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NOTEBOOK: They'll work together even if they can't talk
            NASCAR officials have, by their own admission, been attempting to limit the incidence of tag-team drafting at the so-called “pl... Full story
NOTEBOOK: Hendrick loses the humility for '11
Owner wants yet another trophy
            On most occasions, Rick Hendrick, NASCAR’s most successful owner, is painstakingly humble.             Last year, though,... Full story
NOTEBOOK: Johnson vows to avoid the mistakes of '11
            CONCORD – Jimmie Johnson has had time to digest the first year since 2005 in which he failed to win the Sprint Cup championship.         ... Full story
NOTEBOOK: Ganassi lays it on the line
            CONCORD – Chip Ganassi knows massive improvement is in order with his NASCAR operation. Last year his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing drivers, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jamie McMurray, fi... Full story
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Lowe's Motor Speedway
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
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.
    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
 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
Though the Jeff Byrd 500
Bristol Seems Easy For Kyle
Gibbs driver grabbing wins all over the place recently
   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
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
            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
            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
            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
            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
            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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