Fernandez ekes out victory; Kanaan inches to IRL title
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Adrian Fernandez had enough horsepower to beat Tony Kanaan by mere inches in Sunday&#39;s Toyota Indy 400, but it didn&#39;t cost Kanaan the 2004 Indy Racing League championship.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race yesterday at Phoenix International Raceway, tightening the championship chase with two races to go.
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FONTANA, Calif., Sept. 3 -- Kasey Kahne overcame a penalty and a series of challenges Sunday night at California Speedway to win his fifth race of the season and close in on a spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup championship with one race remaining.
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With five drivers compressed in the clutches of a pressure-filled Nextel Cup Championship Chase, the season finale&#39;s shaping up to be a Miami-vise.
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Tony Stewart finally broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts yesterday to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
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Even with his brakes failing and the rain falling, Jeff Gordon showed that nothing could slow him down on the way to his fourth victory of the season.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. found that winning is the perfect cure for his struggling team&#39;s ills. Earnhardt broke out of a six-week slump Saturday night with a convincing victory in the Sharpie 500
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Tony Stewart finally broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts Sunday to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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Indy Racing League points leader Tony Kanaan will start from the rear of the field for today&#39;s Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway.
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This weekend, Tony Kanaan can top off what in many ways has been the most successful IRL season by a single driver ever. If Kanaan finishes in the top four of Sunday&#39;s Toyota Indy 400 (ESPN, 3-6 pm ET), he
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Matt Kenseth turned the all-star International Race of Champions series into a one-star event Thursday night. Taking the lead on the sixth of 90 laps, Kenseth raced comfortably in front
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Juan Pablo Montoya demonstrated his road course prowess again yesterday, stretching his final fuel load to the limit and grabbing his first NASCAR Nextel Cup win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
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Tony Kanaan can clinch the IRL IndyCar championship this weekend with a fourth-place finish or better in the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of yesterday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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Jimmie Johnson made the pass he didn't allow Jeff Gordon to make in the spring, sneaking inside Gordon with 44 laps to go Sunday and holding on to win at Martinsville Speedway for his series-high seventh victory of the year.
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IRL IndyCar Series Champion-elect Tony Kanaan was one of a number of drivers to finish Sunday&#39;s Delphi Indy 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway with a sense of relief after he narrowly avoided several high-speed incidents during the course of the 200-lap race
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. broke out of a six-week slump last night with a convincing victory in the Sharpie 500, giving him a weekend sweep at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and momentum for the upcoming championship chase.