May 20, 2013

NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson uses late surge to win Martinsville race

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(Jimmie Johnson took the checkered flag for the eighth time of his career at Martinsville on Sunday. Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Story Highlights Kurt Busch’s car suffers brake failure, causes red-flag stop with 13 laps left Dale Earnhardt Jr. has his worst run of the six-race season Danica Patrick starts 43rd, finishes 12th in her first [...]

NASCAR: Five early surprises of the 2013 Sprint Cup season

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, and Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 17, 2013 in Bristol, Tennessee. (March 16, 2013 – Source: Geoff Burke/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — [...]

NASCAR: Carl Edwards snaps long drought to prevail at Phoenix

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Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Subway Ford, stands by his car before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on March 3, 2013 in Avondale, Arizona. (March 2, 2013 – Source: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images North America) AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Shakin It Up gives Baffert 8th San Vicente Stakes win

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Shakin It Up, with jockey David Flores aboard, wins the Grade II, $150,000 San Vicente Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita Park(Photo: BENOIT PHOTO) Story Highlights Shakin It Up gave Bob Baffert his eighth win in the San Vicente Stakes Shakin It up was making his 3-year-old debut Baffert’s other horses, War Academy and Belvin, [...]

NASCAR: Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR’s Daytona 500

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Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, poses with team owner Tony Stewart and crew chief Tony Gibson after winning the Coors Light Pole qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 16, 2013 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North [...]

NASCAR Media Day features loose champ, dating drivers

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Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaks to the media during 2013 NASCAR media day at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (February 13, 2013 – Source: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski strolled through the Daytona 500 Club with his cellphone in [...]

NASCAR: Rusty Wallace highlights NASCAR Hall of Fame ceremony

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(Photo: Bob Leverone, AP) Story Highlights Rusty Wallace, Leonard Wood, Buck Baker, Cotton Owens and Herb Thomas inducted in Hall of Fame Fourth class of NASCAR museum has shared values of hard work and persistence Wallace, 1989 champion, said some of today’s drivers don’t appreciate what they have (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — CHARLOTTE — [...]

Tennis: Milos Raonic, Frank Dancevic stake Canada to 2-0 Davis Cup lead

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Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates after defeating Spain’s Albert Ramos during a Davis Cup match in Vancouver, B.C. on Friday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Chalk two up for the underdogs. Milos Raonic and Frank Dancevic staked Canada to a 2-0 lead over favoured Spain on the first day of a Davis Cup [...]

NASCAR: Earnhardt Jr. starts big wreck at Daytona test

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Toyota, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Chevrolet, lead the field during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway on January 11, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (January 10, 2013 – Source: Tom Pennington/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — DAYTONA BEACH, [...]

NASCAR adjustments abound for Keselowski, Kenseth

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Matt Kenseth speaks with the media during testing at Charlotte Motor Speedway on December 11, 2012.(Photo: Jared C. Tilton, Getty Images for NASCAR) Story Highlights Logano breaks in with Penske Racing (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — CONCORD, N.C. — A double debut made Matt Kenseth as nervous as he could recall inside a race car [...]