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42 min ago | Paddock Talk

Business, Sports Leaders To Honor 10,000 Military

Charlotte Motor Speedway is joining with business leaders from around the country to honor some 10,000 active military and family members before the green flag drops on NASCAR's ultimate test of man and machine, the May 26 Coca-Cola 600, as part of a Memorial Day weekend saluting the U.S. Armed Forces.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Paddock Talk

Quick Work On Pit Road Nets Carl Edwards Pole For Sprint All-Star Race

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.-Needless to say, Carl Edwards loved the new qualifying format for Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race.

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Examiner.com

Jeb Burton takes Camping World Truck pole for NC Education Lottery 200 at CMS

Jeb Burton and Ty Dillion will start on the front row of tonight's Camping World Truck Series 11th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with speeds of 181.372 and 180.294, respectively.

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Minnesota Monthly

Start Your Engines

In the small Wisconsin town of Elkhart Lake, I discovered an ambition I never knew I had: to be a racecar driver.

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Paddock Talk

Wright Motorsports' Snow Rules IMSA GT3 Cup Doubleheader

Snow not only dominated both 45-minute IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama races on Friday and Saturday, he had a perfect weekend that most drivers only see in their dreams.

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Related Topix: Sports, Racing, NASCAR, Nascar Drivers, Brett Thompson, NASCAR Craftsman Truck, NASCAR Busch, John Graham, Deac McCaskill, Dario Franchitti, John Coffman

Thu May 16, 2013

Speed Channel

TRUCKS: Back To Business At Charlotte

They're back. After an absence of almost a month, the drivers of the Camping World Truck Series buckle in again this weekend.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

University of Indianapolis forensics team takes on Texas challenge

A bus has been involved in a crash on I-65 northbound at the 128 mile marker. That's between Zionsville and Lebanon in Boone County.

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Speed Channel

CUP: Fifth Hall Class - Who's Favored?

Hickory, N.C., native Dale Jarrett was the last driver from the traditional South to win the Sprint Cup title.

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The Indianapolis Star

Friends express 'unimaginable sadness, grief' after...

Nicholas Bower loved racing, and especially camping out with his friends during race weekends.

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Fox Sports

Hamlin tries to rally into Chase

FOX race analyst Jeff Hammond is a former NASCAR crew chief who led Darrell Waltrip to two of his three Cup championships.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Washington Times

Kurt Busch striving to stay relatively calm

Kurt Busch started from the pole at Darlington Raceway and led 69 laps before his car began to fade.

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Auto Racing Daily

Who else will be in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race?

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has the weekend off from points racing, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's an off-weekend - far from it.

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Speed Channel

CUP: Will Gibbs Stay Out Front?

By any objective measure, Joe Gibbs Racing is mauling the competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series right now.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Paddock Talk

2013 Charlotte: Kyle Busch NASCAR Truck Race Preview

When the field takes the green flag for Friday night's N.C. Education Lottery 200, Kyle Busch will be looking to cash in on his fifth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway .

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National Speed Sport News

Busch's Nationwide Crew Chief Penalized

NASCAR announced today that NASCAR Nationwide Series crew chief Adam Stevens has been fined and placed on probation for violations during this past weekend's event at Darlington Raceway.

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AutoWeek

NASCAR violations blotter includes fines, suspensions,a

A crew member for Michael Waltrip Racing was suspended by NASCAR and subsequently fired by his team this week for violating the series substance abuse policy.

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Fox Sports

Joe Gibbs teams challenge Hendrick

Lee Spencer is the senior NASCAR writer for FOXSports.com. She has provided award-winning coverage of auto racing over the last 15 years.

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Mon May 13, 2013

NASCAR Winston Cup Scene

Driver reports

Where he stands: Johnson leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings with 423 points.

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Sun May 12, 2013

BleacherReport

Who's Hot and Who's Not in NASCAR After Sprint Cup Series Race at Darlington

The Bojangles Southern 500 is now a Mother's Day weekend tradition for the Sprint Cup Series, revived in its glory despite being removed from its Labor Day weekend roots about a decade ago.

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NASCAR Winston Cup Scene

Gordon glad milestone was memorable

The way the schedule played out, Jeff Gordon knew long before Saturday night's race at Darlington Raceway that a milestone start was due.

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