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Long Pond, PA (Sportsbooks) - Dr. Joseph Mattioli, the founder and chairman
of the board of Pocono Raceway, passed away on Thursday at the Lehigh Valley
Hospital Center in Pennsylvania, following a lengthy illness. He was 86.
Known as "Doc," Mattioli founded the 2.5-mile Pocono racet... |
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Charlotte, NC (Sportsbooks) - Unlike 2011, NASCAR will not make any major
alterations in its rules for the upcoming season.
Officials from the sanctioning body, including NASCAR chairman and chief
executive officer Brian France and president Mike Helton, held a press
conf... |
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Concord NC (Sportsbooks) - Danica Patrick revealed on Monday that she will
forgo this year's Indianapolis 500 and will instead compete in the 600-mile
Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 -- NASCAR's longest race of the season --
ar... |
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Mooresville, NC (Sportsbooks) - Kyle Busch Motorsports announced on
Thursday that brothers Kyle and Kurt Busch will share driving duties in the
No.54 Toyota during the 2012 Nationwide Series season.
KBM is entering its first full season of competition in Nationwide this year.
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Spartanburg, SC (Sportsbooks) - In addition to his full-time Sprint Cup
Series schedule, Kurt Busch will compete in selected Nationwide Series races
for Phoenix Racing during the 2012 season.
The team noted in its news release on Monday that Busch will race in "all
major event... |
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Homestead, FL (Sportsbooks) - After almost losing his ride with Roush
Fenway Racing in the middle of the 2010 season, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became the
newest champion in the Nationwide Series with a second-place finish in the
season-ending Ford 300 on Saturday at Homestead-Miami Spee... |
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Homestead, FL (Sportsbooks) - Austin Dillon got a lot of help from Mother
Nature to win the 2011 Camping World Truck Series championship on Friday night
at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
At age 21, Dillon became the youngest champion in the 17-year history of the
series after finishing ... |
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London, England (Sportsbooks) - The Williams Formula One team revealed on
Tuesday that Brazilian driver Bruno Senna has joined the lineup for the 2012
season.
Senna, the nephew of the late three-time F1 world champion Ayrton Senna,
replaced fellow countryman Rubens Barrichello... |
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Faenza, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Scuderia Toro Rosso revealed on Wednesday its
driver lineup for the 2012 Formula One season, with Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-
Eric Vergne replacing Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi.
For the first time since its debut in F1 competition in 2006, Toro Rosso... |
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New Delhi, India (Sportsbooks) - The 2012 U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of the
Americas in Austin, Texas is no longer in jeopardy of losing its November 18
date on next year's Formula One calendar.
According to a news release from the FIA's World Motor Sport Council on
Wednesday, "... |
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Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Oriol Servia will drive for Dreyer &
Reinbold during the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season, the team announced on
Tuesday.
Servia finished fourth in IndyCar points last year, driving for Newman/Haas
Racing. The 37-year-old Spaniard posted ... |
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Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Andretti Autosport has named James
Hinchcliffe as the replacement driver for Danica Patrick in the No.27 car for
the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
Hinchcliffe drove for Newman-Haas Racing during his 2011 rookie-of-the-year
season. The 25-y... |
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Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - Bryan Herta Autosport announced on Monday
that Canadian Alex Tagliani will drive the team's entry during the 2012 IZOD
IndyCar Series season.
The 39-year-old Tagliani has competed in IndyCar since 2008. Last year, he
claimed his first pole in the s... |
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Long Beach, CA (Sportsbooks) - Will Power won Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach, the final race of the Champ Car Series as they have combined
with the IndyCar Series to make one open-wheel tour. The No.8 KV Racing
Technology driver crossed the finish line 5.094 seconds ah... |
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Long Beach, CA (Sportsbooks) - After winning Friday's provisional pole,
Justin Wilson backed it up with another superb performance on Saturday winning
the pole for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the final race of the
Champ Car Series. The No.02 Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver cir... |
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