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NASCAR driver David Gilliland , from Riverside, qualifies at high speeds entering turn one at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday afternoon March 7, 2014 as drivers Kyle Larson and Jeff Gordon go slowly on the apron to cool their engines.

NASCAR driver David Gilliland , from Riverside, qualifies at high speeds entering turn one at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday afternoon March 7, 2014 as drivers Kyle Larson and Jeff Gordon go slowly on the apron to cool their engines.

Teams will now be able to have one cool down unit hooked up to their vehicle through the left or right side hood flap/cowl flap.

Tudor United Sportscar Series pro drivers Jan Heylen, left, and Patrick Long watch the on-track action at the 2013 Patrick Long Pro-Am Kart Race.

The Multimatic Motorsports/Miller Racing team, based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, will be racing at Florida's historic Sebring International Raceway this week for the second race of the 2014 International Motor Sports Association Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge .

DID YOU KNOW? a Brad Keselowski has a chance to become the first Ford driver since Carl Edwards in 2010 to win consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races after taking the checkered flag last week in Las Vegas.

By the time Ford unveiled the first mass market sports car in 1964, the last year in which joining the boomers' club was a demographic birthright, a youthful generation of 83 million strong was emerging whom Ford could target as customers.

In this May 31, 2013 file photo, IndyCar owner Roger Penske watches a a practice session for the Detroit Grand Prix, on Belle Isle in Detroit.

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fourth event of the 2014 NASCAR season is the Food City 500 weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Brad Keselowski and his No. 2 Miller Lite Ford won the 17th Annual Kobalt 400, his 11th victory in 164 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Reed restarted the race in 15th, and remained there for the rest of the race, earning his best finish of the 2014 season.

Team Penske once again dominated NASCAR 's new qualifying format in the Sprint Cup Series, picking up the front row for the second straight race.

UT Medical Center spokesman Jim Ragonese sent an email to the Knoxville News-Sentinel on Friday saying the 78-year-old Majors had a heart valve procedure Thursday.

Opening statements were set to begin Friday in the court-martial of an Army general accused of sexually assaulting a captain under his command with whom he had a three-year affair.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has completed practice session one at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in preparation for the 17th Annual Kobalt 400 .

Everyone I know has either owned a Mustang or knows someone who did. By the time Ford unveiled the first mass market sports car in 1964, the last year in which joining the boomers' club was a demographic Your Take contributions have not been reviewed for accuracy by USA TODAY.

WHERE HE STANDS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the Sprint Cup Series standings for the second straight week after Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway.