Gordon&#39;s consistency, Busch&#39;s late kick tangling
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The question&#39;s been asked ever since NASCAR&#39;s Chase for the Nextel Cup began. Who is the favorite? Whom do experts believe is going to win?
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After tearing up the track in the first six rounds of NASCAR&#39;s new 10-race, playoff-style championship format, Kurt Busch is looking a little more Matt Kenseth-esque these days.
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This really is a new age in stock-car racing. Robby Gordon, the scourge of Nascar, actually apologized for a reckless maneuver.
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Notes and quotes from various drivers following California Speedway&#39;s Pop Secret 500. Jeff Gordon slipped to second in points following an engine failure while Jimmie Johnson moved back into first.
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Mark Martin has finished second in the points race in Nascar&#39;s premier series four times, so he knows the excruciating gut turn of coming close but not close enough.
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Consistency wins in Nascar, and that is why Kurt Busch is the 2004 Nextel Cup champion after finishing fifth on Sunday in the Ford 400.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Nextel Cup championship, after 35 races, winds down to one, and the same man who will start on the pole in todayâs Ford 400 occupies a similarly lofty perch in the title race.
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Surprise. Underdog. Cinderella story. The media is calling Kurt Busch a lot of things these days but the title he&#39;d prefer is &#39;Champ.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Jeff Gordon counted out the five wins he has this season, then his five poles. It was an hour before qualifying, and Gordon set a goal for himself.
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LOUDEN, NH -- Right now, things are going Jeff Gordon&#39;s way. That should enhance his chances of winning a fifth NASCAR championship.
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The leader in the &#39;Chase for the Cup&#39; hasn&#39;t run well in his last three races at Martinsville. Kurt Busch arrived at Martinsville Speedway with a 24-point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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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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You can bury them in the standings but you can&#39;t break their spirit. Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield, both victimized by Robby Gordon&#39;s retaliatory strike directed at Greg Biffle
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Ryan Newman isn&#39;t giving in to the notion that the first five races of NASCAR&#39;s 10-race championship playoff have essentially turned the last five into a three-way race for the title.
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There have been times when New Hampshire International Speedway has been a playground for Kurt Busch.
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Kurt Busch finished fifth in the last NASCAR race of the year Sunday and it was good enough to help him claim the NASCAR points championship.
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Matt Kenseth held off Jeff Gordon this time. Kenseth easily kept the four-time NASCAR champion at bay in the final laps of Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway and won for the third time this season.