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Truex, Martin take top Daytona 500 start spots
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Truex Jr. has won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500, while sentimental favorite Mark Martin qualified second. Truex and Martin locked in their spots during today’s qualifying at Daytona International Speedway....
NASCAR champion Johnson says cut finger is healing
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson’s cut finger is “healing well,” and he plans to test several braces on his left hand when Daytona International Speedway opens on Friday.Three-time reigning NASCAR champion accidentally...
Ownership deal helps Hornish in Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ten days before the Daytona 500, it’s still not clear which cars will have to qualify for NASCAR’s season-opening Sprint Cup race and which are guaranteed a spot in the lineup.The latest driver to get a free...
Waltrip will retire if 2009 isn't a decent season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael Waltrip once worked at Wendy’s, but quit the fast-food chain after cutting his finger in a tomato slicer.He later had a job helping his father deliver Pepsi-Cola, but as a loyal Coca-Cola customer, he walked...
Economy is main topic of talk at NASCAR event
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The skidding economy was the main topic at the fourth annual Sound and Speed Fan Festival combining drivers and country music stars in a two-day event."The economy will be the white elephant in the room wherever we go with the...
Sources: NASCAR's Petty Ent. in merger talks
NEW YORK — Petty Enterprises is in discussions to merge its storied franchise with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, The Associated Press has learned.Multiple people familiar with the talks told The AP that the two teams are discussing a deal that...
Burton is wary of Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — They got through Talladega, the biggest trouble spot in the 10-race playoff, virtually unscathed. But as the leaders in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup prepare to do battle at Martinsville, Jeff Burton fears...
Johnson in driver's seat
Martinsville (Va.) Speedway is the place where Jimmie Johnson started his four-race winning streak a year ago on his way to his second consecutive championship.As rain fell Friday and wiped out qualifying, putting the points-leading Johnson on the...
Biffle won't concede Chase to Johnson
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Credit Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton for their confidence.Although Jimmie Johnson is turning the Sprint Cup title chase into a rout, neither driver is conceding anything to the two-time defending champion."I promise you, it's not...
Johnson takes aim at 3rd title in row
Things were definitely looking up for Jimmie Johnson on Saturday at Homestead (Fla.)-Miami Speedway, where he is hoping to put the finishing touches on a record-tying third straight NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the season finale.After a...
Johnson wins record-tying 3rd Cup title
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Nothing could stop Jimmie Johnson's drive into the NASCAR record books. Not even a final, furious push by Carl Edwards.Edwards led a race-high 157 laps, ran out of gas as he crossed the finish line, but still won Sunday's...
Johnson completes historic run
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Nothing could stop Jimmie Johnson’s drive into the NASCAR record books. Not even a final, furious push by Carl Edwards.Edwards led a race-high 157 laps, ran out of gas as he crossed the finish line, but still won...
Learning new NASCAR machines results in fewer accidents
Accidents and spins in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series fell to their lowest levels in five years, USA Today database research shows.The taller, boxier, sturdier new-generation car, which began full-time duty this season after a 16-race trial in...
NASCAR settles $225M bias lawsuit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has settled a $225 million lawsuit filed by a former official who said she was subjected to racial discrimination and sexual harassment during her two-plus years working for the stock-car organization, The Associated Press...
