but let's go ahead and check it out anyway. (Can you tell I’m a Martin guy?)
1) First off, everybody from...
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