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Saturday, 04 September 2010 22:21 |
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 SPARTA, Ky. (Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010) - Helio Castroneves, who pitted on Lap 147 of 200 on the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway, inherited the lead when the leaders had to take a splash of ethanol in the final stages of the Kentucky Indy 300 and went on to win his second race of the season.
Pole sitter Ed Carpenter finished second at the track for the second year in a row and Panther/Vision Racing teammate Dan Wheldon was third. Tony Kanaan charged from 26th in the 27-car field to fourth and Dario Franchitti was fifth.
Franchitti closed the IZOD IndyCar Series championship points gap on Will Power, who finished eighth, to 17 with two races left. |
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Written by Reid Spencer for NASCAR
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Saturday, 04 September 2010 21:04 |
 HAMPTON, Ga.—Jamie McMurray held off Kyle Busch and stopped Busch one spot short of a historic win Saturday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Driving JR Motorsports’ No. 88 Chevrolet, McMurray asserted his superiority over the final 40 of 195 laps to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Great Clips 300 at the 1.54-mile racetrack. The victory, the eighth of McMurray’s NASCAR Nationwide career, was his first since November 2004 at Darlington.
Busch is tied with Sam Ard for the series’ single-season wins record with 10.
Carl Edwards ran third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth. Joey Logano, Jason Leffler, Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. completed the top 10. Series points leader Brad Keselowski finished 12th.
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Written by Lee Montgomery for NASCAR
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Saturday, 04 September 2010 07:09 |
 SPARTA, Ky.—Todd Bodine is rolling toward his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, but he didn’t drive like it Friday night in winning the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. And his team didn’t act like it, either.
Bodine spun while battling Kyle Busch for the lead on Lap 81, but that trouble helped set up a fuel-mileage gamble for the No. 30 Germain Racing team.
“Our misfortune turned into our fortune because that’s what gave us a little extra fuel that we needed to get to the end,” Bodine said.
Johnny Sauter finished a distant second, with Aric Almirola third, Jason White fourth and Ricky Carmichael fifth. Timothy Peters, Busch, Ryan Sieg, polesitter Austin Dillon and Matt Crafton completed the top 10.
After a restart on Lap 80 of the 150-lap race, Busch and Bodine raced side by side for the lead in Turn 3 when Busch charged around on the outside lane. Bodine’s Toyota snapped sideways and spun in front of the field, though he didn’t hit anything.
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Friday, 03 September 2010 20:53 |
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 FORT WORTH, Texas (September 2, 2010) – Texas Motor Speedway will continue its “No Limits” trend by offering reduced admission prices for the upcoming U.S.
National Dirt Track Championship, set for Sept. 16-18 at Texas Motor Speedway’s Dirt Track.
Fans will no longer have to pay individual prices as Texas Motor Speedway will charge by the carload with $10 for Friday’s activities and $15 for Saturday. That is
compared to the original individual pricing of $10 for adults and $5 for kids Friday and $15 for adults and $10 for kids Saturday.
“Providing affordable fun for our fans is a key part of our new ‘No Limits’ attitude,” Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage said. “The racing at the Texas
Motor Speedway Dirt Track is some of the best and fans are going to want to pack their cars to come catch the excitement.”
The U.S. National Dirt Track Championship, held at the 0.4-mile dirt track, is one of the premier dirt track events in the country as it hosts drivers from across the United States. The weekend features the O’Reilly Auto Parts SUPR Late Models, Modifieds and Limited Modifieds.
The racing action gets underway for the public beginning Friday, Sept. 17, with practice for the O’Reilly Auto Parts SUPR Late Models along with qualifiers for the
Modifieds and Limited Modifieds. The week is capped off with championship races for all three divisions on Saturday, Sept. 18.
For more information, visit www.texasmotorspeedway.com or contact the Texas Motor Speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500.
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:17 |
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 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competitors pursuing a Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup berth only have two events remaining in the “Race to the Chase” – the 10-race stretch that precedes the Chase.
That means dwindling opportunity and mounting pressure. Sunday night’s Emory HealthCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the first of those two opportunities, a stage where several top-12-ranked drivers – and perhaps a few below that 12th-place cutoff – hope to clinch Chase spots, or claw their way to eligibility.
What we know: Standings leader Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet) and second-place Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont/Jeff Gordon Foundation Chevrolet) have clinched their berths.
Who’s next: Three drivers – third-place Kyle Busch (No. 18Pedigree Toyota), fourth-place Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford) and fifth-place Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota) – have very good shots at clinching at Atlanta.
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