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2 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

25 years, many great NASCAR memories at Sonoma Raceway

Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 will mark the 25th anniversary of NASCAR Sprint Cup road course racing at Sonoma Raceway, with a crowd of nearly 100,000 people from around the state and nation arriving to cheer the biggest stars in stock cars.

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7 hrs ago | Mortgage News

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Quicken Loans 400

The last few weekends have been busier than usual for Quicken Loans. First it was the Chevy Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans that took place at Belle Isle the first weekend of June.

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11 hrs ago | Green Bay Press-Gazette

NASCAR: Drivers will be tested by Road America

NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers will get their first taste of a road course this season at Saturday's Johnsonville Sausage 200 Presented by Menards at Road America, and the results could be an indication of how drivers will perform in the only other two road course races this season -- Watkins Glen International and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, ... (more)

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15 hrs ago | CNN

Suzuki to rejoin MotoGP in 2015

Japan's re-emergence into global motorsport has gathered pace after Suzuki confirmed it will return to elite motorbike racing in 2015.

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Related Topix: Sports, Chase Austin, Racing, NASCAR, John Borneman III, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Mike MacKenzie, Cory Collum

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Hemmings Auto Blogs

Race announcer Al Robinson gets help from car guys

Al Robinson, the longtime racing journalist, broadcaster, announcer and PR chief at Dover International Speedway and for NASCAR, was leveled by a massive stroke in May of 2011, and had been confined to an upstate New York nursing home ever since.

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Related Topix: Sports, Bryan Clauson, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Dario Franchitti, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Chase Austin, Racing, Andy Belmont, John Graham

Anchorage Daily News

NASCAR - Nationwide - Johnsonville Sausage 200 Preview

A. Dillon 1-41; A. Bowman 42-48; A. Dillon 49-68; J. Logano A. Dillon 1-41; A. Bowman 42-48; A. Dillon 49-68; J. Logano 69-98; P. Kligerman 99-111; R. Smith 112-125.

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Related Topix: Sports, Joe Fox, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, NASCAR Busch, Eric McClure, Racing, Bryan Clauson, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Dario Franchitti, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Andy Belmont Motorsports, Andy Belmont, John Graham

The Orlando Sentinel

Jason Leffler death reflects dirt track dangers

NASCAR deserves praise for the way officials reacted to safety concerns following the death of its signature star, Dale Earnhardt, in 2001.

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Roadracing World

Daytona International Speedway To Spend $400 Million Renovating Frontstretch Grandstand Area

Another rendering of how the new frontstretch grandstands at Daytona International Speedway might appear.

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Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

'Daytona Rising': Speedway moving on $400 million overhaul DAYTONA...

Work will begin in less than three weeks on a roughly $400 million overhaul at Daytona International Speedway, a project that will transform the historic racing center and lay the foundation of a new cluster of development including new hotels and a new movie theater.

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Hispanic Business

'TURBO' CHARGED Speedy snail takes pole position in summer 'toon breakthroughs

By GREGORY E MILLER Even though many of this summer's animation titles look familiar - most are prequels or sequels or some variation thereof - they all stand apart from their previous incarnations, simply because the technology behind the films continues to rapidly evolve.

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The Southtown Star

Nationwide drivers raise funds for Leffler's son

Leffler was killed Wednesday when the sprint car he was racing slammed into a wall during a race at a dirt track in Swedesboro, N.J. Leffler was 37. "I was in Colorado at the time and, like a lot of folks, I caught wind of it on Twitter," Smith said.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

MLive.com

Michigan International Speedway named NASCAR Foundation's Track of the Year for second year in a row

Michigan International Speedway has been named NASCAR Foundation's Track of the Year for the second year in a row for its charitable and community efforts.

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CNN

Consistency eluding Kasey Kahne in NASCAR Power Rankings

Kasey Kahne is not in Kansas anymore, though he probably wishes he were, especially when it comes to his state of mind.

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K&N Racing News

Another Victory for Nascar K&N Pro Series West Racer Michael Self at Iowa Speedway

In seven NASCAR K&N Pro Series races at Iowa Speedway, no driver from the West Series has won.

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Blog Red Machine

NASCAR At The Ballpark: Reds Racing Night In Cincinnati

It's that time of the year again: NASCAR racing invades the Cincinnati metro and the Tri-State area.

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AutoWeek

Cars and drivers are only part of the story at Le Mans, where corporate branding is everywhere.

Rick Dole - Cars and drivers are only part of the story at Le Mans, where corporate branding is everywhere.

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MLive.com

Long lost sisters celebrate relationship at Michigan International Speedway

To Adlam's left was Jimmie Johnson's crew working on the famous No. 48 car in its garage.

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Green Bay Press-Gazette

Local racing: Tony Stewart wins feature at Plymouth

A hotly contested race at Plymouth's dirt track Saturday night seems to have left an impression on guest NASCAR driver Tony Stewart.

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Detroit Free Press

Jeff Gordon struggles to get up to speed at MIS, finishes 39th

Greg Biffle talks about winning the Quicken Loans ...: Greg Biffle talks about winning the Quicken Loans 400 on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

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Related Topix: Sports, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR Nextel Cup, NASCAR, Jeff Gordon, Nascar Drivers, Racing, Travis Dassow, NASCAR Busch, Dwayne Leik, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Chase Austin, Brad Baker

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Detroit News

Team Hendrick has disappointing day as four finish out of the top 25 at MIS

Dale Earnhardt Jr., crew chief Steve Letarte and team owner Rick Hendrick huddled inside the Michigan International Speedway garage, in front of Earnhardt's wounded car, its hood up and the diagnosis beginning on the engine failure.

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