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Martin, Hendrick make it official, set full-time run
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Mark Martin will return to full-time Sprint Cup competition in 2009, driving the No. 5 Chevrolets for Hendrick Motorsports.
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Ego? Maybe that's why two of the three letters spell 'go'
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Race car drivers, Jeff Burton said, like to be in the lead. "To be honest, some of it is ego," Burton said Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, where qualifying for the Coke Zero 400 is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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Second guessing is easy for armchair crew chiefs, Stewart says
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Tony Stewart sharply defended crew chief Greg Zipadelli's decision to pit late in last weekend's race at New Hampshire, saying "it's easy to be an armchair quarterback."
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Kyle Busch on tangle with Montoya: 'That was last week'
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Cup Series points leader Kyle Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya haven't made amends following last week's on-track altercation at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Doubters no worry, new team owner Randy Moss says
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - New England Patriots receiver Randy Moss knows that other NFL players and professional athletes have come and gone through the NASCAR world in recent years. So it doesn't surprise him that some doubt his commitment as a Truck Series team owner.
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NASCAR seizes car that DEI had readied for Truex at Daytona
The No. 1 Chevrolet entered in the Coke Zero 400 by Dale Earnhardt Inc. for driver Martin Truex Jr. was impounded by NASCAR Thursday when it failed to pass initial inspection.
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Martin expected to go full time, then share ride with Keselowski
Hendrick Motorsports plans to introduce NASCAR veteran Mark Martin on Friday as the new driver of its No. 5 Chevrolets in 2009, replacing driver Casey Mears, sources said.
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Chevrolet won't renew track sponsorships with NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In perhaps an early sign of manufacturer belt-tightening in stock car racing, Chevrolet will begin cutting back on its 12 track sponsorships in NASCAR, The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com have learned.
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David Coulthard announces he will retire at end of F1 season
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SILVERSTONE, England - David Coulthard will retire from Formula One at the end of the season, ending a career that saw him win more than a dozen races but repeatedly fall short of the world championship.
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Crew chief's utterance costs him, driver and team owner
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR fined Chad Walter, crew chief for JR Motorsports' No. 5 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series, $10,000 for the use of improper language during the live ABC broadcast of last weekend's race at New Hampshire.
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Economy, other issues have Harvick Inc. backing away from NHRA effort
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kevin and DeLana Harvick have decided to table their plans to field a Top Fuel team in NHRA competition.
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Midseason grades: Busch well ahead of classmates
Even without the extra credit he deserves for wins in the Nationwide and Truck series, clearly, Kyle Busch is at the head of the class.
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How much is too much - and is it ever really enough?
NASCAR could actually probably use a dose of financial reality. Is it necessary for a driver to have a $2 million motor home when one costing a third that much is pretty darn spiffy?
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Franchitti says he wants to stay in stock cars, will meet with Ganassi
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dario Franchitti isn't sure what his future holds, but the former open-wheel star said Wednesday he'd like to remain in NASCAR.
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NHRA opts for shorter runs for Top Fuel and Funny Car
The National Hot Rod Association will shorten races in its two fastest classes from a quarter-mile to 1,000 feet while analysis of driver Scott Kalitta's fatal crash on June 21 at Englishtown, N.J., continues.
