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19 min ago | WTVG-TV Toledo

MIS Named NASCAR's Track of the Year

For the second year in a row, the NASCAR Foundation has recognized Michigan International Speedway's charitable and community efforts, naming the racetrack its "Track of the Year."

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun

Strip Scribbles: Holly's new wedding date; Jonas Brothers video;...

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Reality television's Holly Madison , who now calls Vegas home, has settled on Sept.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Inside Bay Area

Andretti Autosports on fast track at Milwaukee Mile

He became the first driver to win back-to-back races at the Mile since Tony Kanaan in 2006 and 2007 -- when Kanaan was driving for Andretti.

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Sports Media 101

Regan Smith Wins Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway

Motorsports 101 provides 24/7 obsessive sports coverage of Motorsports as a part of Sports Media 101 .

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Lewistown Sentinel

Weekend racing starts on sad not...

By now, most of you are likely aware that Jason Leffler was killed in a racing accident at Bridgeport Speedway Wednesday night.

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Sports briefs for June 9, 2013

A marshal at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal was killed on Sunday when he was run over by a mobile crane at the end of the Formula One race, the sport's governing body said.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

WTVG-TV Toledo

Toledo Senior Named to Softball All-MAC Team

Senior OF Lindsay Tobias has earned a spot on the 2013 Softball Academic All-MAC Team, the league office has announced.

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Fri May 31, 2013

WTVG-TV Toledo

Ticket Deadline Approaching for Quicken Loans 400

Michigan International Speedway has many great ticket packages for the Quicken Loans 400, but fans need to act quickly to get them.

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Ohio.com

Media notes: NHL receives welcome news from NBC; Tiger in hunt good for TV; new NASCAR series on TNT

Copyright i 1 2 2013 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved.

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Wed May 29, 2013

The Gaston Gazette

Today in History - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake

In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.

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Tue May 28, 2013

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Human remains investigated in Montgomery County

The Indiana Pacers will try to avoid falling into a 3-1 hole in their series with the Miami Heat Tuesday night.

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Mon May 27, 2013

San Bernardino County Sun

Louis Brewster: Tragedy averted, but have networks learned lesson?

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Pack 703 from The Grove in Riverside were among the hundreds of people that showed up Saturday to plant more than 55,000 flags on grave sites at Riverside National Cemetery, including that of Fontana native Sgt.

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Sat May 25, 2013

Detroit Free Press

Harbaugh, Indy 500 pace car driver, vs. Schwartz in a race: Who ya got?

A match race - on an oval, street course or drag strip - between Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz and San Francisco 49ers counterpart Jim Harbaugh? It's not out of the question, and it could be the best way to settle any differences that may still exist between the pair after their postgame run-in at Ford Field in 2011, when the 49ers beat the ... (more)

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Fri May 24, 2013

Inside Bay Area

Sports digest: Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 in ceremony Dec. 9

The Chicago Bears will retire Mike Ditka's No. 89 at halftime of a "Monday Night Football" game against Dallas on Dec.

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O-R Online

Take Us Along, May 2013

Mickey Mouse loves to read the Observer-Reporter, too! This photo was taken during Carolyn and Rich Egnosak's trip to Disney World in February 2013.

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RISMedia

CENTURY 21 Real Estate Revs Up Its Marketing With Indycar Team Sponsorship In Indianapolis 500

RISMEDIA, May 20, 2013-CENTURY 21A New Millennium, a brokerage of Century 21 Real Estate LLC, recently announced that they will take their Smarter.

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Thu May 23, 2013

WFNT-AM Burton

This Weekend in Sports: The Indy 500, UFC 160, NBA & NHL Playoffs

"The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and a UFC heavyweight title bout highlight the upcoming sports calendar.

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Bangor Daily News

Decorated Howland war hero Samuel Deeds finalist for NASCAR honor

Deeds and his grandfather attended local races at Oxford Plains Speedway and Hermon's Speedway 95 and attended their first Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., in 1997.

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The Indianapolis Star

New IndyCar chief Mark Miles aims to make Indy 500 his latest success

Life can be a race. A cradle-to-grave sprint. Sometimes without a map. Mark Miles needs to only glance out the glass prow of his corner office, at the famed Indianapolis intersection of 16th and Georgetown, to appreciate the race he is in.

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