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STAR RACE MEMORIES OF ALL TIME; PREDICTS THE 2013 WINNER Q: What is your favorite NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race memory? "My favorite All-Star Race was 1996.

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service The number of drivers who have gained entry into the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race via the Fan Vote and have gone on to win the event.

You know, a few weeks ago at Talladega, I was in the garage area and did an interview with Kyle Busch.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hosts its annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and NASCAR Sprint Showdown on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

And when he is the direct cause of a Kasey Kahne wreck for the third time in one season, it becomes difficult to believe Busch holds Kahne in the high regard he claims to.

The Southern 500 at Darlington saw a lot of caution free racing for most of the race.

Busch 's lap of 181.918 mph Friday earned him his third career pole at Darlington and broke the two-year old mark of 181.254 mph held by Kasey Kahne .

Last year, Jimmie Johnson won the Bojangles' Southern 500, giving Hendrick Motorsports team owner Rick Hendrick an emotional 200th Sprint Cup victory.

The 2013 Sprint Cup season isn't even one-third of the way complete, but odds makers clearly have a Fave Four.

Dale Jarrett won three times at Darlington in a racing career that included 32 Cup victories.

TALLADEGA RECAP: Most recently, Kasey Kahne was running third on Lap 43 when he was collected in a 16-car incident at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski will join NASCAR stars Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne, legends Bobby and Donnie Allison and team owner Joe Gibbs for appearances at a one-of-a-kind infield Pit Party sponsored by the NASCAR Hall of Fame at the Coca-Cola 600 on May 26.

The focus will shift from NASCAR racing to The Greatest Show on Dirt on May 24 as the stars of the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series battle it out at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Circle K NOS Energy Outlaw Showdown.

Goliaths and it took several Air-Titans to tame Mother Nature. Owing to a green-white-checker finish, the Aaron's 499, a 188-lap race, took 192 laps or about 510 miles to complete.

Rain threatening from the West means it's time to break out the "strategery." 2:25p ET - Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick suffered the heaviest damage in the big one on lap 44.

But the crash that came in Lap 42 was big because of the contenders whose chances were at least hurt.

Eight laps to go Saturday night at Eldora Speedway and a restart with Brian Brown and Donny Schatz on the front row had the crowd on its feet, but it was Daryn Pittman who took their breath away with a stunning slider past the leaders for his fourth World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series victory of the season.

Kasey Kahne appeared to hold off Smith and Joey Logano, but a review by NASCAR of when a caution was thrown on the last lap gave Smith the victory and Logano second place.

They ran a spirited Friday first practice session because everyone had seen the weather radar and knew the laps might count if qualifying was cancelled.

"It's a lot easier coming from fifth as opposed to 20th" said a victorious Liam Ryan in victory lane after a clean sweep of the 600 division races on Napa of Bellingham and Mt Baker Powder Coating night at Deming Speedway Friday.