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Motorsport.com. Jeff Gordon is a handicapped man on Sunday. All of his experience at one of Gordon&#39;s best tracks has been wiped out by the repaving of Martinsville Speedway.
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If pole positions also can serve as pick-me-ups in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, Ryan Newman found an elixir for his ailing championship hopes at Martinsville Speedway.
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 11 a.m. -- Nextel Cup: Sylvania 300 final practice, Speed 1:30 p.m. -- Craftsman Truck Series: New Hampshire 200, Speed
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For five drivers and a multitude of fans, NASCAR&#39;s biggest race has moved to the southern edge of this state. In the inaugural year of the Chase for the Nextel Cup - a 10-race, bunched-together-by-points playoff
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Martinsville track can be difficult: Midway through their 10-race playoff, the Nextel Cup Series contenders are at the shortest and slowest oval on the NASCAR circuit - a place four-time series champion Jeff Gordon insists can be as damaging to title
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Last summer, as he stood near the batting cage at Fenway Park, Red Sox owner John W. Henry addressed his rumored infatuation with racing -- NASCAR Nextel Cup racing, to be specific. He had been asked about speculation that a deal was in the works for him to partner with Jack Roush , principal owner of ...
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Martinsville -- For the second year in a row, Morgan Hospital and Medical Center officials will start the new year with a planned spending increase of more than 20 percent.
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The weather could play a factor today in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Cooler temperatures, something drivers arenât accustomed to at Darlington Raceway for the Southern 500, has changed the way drivers attack the track.
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Concord, NC (Sports Network) - Veteran Mark Martin (45) became the latest Nextel Cup driver to announce his future retirement plans.
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Ordinarily, with two months and 11 NASCAR Nextel Cup races remaining, Saturday&#39;s stop at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway would rate as just another pit stop along a grueling 36-race circuit.
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By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 13--First look at major project in southwest Charlotte The Atlanta owner of the Charlotte Coliseum site plans to make recreation the centerpiece of a 190-acre development of homes, stores, restaurants and offices.
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CONCORD, NC (Oct. 14, 2004) - Roush Racingâs Mark Martin announced today that next season will be his last racing for the NEXTEL Cup.
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Updated NASCAR team reports as the Nextel Cup&#39;s championship chase turns to Dover (Del.) International Speedway, site of the second race in the 10-race shootout series.
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By James Fuller  jfuller@@dailyherald.com  New signs at the proposed Hubble Middle School site in Warrenville last week advertised the potential arrival of the new building.  By the weekend, two of the signs advertised a big, blue paint smear and a vulgarity.
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NASCAR&#39;s complex new championship format is filled with point differentials and reordered standings and tiebreaking scenarios.
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By Mahalia Asanaenyi, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 14--New landscaping, "gateways" at major intersections and a mix of commercial and residential development are part of the final revitalization plan for the Benson and Ames neighborhoods.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.