Bliss Zeros in on 2005 Nextel Cup Ride
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HARRISBURG, N.C. (Sports Network) - Over the weekend Mike  Bliss accepted a three-year deal and will drive the No. 0 Haas  CNC Racing Nextel Cup Chevrolet next season. The former  Craftsman Truck Series champion returns to the series in which  he raced in 2000.
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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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NASCAR's top series is changing its name for the second time in five years, switching from Nextel Cup to the Sprint Cup starting in 2008.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., (Sports Network) - After a 30-year  hiatus, the legendary Dodge Charger engine has roared back to  life for its debut in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. Four  teams and a total of 10 drivers will sit behind the wheel of a  Charger at this year's Daytona 500.
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If Kurt Busch wasn&#39;t already the man to beat for the Nextel Cup championship, he is now. Anyone expecting Busch or his Roush Racing team to crack under the pressure of the
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A dominating performance in the Sylvania 300 yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway at Loudon, NH, gave Kurt Busch a sweep of the 2004 events at the New Hampshire track and lifted him into a tie with Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Last year it ended with a yawn. Matt Kenseth showed up for NASCAR&#39;s season finale here at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the championship already in the bag.
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He leads the Nextel Cup standings despite struggling in the first two races of the championship chase. Should he get through three hours of tailgating unscathed Sunday during the EA Sports 500 at Talladega
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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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DEI returned to Victory Lane with a junior -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s unheralded and previously winless teammate, Martin Truex Jr.
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Fast from the moment he rolled his No. 20 Chevrolet off the hauler, Joey Logano , the 17-year-old development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, captured the pole position for today's New England 125 NASCAR Busch East Series race by laying down a fast lap of 125.294 miles per hour yesterday , despite having never been on the ...
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - NASCAR chairman Brian France announced that this year&#39;s new format in the Nextel Cup Series known as the &quot;Chase for the Championship&quot; will return in 2005.
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When Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was hit by engine failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 42nd last Sunday, the mishap tightened NASCAR&#39;s new 10-race championship format.
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The Chase for the Nextel Cup begins Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway. The question is, are drivers truly going to chase it, or are they going to sit back and let it come to them?
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Mother Nature washed out the NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway and the 10 drivers competing in the 10-race Chase for the Cup were not complaining.
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Kurt Busch came to Homestead-Miami Speedway with more in mind than just winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship. &quot;I was just joking in the prequalifying interview that we needed a pole to get into the Bud
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The five drivers locked in the closest championship race in NASCAR&#39;s history have a single, simple goal in Sunday&#39;s Southern 500: win.