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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - All the vacations are over and for Sprint
Cup drivers and teams it's time to return to racing. From now until the third
week in November, NASCAR's top series will challenge its drivers and teams in
a marathon to determine a true champion.
NASCAR
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Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Juan Pablo Montoya led all Sprint Cup drivers
on the second and final day of testing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The
No.42 Chip Ganassi Dodge driver posted a best time of 28.914 seconds (186.761
m.p.h.) around the variable-banked, 1.5-mile speedway.
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Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Las Vegas native Kyle Busch led all drivers
on the first day of testing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The No.18 Joe
Gibbs Racing Toyota driver posted a best speed of 183.580 m.p.h. (29.415
seconds) to edge out teammate Tony Stewart (182.426 m.p.h.... |
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Homestead, FL (Sportsbooks) - Jeff Burton captured Saturday afternoon's
Ford 300 Busch Series finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No.29
Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet crossed the finish line 1.718 seconds ahead
of Mark Martin.
The victory was Burton's fifth of t... |
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Homestead, FL (Sportsbooks) - David Ragan won the pole for Saturday
afternoon's Ford 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No.6 Roush Fenway
Racing Ford circled the 1.5-mile oval in 31.129 seconds (176.472 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Ragan's second of the season and s... |
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Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Trying to win three races on the same weekend,
Kyle Busch won round two capturing Saturday afternoon's Arizona.Travel 200
Busch Series race at the Phoenix International Raceway. On Friday, he won the
Craftsman Truck Series event, also at PIR, and on Sunday... |
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Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - It was the Craftsman Truck Series' turn
to get on the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway track for a testing
session that began on Friday morning and ended on Sunday.
The fastest single-car speed was put up by Roush Fenway Racing's Erik Darne... |
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Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbooks) - Craftsman, the title sponsor of the
NASCAR Truck Series since its inception in 1995, will end the relationship
after the 2008 season. No indication was made as to what sponsor will
replace them.
It will be the third NASCAR sponsor t... |
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Homestead, FL (Sportsbooks) - Jon Wood won the pole for Friday Night's
Ford 200 Craftsman Truck Series race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The
No.21 CarRacing.com Ford circled the fast 1.5-mile oval in a record 31.180
seconds (173.188 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Wood's ... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - Lewis Hamilton has signed a five-year deal
to drive for the McLaren Formula One team. Coming off a record-setting first
year, Hamilton's contract will run through 2012.
"I have been connected to McLaren and Mercedes-Benz since 1998 and feel that I
could... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - Italian Giancarlo Fisichella has landed one
of the final spots in the Formula One field when Force India announced that he
would drive alongside Adrian Sutil beginning in Australia's F1 season opener.
The 34-year-old had driven for Renault in 2007 and f... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - Finland's Heikki Kovalainen has signed a
"long-term" deal with McLaren-Mercedes to drive the second car along with
Lewis Hamilton.
Kovalainen was left without a seat at Renault when two-time World Champion
Fernando Alonso returned to Renault (f... |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - After 16 races the series came down to the
final event with the championship still up for grabs between Dario Franchitti,
Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. Franchitti made his fuel last one corner further
than Dixon and the difference won the No.27 Andretti Gre... |
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Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Ryan Briscoe has been signed to replace
three-time IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr in the No.6 Team Penske
Honda. Briscoe joins two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves on
Penske's two-car.
"The IndyCar Series is where I reall... |
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Joliet, IL (Sportsbooks) - Dario Franchitti made his fuel last one corner
further than Scott Dixon and the difference won the No.27 Andretti Green
Racing driver the race and the 2007 IndyCar Series title. It was Franchitti's
first IndyCar championship.
Franchitti captured Sunda... |
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Lincolnshire, IL (Sportsbooks) - Veteran Justin Wilson has landed the seat
vacated by four-time Champ Car Series champion Sebastien Bourdais. Bourdais
left to drive in the Formula One Series for Toro Rosso. On Tuesday,
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing announced that the British dr... |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Another Champ Car World Series season has
been put in the books and Sebastien Bourdais won the driver championship
again, his fourth in a row.
Another Champ Car World Series season was just completed and for
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing... |
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Mexico City, Mexico (Sportsbooks) - Sebastien Bourdais ended his Champ Car
career in grand style winning Sunday's Gran Premio Tecate Champ Car season
finale at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The No.1 Newman/Haas/Lanigan
driver crossed the finish line 1.905 seconds ahead of Will... |
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