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NASCAR team owner Jack Roush still hospitalized, stable after plane crash

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:59 +0000

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
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NASCAR driver Tony Stewart hoops it up with Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:28:30 +0000

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart has something in common with Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim — they can both shoot hoops.
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David Newton: There’s nothing wrong with NASCAR fining drivers for saying something deemed detrimental to the sport

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:41 +0000

In 2008, the NFL fined Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark $5,000 for wearing eye black with the No. 21 etched into it in honor of former Washington Redskins teammate Sean Taylor, who had been murdered in his home.

After a 2002 NFL game in which then-San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Terrell Owens pulled a Sharpie out of his sock to autograph a football after scoring a touchdown the league’s Uniform Police fined him $5,000 because his shirttail was hanging out.

Can’t tell you how many players…
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David Newton

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NASCAR team owner Jack Roush banged up in plane crash

Admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:51 +0000

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
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Marty Smith: Debate about Cup drivers racing in Nationwide won’t get settled until NASCAR makes a decision

Admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:59:55 +0000

It’s a tough call for drivers and owners, such as Kevin Harvick, but the age-old debate about Cup drivers racing in Nationwide won’t get settled until NASCAR itself makes a decision.
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Marty Smith

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Report: NASCAR fines drivers for comments

Admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:00:43 +0000

NASCAR has fined at least two of its star drivers this season for making critical comments about the racing series, The Associated Press has learned.
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NASCAR CEO Brian France hints at changes to 2011 slate

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:28:00 +0000

CEO Brian France said before Sunday’s race at Indianapolis that stock car’s top series is in the “final throes” of completing next year’s Cup slate and that it will have a considerably different look.
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NASCAR CEO Brian France hints at changes to 2011 slate

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:28:00 +0000

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Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champ Jimmie Johnson can make history by winning his third straight Brickyard 400 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:59:58 +0000

Four-time defending Cup champ Jimmie Johnson can further pad his stellar r&eacute;sum&eacute; Sunday by becoming the first driver to win three consecutive Brickyard 400s.
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Terry Blount

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series number crunching for the Brickyard 400

Admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Welcome back, NASCAR fans. I hope everybody enjoyed the off week and had as much fun as my bros and I did down in Disney World. I’m not just saying that since I’m employed by the Mouse, although even if I didn’t have fun, I think I’m contractually obligated to fib just a little.

While I was down in the Sunshine State (aptly nicknamed, as evidenced by my man tan), I took in a number of the shows, including “Lights, Motors, Action!” at Hollywood Studios. We got to see how chase scenes in movies are…
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Matt Willis

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