NASCAR drivers on own to plan for future
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In a world of million-dollar motorhomes, private jets and McMansions on nearby Lake Norman, it's hard to argue NASCAR drivers are underpaid. But all that wealth can't hide this fact: No major league takes a more hands-off approach toward its competitors' future than NASCAR.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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From the perspective of being fifth in points, 82 behind leader Kurt Busch, Mark Martin has a unique view heading into Sunday&#39;s Nextel Cup season and championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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LOUDON, NH -- One driver not in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup found a way to get himself some exposure as the Chase kicked off Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr, right, talks with Matt Kenseth, left, during a break in practice at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14, 2004 before qualifying for Saturday&#39;s UAW-GM Quality 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race.
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Robby Gordon said Tuesday he will leave Richard Childress Racing at the end of the season with the intention of racing for his own Nextel Cup team in 2005.
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Tony Stewart once said he should be fired if he failed to make NASCAR's Chase for the championship. If his car owners take him up on the offer, the two-time and defending Nextel Cup champion could be looking for work.
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Rusty Wallace is the leader among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway with seven career victories, and even he's unsure how the track's new surface will respond to racing on Sunday. The surface has been commended by drivers this week for being smooth and fast, but questions remain about whether it will feature two grooves for racing when the Subway 500 in the Nextel Cup Series is run.
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Itâs been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the
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For those involved in NASCAR, racing is more than a sport. It is a way of life. It is a way of conducting one&#39;s self throughout life, and eventually getting through the toughest part of life: dealing with death.
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NASCAR's favorite son wants to make a name for himself, so the most exciting race will take place off the track
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Well before Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced his decision to leave the family business, Dale Earnhardt Inc., and well before he announced his intention to drive for Hendrick Motorsports next season, Tony Stewart was asked before the Daytona 500 in February what DEI would be like without Junior.
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Five drivers, 82 points apart, NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup championship at stake, and the scenarios are interminably endless for deciding the title in the season&#39;s final race.
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Danica Patrick's "heart and soul" are with the Indy Racing League, so that's where she'll stay &#151; for now. A new career in NASCAR will have to wait.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will announce Wednesday where he plans to drive next season, and all signs point to Hendrick Motorsports.
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It would be easy for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson to just pack it up and forget about competing for this year&#39;s Nextel Cup Series championship.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to win championships, and there's no better place to do that than at Hendrick Motorsports. The most frenzied free agency in NASCAR history will end Wednesday when Earnhardt reveals where he'll drive next season, and all signs point to Rick Hendrick's elite organization.