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• Waltrip Facing Make-or-Break Moment in Qualifying Race
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/09/2010 6:25 PM ET
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• One rainy February afternoon in 2003, Michael Waltrip felt sunshine. Running and jumping with his crew in the massive patch of green grass that splits the track from pit road at Daytona International ... More »
• Shootout Is Good, but Tweaks Needed
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/07/2010 4:35 PM ET
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• Kevin Harvick's win Saturday night in the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway placed a nice bow on the package NASCAR wanted to see for a season-opening exhibition event. But amid ... More »
• Budweiser Shootout: N's & Q's
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/07/2010 2:48 PM ET
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• Thanks to some comments made after the Budweiser Shootout, a bit of controversy swelled on Saturday night about how the non-points exhibition race was really supposed to end. Kevin Harvick, in an ... More »
• Looking Ahead: Jeff Gordon
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/04/2010 1:40 AM ET
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• LOOKING AHEAD: Seven races into the 2009 season, Jeff Gordon crossed the finish line first at Texas Motor Speedway for his first win of 2009. Obviously, a Jeff Gordon win isn't what we'd call a ...
• Looking Ahead: Kurt Busch
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/01/2010 1:30 PM ET
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• LOOKING AHEAD: Kurt Busch, after walking an occasionally tumultuous road in his switch from Roush-Fenway Racing to Penske, is back in championship form -- if statistics tell us anything. When the ...
• Looking Ahead: Denny Hamlin
• By Geoffrey Miller 2/01/2010 1:19 PM ET
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• LOOKING AHEAD: During Denny Hamlin's fourth full season in the Sprint Cup series in 2009, his transformation into a leading voice in the NASCAR garage drastically changed many a fan's outlook on how ...
• 2009 FanHouse Cup Rewind: Tony Stewart, 6th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/30/2010 8:30 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: Anyone contemplating the story of Tony Stewart's 2009 season before the fact might easily come away with the thought "career suicide after the two-time champion pulled up his roots at Joe ... More »
• 2009 FanHouse Cup Rewind: Greg Biffle, 7th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/28/2010 7:40 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: Roush-Fenway Racing dropped in terms of statistical performance in 2009 as a whole, though Greg Biffle, as the team's eldest statesman (he's roughly two and a half years older than ... More »
• 2009 FanHouse Cup Rewind: Juan Pablo Montoya, 8th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/26/2010 4:17 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: Considering Juan Pablo Montoya's ever-improving level of performance during the past few seasons, the ex-F1 driver has left no doubt that if he has a competitive car, he can turn the page ... More »
• Rule Changes, Driver Contracts and Danica: NASCAR Preseason
• By Holly Cain 1/21/2010 1:00 PM ET
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• CONCORD, N.C. -- Not so long ago, NASCAR preseason interview opportunities used to consist of a few local Florida writers who roamed the Daytona International Speedway garages during winter test days ... More »
• 2009 FanHouse Cup Rewind: Ryan Newman, 9th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/19/2010 2:23 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: The start of the 2009 season began just as many would think. But for Ryan Newman's sake, it ended much better than how he and new team owner Tony Stewart really could have envisioned ... More »
• Hendrick, Tracks Supporting Haitian Relief Efforts
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/16/2010 2:26 PM ET
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• A few of NASCAR's biggest names made quick plans this week to help victims of Tuesday's massive earthquake in Haiti. Auto Club Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ... More »
• ESPN's Shift of 14 Races OK for NASCAR
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/14/2010 11:04 AM ET
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• In what has been a few weeks of good news for NASCAR fans -- likely changes to make the Sprint Cup car more competitive, changed distances of a pair of West Coast races -- there's no need to look at ... More »
• Phoenix Longer, California Shorter in Pair of 2010 Changes
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/14/2010 7:41 AM ET
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• West coast NASCAR fans will have some new race distances to get used to in 2010. Both the Auto Club Speedway -- "The Track Formerly Known as California Speedway" -- in Fontana, Calif., and the ... More »
• FanHouse 2009 Cup Rewind: Kasey Kahne, 10th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/11/2010 3:19 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: Getting better, but not quite enough. Such words probably tell of Kasey Kahne's attitude after the 2009 campaign that left him with just his second career appearance in the Chase for the ... More »
• NASCAR Considers Spoiler for Sprint Cup in 2010
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/08/2010 6:29 PM ET
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• The wing may no longer fly in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing. According to reports on NASCAR.com and SceneDaily.com, NASCAR has taken drastic steps towards the possibility of removing the raised ... More »
• FanHouse 2009 Cup Rewind: Carl Edwards, 11th
• By Geoffrey Miller 1/04/2010 3:55 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: Just as fellow 2008 frontrunner Kyle Busch did, Carl Edwards was nowhere near what most expected par to be for driver No. 99 in 2009. But unlike Busch, Edwards still managed to earn a spot ...
• FanHouse 2009 Cup Rewind: Brian Vickers, 12th
• By Geoffrey Miller 12/31/2009 6:17 PM ET
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• THE SEASON: For a third year team in the Sprint Cup Series, Brian Vickers certainly wheeled his No. 83 Toyota to a season that would put a charge in the Red Bull Racing holiday party. Securing the ...
• FanHouse 2009 Cup Rewind: Kyle Busch, 13th
• By Geoffrey Miller 12/28/2009 2:50 AM ET
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• THE SEASON: Fortunately for Kyle Busch, the last ten races of the 2009 season saw him bring home his highest possible points position finish. Unfortunately for Busch, the highest was 13th after he ...
• Changes to 2010 Budweiser Shootout Should Remain
• By Geoffrey Miller 12/24/2009 12:23 PM ET
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• There's no doubt: NASCAR has officially allowed the Budweiser Shootout format to evolve into a confusing mess. The sanctioning body announced a new method of eligibility for the February 2010 edition ... More »
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