Tony Stewart blames media for calling Talladega a boring race
Blog of Tomorrow - al.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stewart had complained at Dega that he might fall asleep
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Kyle Busch's new crew chief ready for 1st tirade
SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Kyle Busch's new crew chief knows what's coming.
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Gordon earns pole at Texas, his 1st of season
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.
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Date These Sprint Cup Bump Draft Quotes
Full Throttle (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week has featured massive press and "bloggage" coverage after NASCAR allegedly "ruined" last weeks event at Talladega. Much of the hot air expended concerned NASCAR's new rules that were implemented to curtail bump drafting.
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Dale Jr.: Nothing new, but Patrick good for NASCAR
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IRL star joining his team.
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Gordon grabs first pole of the season
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Matt Crafton topped the qualifying charts on Thursday to take the pole for the WinStar World Casino 350 Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Gordon earns pole at Texas, his 1st of season
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Jeff Gordon is on the pole in Texas.
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NASCAR Would Prefer Viewers Not Be Told Their Races Are Boring
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Even if announcers such as Joe Buck are capable of conveying with their blase intonation that they have no particular interest in a sporting event, it's generally frowned upon for any broadcaster to come out and say that the event they are covering is lacking in appeal. Which is what NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston complains happened during Sunday's ESPN/ABC broadcast of the Sprint Cup race at Talladega....
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NASCAR Power Rankings: Smoke's consolation prize
Fox News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Talladega was a washout for Tony Stewart, so leave it to Jorge Mondaca to find a positive for him in his latest Power Rankings.
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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #48
The Nascar Insiders (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
And then there were three. Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead are the last remaining races on the 2009 schedule before we put it in the record books. But before we start the home stretch, we’ve got more of your questions and our somewhat educated answers. If you don’t know what this post is, until further notice, we will be [...]
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NASCAR - Sprint Cup - Dickies 500 Preview
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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Tim Tuttle: Don't expect 2010 Silly Season to be as tame as this year's
SI.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Based upon how it's turned out, this has been a pretty mild and tame Sprint Cup season in terms of driver movement and drivers entering the series -- the so-called silly season.
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I think I'll have my own town hall meeting
Fox News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The sport has problems that aren't getting fixed, so Darrell Waltrip is ready to call a town hall meeting to solve the issues.
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McMurray wins Talladega
Dothan Eagle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
TALLADEGA — In typical Talladega Superspeedway fashion, a series of frightening crashes tainted the end of the AMP Energy 500 on Sunday.
- NASCAR: McMurray wins at Talladega for first victory in 87 races - Opelika-Auburn News
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Drivers, not tracks, cause racing’s wrecks
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Sporting News: After another crazy Talladega race, the drivers were ready to blame the cars, the track, the restrictor plates and NASCAR itself. But very few put blame where a significant portion of it deserves to be placed -- on the drivers themselves.