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Sprint Cup driver intro songs at Bristol Motor Speedway? Leave it to Blake Shelton
Bristol Motor Speedway officials drummed up a brilliant concept this past fall, one used often in other sports to reveal a bit of a team’s personality and the personalities of its players: Let each athlete choose a song, and blare it on the loudspeaker when he’s introduced.
It hadn’t been done in NASCAR before. It should have been. It was genius. Just before the race, all 43 drivers in the field walked across the track in Turn 3 and emerged from a makeshift tunnel to the song of their choice…
ESPN.com – NASCAR
Marty Smith
Danica Patrick putting NASCAR aside, refocusing on IRL
Danica Patrick is back with the IndyCar Series after three races in NASCAR’s second-tier Nationwide circuit, and she can’t wait for the open-wheel season to get under way with the Sao Paulo Indy 300 on Sunday.
ESPN.com – NASCAR
Associated Press
Brad Keselowski says his aggressive driving is excuse for others to retaliate
Brad Keselowski says his aggressive driving style has become an excuse for retaliation and there is a deeper reason why Carl Edwards intentionally wrecked him late in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
ESPN.com – NASCAR
David Newton
NASCAR made the right call in the Carl Edwards-Brad Keselowski fracas
In the matter of Carl Edwards, NASCAR got it right. Goldilocks right. Not too hot, not too cold, not too hard, not too soft. Just right.
A meaningless three-race probation is exactly what the situation called for.
What NASCAR had to do was pull off a delicate public-relations maneuver. Edwards’ payback bump of Brad Keselowski needed to be acknowledged, what with the public shrieking and eeking over The Flight of the Red Car across half the TV, computer and iPhone screens in America.
It was one…
ESPN.com – NASCAR
Ed Hinton
Michael Waltrip to be sponsored by Aaron’s for Talladega race
Michael Waltrip will enter the Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway with help from a longtime sponsor.
ESPN.com – NASCAR
Associated Press
Two NASCAR crewmen suspended for violating drug policy
NASCAR has suspended two crewmen for violating its substance abuse policy, including the former brother-in-law of Jeremy Mayfield.
ESPN.com – NASCAR
Associated Press


