Chase leaders catch a break
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DARLINGTON, SC Â· Seldom has rain been so welcomed by race drivers as the drizzle that washed out qualifying Friday for Sunday&#39;s Southern 500.
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Motorsport.com. After a tumultuous start to the NEXTEL Chase for the Championship, the No. 38 Robert Yates Racing team of Elliott Sadler has found their groove.
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The leaves swirling outside the Cambridge Boat Club yesterday weren't just a sign of the season to Fred Schoch , executive director of the Head of the Charles Regatta. They were a sign that he might have to shorten the race's 3-mile course today.
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Time slips away in a hurry as Tim Thomas runs around looking to make something happen in short order. The slumping forward&#39;s on a short leash at the moment and wound up watching most of last
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TALLADEGA - With Jeff Gordon coasting to victory, behind a pace car and ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr., fans frustrated with a finish under caution littered Talladega Superspeedway with debris after the race in April.
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NASCAR officials spent several days last December going through different scenarios when they met to come up with their &quot;Chase for the Nextel Cup&quot; plan.
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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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The weather could play a factor today in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Cooler temperatures, something drivers arenât accustomed to at Darlington Raceway for the Southern 500, has changed the way drivers attack the track.
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ALL too often at a championship that produces a relatively surprising leader after the opening round, does that player get rather overtaken at the enormity of the situation and slide, sometimes none too gracefully, away down the leaderboard and out of the
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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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In the high-pressure atmosphere of the Chase for the Championship, any issue that arises will get more than its share of scrutiny from drivers, fans and media.
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Jimmie Johnson locked up his spot as the favorite for the Nextel Cup title, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was locked out of Nascarâs Chase for the championship.
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It took most of Thursday to identify the first-round leaders in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but Harrison Frazar, Glen Day and John Senden finally separated themselves
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Jimmie Johnson pulled away from Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman in the Subway 500 to climb four spots in the season ending title chase Sunday.
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Drivers call them ``wild- card&#39;&#39; races, and today&#39;s Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway is the last one in the Chase for the Championship.
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Some police officers are taking unnecessary risks in high speed chases, a watchdog has warned.
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This weekend the Nextel Cup heads into the second half of the Chase with a trip to Martinsville, the final short track on the schedule.