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NASCAR: Budweiser Shootout field set for 2012
Auto Week Racing News &bull Dec 14, 2011
The race is still more than two months off, but NASCAR is already beating the drum for its 34th-annual Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 18, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway. Full Story »
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NASCAR round-up: Stewart named driver of the year; Earnhardt Jr. tops sales; more
Auto Week Racing News &bull Dec 14, 2011
Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart is the overwhelming winner of this year's Driver of the Year Award. He also won the DOTY Award in 2005, the year he won the second of his three Cup titles. Driving for his own Stewart-Haas Racing team, Stewart won five races, all during the season-ending, 10-race Chase for the Championship. He also had… Full Story »
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NASCAR: Kurt Busch to replace A.J. Allmendinger at Richard Petty Motorsports?
Auto Week Racing News &bull Dec 13, 2011
Perhaps all the talk about Kurt Busch settling for a mediocre-to-poor NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ride next year was premature. Full Story »
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Short-Track Round-up: Season champions crowned
Auto Week Racing News &bull Dec 12, 2011
NASCAR wrapped up its touring-series season with two nights of banquets at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Nascar Hall Of Fame
- Nascar
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NASCAR: Darian Grubb named crew chief for Denny Hamlin at Joe Gibbs Racing
Auto Week Racing News &bull Dec 9, 2011
Darian Grubb, this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship-winning crew chief who was released last month by Tony Stewart, is the new crew chief for Denny Hamlin at Joe Gibbs Racing. Full Story »
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NASCAR: 2012 Truck Series schedule set
Auto Week Racing News &bull Nov 21, 2011
NASCAR released the 2012 schedule for the Camping World Truck Series on Monday. It includes the series' first visit to Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina and the second event at Iowa Speedway. The Truck Series will race at Rockingham for… Full Story »
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NASCAR: Stewart's crew chief out of a job following Sprint Cup title?
Auto Week Racing News &bull Nov 21, 2011
According to multiple reports, 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart might not reunite with crew chief Darian Grubb next season. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Crew Chief
- Nascar
- Tony Stewart
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Short-Track Roundup: Donny Schatz collects sprint-car title
Auto Week Racing News &bull Nov 21, 2011
Four-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz collected his second-consecutive Kronik Energy Western World Championships winged sprint-car title in the 44th annual event sanctioned by the Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Car Series. Schatz, driving the familiar Tony Stewart Racing No. 15 at… Full Story »
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NASCAR: Tony Stewart wins Sprint Cup championship
Auto Week Racing News &bull Nov 21, 2011
Tony Stewart overcame early pit and bodywork issues and was masterful during restarts on his way to winning Sunday night's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The win, his fifth this season, left Stewart and race runner-up Carl Edwards tied in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points after 36 races. Stewart claimed his third… Full Story »
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NASCAR: Edwards fires first shot, claims pole for Cup finale
Auto Week Racing News &bull Nov 20, 2011
Championship points leader Carl Edwards fired a shot across Tony Stewart's bow Saturday afternoon, when he won the pole for Sunday afternoon's season-ending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Edwards, who takes a three-point lead into the 400-miler, qualified 14 spots ahead of… Full Story »
