 | John Force won his 136th NHRA event on Sunday in St. Louis in the Top Fuel division.... | | John Force raced to his 136th career victory and moved into position to earn a 16th Funny Car world championship title Sunday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners at the 21st... |
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 | | It seemed the right thing to do at the time. In hindsight, though, would it have really mattered if either team had done the opposite? No, you’re right… it probably wouldn’t have. The guy who won still would have won and the guy who finished second still would have finished second....
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 | | Those in the stands at Dover International Speedway were on their feet. Heck, NASCAR Sprint Cup fans from coast to coast watching on television were up off their couches as well. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stood poised to win the AAA 400 at DIS....
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 | | Martin Truex Jr. can scratch his team owner off the potential list of 2014 sponsors. Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner Rob Kauffman all but ruled out that he would fund the sponsor-strapped driver. NAPA Auto Parts announced early this month it was ending its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of...
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 | | With the Chase heating up, Kurt Busch had a revamped pit crew at Dover. He's going to need way more help from here on out to sniff a championship. Furniture Row Racing had four new crew members working on Busch's No. 78 Chevrolet on Sunday. Busch entered the third Chase for the
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 | | Timothy Peters took advantage of a rare mistake by Ron Hornaday Jr. on the final restart at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to win the Smith's 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Peters started 12th and when the final caution ...
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 | | Joey Logano celebrated his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series win at Dover International Speedway on Saturday, apparently unaware that his Ford Mustang was flunking post-race tech inspection. Both sides of the front of his Penske Racing No. ...
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 | | When Joey Logano sets a record, he does it in style. Logano didn't just win Saturday's 5-hour Energy 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway. He crushed the rest of the field in taking the checkered flag in a ...
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 | | They may not admit it, but NASCAR created the Chase for the Championship because football and baseball were hogging the headlines and dominating the radio/TV time after Labor Day. No, really. In 2003, someone in Daytona Beach realized that...
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 | | It was a day for finales: This was the last Grand-Am race this season, and the last Grand-Am race ever, since it is merging with the American Le Mans Series for 2014. And it was also the last major sports-car race for Lime Rock Park, as the...
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 | | Billy Johnson passed Matt Bell in turn three on the final lap and went on to Saturday’s Continental Tire Sports Car Championship Grand Sport (GS) finale at Lime Rock Park, winning in the No. 61 Roush Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302R started by Jack Roush Jr. in
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 | | Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. In a way, that capsulizes Carl Edwards' bid for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Two years ago in the 2011 Chase, Edwards did everything the right way. He stayed...
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 | | There’s a growing tendency in some circles to say this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship is already down to three teams. You’ll get pretty good odds that point-leader Matt Kenseth, second-ranked Kyle Busch or...
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 | | Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan will not return to KV Racing next season and is finalizing a deal to join Chip Ganassi Racing, The Associated Press has learned. Two people familiar with Kanaan's plan said Friday that the Brazilian is nearing a signed contract with Ganassi. They spoke on...
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 | | Open-wheel racing lost a true legend on Friday as legendary mechanic George Bignotti passed away in his Las Vegas home. Born in San Francisco in 1916, it was his two older brothers, Al and John, who got George involved in midget racing as a mechanic. Often filling in as a substitute driver, he...
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 | | Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan said Friday that the only job offer he’s received for the 2014 IndyCar Series season -- verbal or otherwise -- is from KV Racing Technology, his IndyCar team of the past three seasons. Kanaan made that point in the aftermath of an Associated Press story...
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 | | Izod will end its run as title sponsor of the IndyCar Series after the 2013 season, the IndyCar Series announced on Friday. "We are proud of our partnership with IZOD over the past six years and we're grateful to PVH Corp., owner of the Izod brand, for its support, creativity and vision,"...
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 | | New Jersey, Korea and Mexico all appear as provisional on a 22-race 2014 calendar approved by the World Motor Sport Council today. New Jersey promoter Leo Hindery Jr. said in a statement: "The entire Grand Prix of America team is thrilled to join the 2014 FIA calendar and we look forward to...
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 | | It may seem like it, but this isn’t a reprint of Loudon last weekend, of Joliet the weekend before that, or of Richmond the weekend before that: Six drivers broke the track record in Friday afternoon's qualifying for Sunday afternoon’s AAA
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 | | The FIA has confirmed that Pirelli will continue as sole tire supplier in 2014, putting an end to any speculation about a return for Michelin. At the same time, the FIA made the point that the governing body, rather than...
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 | | The new Concorde Agreement will give a cash boost to the FIA, and that has put a spotlight on how that extra money will be used by the governing body. An FIA statement today confirmed that its income will increase: "This...
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 | | Contrary to what many NASCAR-watchers expected, 5-Hour Energy will return next year as sponsor of Clint Bowyer at Michael Waltrip Racing. The energy-drink company is completing the second year of its three-year deal to sponsor the No. 15...
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 | | The FIA on Friday said that the agreement between it -- the governing body of Formula One -- and Formula One Management that sets the framework for the new Concorde Agreement has come into force, and the FIA underlined that it provides for a boost in ...
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 | | NASCAR fan Richard Berry is standing outside the garage area at Watkins Glen International, wearing a bright yellow T-shirt with M&Ms splashed across the front and Kyle Busch's signature along the right shoulder. Berry's race-day buddies -- the same guys who rode up from eastern Pennsylvania in...
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