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By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has completed practice session one at Bristol Motor Speedway in preparation for the 54th Annual Food City 500 .

I've heard a lot of pea-brained ideas come out of College Station, Texas, but the thought of bulldozing a historic racetrack that remains in active use almost every weekend of the year in favor of cheap, tacky houses on dinky lots takes the cake.

NASCAR's new points system is supposed to encourage more rubbing-is-racing type moments, and if there's one track where rubbing is racing, it's Bristol Motor Speedway.

At least four drivers had to pull out their backup cars before the halfway point of Friday's 90-minute first practice.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to the Eastern US this weekend for Saturday's Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Brian Vickers once went swimming with the sharks at the Georgia Aquarium. He's parachuted into the infield at the Daytona International Speedway and been spearfishing in the Caribbean.

This weekend both the NASCAR Nationwide series & NASCAR Sprint Cup series invaded thunder valley for round four of the 2014 season in what promises to be an exciting weekend of short track racing.

Page views and social media mentions are spiking. Merchandise and diecast sales are booming.

Will Power, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, races to victory Sunday, August 25, 2013 during the Grand Prix of Sonoma IndyCar race in Sonoma, California.

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Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS, has five wins at Bristol Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon, No.

Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing , had Sunday's Food City 500 Sprint Cup Series race circled on his calendar even before the 2014 season started.

The Team Penske No. 22 NASCAR Nationwide Series team, which won last Saturday's Boyd Gaming 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was among three teams penalized by NASCAR Wednesday afternoon.

With Kurt Busch signed up to become the fourth driver to attempt to run both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, many IndyCar fans have wondered why their favorite drivers never take a crack at "The Double."

Sponsors come and go in motor sports, where even the strongest partnership can quickly unravel because of the economy, a difference of opinion or a change in marketing strategy.

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NASCAR announced Tuesday that changes to its group qualifying procedures will take affect ahead of Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Darrell Wallace Jr. has only been racing in NASCAR since 2012, but the rising star has already amassed an impressive resume in both the Nationwide Series and in the Camping World Truck Series .

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The Frontstretch: Voices From The Cheap Seats: NASCAR's Flirtation With Russian Roulette by Jeff Meyer -- Tuesday March 11, 2014 Andretti Autosport announced this morning that Kurt Busch, driver of the No.