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- Almost all the teams are nearby. The track is managed by the sport's most innovative showman, H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler, and owned by the most colorful tycoon, Bruton Smith. Wheeler has been trying to figu... Full story
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- Jimmie Johnson stresses Brickyard’s importance
- NUTS AND BOLTS
- Monte Dutton
- INDIANAPOLIS — The Brickyard 400 has obviously lost some of its allure to fans who do not pack Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the annual NASCAR event as much as they once did.
To most drivers, though, the race is still perc... Full story
- Childress winless at Darlington since Dale Sr.
- Monte Dutton
- DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chevys owned by Richard Childress have won eight times at Darlington Raceway, but all eight — out of a total of nine — were won by the late Dale Earnhardt, who last won at the track in 1994.&nbs... Full story
- Kimi Raikkonen punches his NASCAR ticket
- Monte Dutton
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Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 World Driving Champion, has reached an agreement to race in several Camping World Truck Series races later this year. Raikkonen will drive a Toyota Tundra fielded by Kyle Busch’s team.
The 31... Full story

- Bristol Seems Easy For Kyle
- Gibbs driver grabbing wins all over the place recently
- Monte Dutton
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BRISTOL, Tenn. — What by any measure is a considerable achievement — sweeping two races on the same NASCAR weekend — is becoming a familiar attribute of Kyle Busch’s career.
In fact, Busch has... Full story
- Success breeds optimism for 2011 Ford season
- Nuts and Bolts
- Monte Dutton
- One of the season’s significant developments, at least to date, is the performance of Ford teams. Trevor Bayne and Carl Edwards have piloted Fords to victories in two of the first three Sprint Cup races. “Right ... Full story
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- COLUMN: Pick against Jimmie? Not me ...
- One off year does not an underdog make
- Monte Dutton
- It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
A year ago I wrote – and said innumerable times – tha... Full story
- COLUMN: An occasional need for awful scenes
- Safety requires vigilance in auto racing
- Monte Dutton
- I have a day like Wednesday once or twice a year. This time a Facebook post started it. Someone posted a photo of a driver being pulled out of a flaming crash at Daytona in 1964, and ... Full story
- COLUMN: Class warfare even the Republicans can love
- Rolex 24 keeps rolling ... and rolling
- Monte Dutton
- I bet lots of NASCAR fans are watching the Rolex 24 endurance race on Speed (the satellite/cable channel) this weekend. At this point, they’d watch Rally Wheelbarrows from Namib... Full story
- COLUMN: What the Media Tour is worth
- NASCAR, a bit more relaxed
- Monte Dutton
- The annual Sprint Media Tour is a pleasant, if tiring, pastime. That’s because the hay’s in the barn. A farmer puts it there in hopes of getting his cattle through the win... Full story
- COLUMN: I can see for miles and miles
- My, it's been such a long time
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – I’m 20 years old on the Sprint Media Tour, which is every bit comparable to being 53 years old overall.
&n... Full story
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