NEXTEL CUP: Dale Jr. penalty too harsh
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Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, will share his views with Free Press readers through the final race in the Chase for the Championship, which ends Nov. 21 at Homestead, Fla.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. admits he was wrong to curse in a live TV interview last weekend but said that NASCAR wasn&#39;t right to penalize him so harshly.
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The race for the Nextel Cup championship is down to the wire and the points leader is running away from the field. Suddenly, a slower car gets in his way, holding him up until the other contenders catch up. It just so happens, the slower car is a teammate of one of the contenders. Impossible? Think again.
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A post-race slip of the tongue has cost driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. the lead in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship. Earnhardt used an obscenity during his post-race, televised interview
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Jeff Gordon could have thrown a monkey wrench into the works and undermined Hendrick Motorsports's addition of Dale Earnhardt Jr. through the subtraction of Kyle Busch.
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NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. was knocked out of first place in the Nextel Cup by a slip of the tongue...
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Jimmie Johnson locked up his spot as the favorite for the Nextel Cup title, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was locked out of Nascarâs Chase for the championship.
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Kansas City, Kan. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday that he should have been punished for using profanity in victory lane last week at Talladega Superspeedway but taking 25 points wasn&#39;t the proper thing to do.
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Kurt Busch set a relatively modest goal for Saturday night&#39;s Nascar race at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway. Forget about winning. On arguably his worst track on the Nextel Cup
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Robby Gordonâs revenge might have ended Tony Stewartâs and Jeremy Mayfieldâs chase for the Nextel Cup championship before it started.
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Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne were put on probation through the end of NASCAR's season and fined $10,000 each Wednesday for deliberately crashing into each other after a race at Phoenix International Raceway.
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Nascar has penalized the Nextel Cup teams of Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter for rule infractions found on their cars during the postrace inspection after Sundayâs race at New Hampshire International Speedway. The No. 5 Chevrolet of Busch and the No. 70 Chevrolet of Sauter were found to have used unapproved parts and failed to meet the minimum front car heights.Nascar officials said yesterday that Busch and Sauter were each penalized 25 points and that their respective crew chiefs, Alan Gustafson and Robert Barker, were each fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Sept. 19.In addition, Rick Hendrick, the owner of the No. 5, was penalized 25 car owner championship points, as was Joe Custer, the owner of the No. 70.
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Last season, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 19th in the Nextel Cup points standings, his mouth often ran faster than his sluggish No. 8 Chevrolet.
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It&#39;s not often that the lead item in the blog is NASCAR-related, but we try to be versatile. So let&#39;s talk about Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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HOMESTEAD Â· Although disgusted with the performance of his No. 8 car in Sunday&#39;s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been fined $10,000 for cursing during a TV interview following his win at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 for cursing during a postrace TV interview, NASCAR announced Tuesday. The loss of points drops Earnhardt out of first place in the Nextel Cup standings.