Despite Success, Nascar Faces Yellow Flags on Its TV Future
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The closest points finish in history registered in the ratings, amounting to an unexpected bonus for NBC. Contract talks are expected to start late next year.
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Courtesy of a five-driver, one-race fight for the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship, many have lauded NASCAR&#39;s new points system a resounding success.
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NEW YORK  - NASCAR and DirecTV will pair up next season to bring racing fans closer to the action than ever before.
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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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NASCAR officials are bracing to defend themselves from the negative publicity that might result from a planned protest at the races in Talladega, Ala.
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Tonightâs all-or-nothing NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Richmond offers an interesting mix of desperation, anticipation and appreciation.
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NASCAR&#39;s 2004 season comes to a close in Sunday&#39;s Ford 400 with five drivers in contention for the $5.28 million Nextel Cup championship and a storyline for stock-car racing fans of every loyalty.
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Kurt Busch is doing his own version of scoreboard watching as NASCAR's "regular season" winds to a close.
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The green flag flies today at 1 pm (TNT) on the NASCAR Nextel Cupâs new 10-race title fight at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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There has been much talk lately about the chase for the championship and whether or not NASCAR has met its objectives by changing the points system.
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This morning, NASCAR starts over, with a system in which leading the points after 26 races is worth no more than leading a lap. That would be five points, the margin separating each of the contenders now that
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NASCAR and DirecTV will  pair up next season to bring racing fans closer to the action  than ever before.
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Some television networks are racing to develop eye-catching score boxes. Fox, for example, now has fire coming out of its baseball scores.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. cursed on a nationally televised Nascar broadcast on Sunday, and it cost him the lead in a close race for the Nextel Cup drivers championship.
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Racing fans will have many questions  when the NASCAR season kicks off Sunday with the Daytona 500  race, but automakers only wonder whether the sport will retain  its popularity and keep driving vehicle sales.
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Now that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has switched his team, his number, his sponsors and his car colors, Nascar waits and watches with anticipation.
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NASCAR driver Dale  Earnhardt Jr. is on the road to reality television.