Carl Edwards ends 52-race winless streak
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Carl Edwards snapped a 52-race Nextel Cup winless streak Sunday by holding off Martin Truex Jr. to win at Michigan International Speedway. "Is it really over?'" he excitedly asked his crew as he closed in on the finish line.
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Nascar took 25 championship points away from Carl Edwards because his car failed an inspection Sunday after he won a Nextel Cup series race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Carl Edwards picked up another 10 bonus points to use in his pursuit of the Nextel Cup title with a dominating victory last night in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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No more mulligans. When Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was hit by engine failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 42nd last Sunday, the mishap tightened NASCAR's new 10-race championship format. It also meant each of the 10 drivers in the title chase has had at least one finish of 30th or worse in the first seven events.
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Scott Dixon escaped a first-lap accident and hung near the leaders before taking over to win the inaugural Honda Indy 200 yesterday in Lexington, Ohio, for his third consecutive victory.Dixon, sixth in qualifying, took the lead for good on Lap 77 of the 85-lap race when Dario Franchitti took a delayed pit stop. Dixon was never threatened to the finish, earning his ninth IndyCar Series win. After wins at Watkins Glen and Nashville the past two weekends, he tied the series mark for consecutive victories set by Kenny Brack (1998) and tied by Dan Wheldon (2005).
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LOUDON, N.H. -- The crowd of about 50 in Fenway Sports Group's suite at New Hampshire International Speedway erupted when Carl Edwards took the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr. on lap 193 of the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 . A lap later, Edwards lost the lead when a jack got stuck under his car during a pit stop, and the ...
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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- First came the flip, then came the snip. Winless since Nov. 11, 2005, Carl Edwards celebrated the end of a 52-race drought in inimitable fashion by climbing out of the driver's-side window of his No. 99 Office Depot Ford and executing a backflip after winning yesterday's Citizens Bank 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Tony Stewart, top left, failed to win the Daytona 500, but he and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, who finished fourth, moved easily in single-car runs. Ryan Newman, right, took the checkered flag ahead of Kurt Busch, center. (Photograph by Duffin McGee/Reuters) Looking at the top 20 finishers of the Daytona 500, there's quite [...].
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Ryan Newman, who knows he&#39;ll have to be flawless over the final six races to win the Nextel Cup title, was just that Thursday night, shattering the track record at Lowe&#39;s Motor Speedway
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Senator John Edwards quits race to become candidate after consistently trailing in third
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14 -- After slogging through the longest winless streak of his career, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second race in five days for Hendrick Motorsports, leading nearly half the distance in the first of Thursday's two qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway.
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Auto racing Sunday's confrontation between Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth was more than just a clash in the heat of the moment. According to Edwards, it's been festering for a while. Following the Nextel Cup race at Martinsville, Edwards grabbed Kenseth, pushing him down pit road. Before walking away, Edwards balled his right hand into a ...
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Carl Edwards won four races in his first full season, finishing an impressive third in the Nextel Cup standings.
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Ryan Newman snapped an 81-race winless streak Sunday, using a huge push from teammate Kurt Busch to give car owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 victory. Penske, the most successful owner in open-wheel history with 14 wins in the prestigious Indianapolis 500, now has a victory in NASCAR's showcase event.
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Greg Biffle drove to an easy victory, pulling away from gambling teammate Mark Martin at the end of the Nascar Nextel Cup race Sunday in Michigan.
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FONTANA, CALIF. - Elliott Sadler raced to his second victory of the season Sunday night at California Speedway and all but wrapped up a spot in NASCAR&#39;s new championship playoff.