May 25, 2013

NASCAR: Kyle Busch dominates for Nationwide win at Phoenix / Sprint Cup – Mark Martin roars to Phoenix pole

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #33 Menards/Rheem Chevrolet, drives alongside Kyle Busch, driver of the #54 Monster Toyota, during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 200 fueled by AmeriGas at Phoenix International Raceway on March 2, 2013 in Avondale, Arizona. (March 1, 2013 – Source: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images North America) Story Highlights Kyle Busch clearly [...]

NASCAR: Kahne wins Truck Series race at Rockingham

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Kasey Kahne, driver of the #5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, signs autographs before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. (April 13, 2012 – Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images North America) ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (AP) – Kasey Kahne celebrated NASCAR’s return to Rockingham Speedway [...]

Mistakes, misfortune could cost Stewart, Dale Jr. shot at Chase

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2011 in Sparta, Kentucky. (July 8, 2011 – Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio/ SI) – In a year of first-time winners and feuding drivers, [...]

Jimmie Johnson apologizes to NASCAR for pit-speed penalty

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(PhatzRadio/ USA Today) – Jimmie Johnson apologized Tuesday for criticizing NASCAR after being penalized for a speeding penalty at Martinsville but remained adamant the sanctioning body should post the speeds in real time. The five-time Sprint Cup champion was punished for going 35.53 mph (the limit is 30 mph with a 5 mph buffer) through [...]