Notebook: Cup races feature 3 longshot winners
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As 27-1 shot Better Talk Now barged down the Lone Star Park stretch, his body language bordered on brazen. But he survived two collisions
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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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It seems that the players in the Chrysler Championship all have different goals.
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VALENCIA, Spain, July 2 -- Alinghi can feel the breeze, and another America's Cup trophy just might be waiting in the wind.
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The race for the Nextel Cup championship is down to the wire and the points leader is running away from the field. Suddenly, a slower car gets in his way, holding him up until the other contenders catch up. It just so happens, the slower car is a teammate of one of the contenders. Impossible? Think again.
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After three races without a win, the world champion cruised to his 13th victory of the season and a record of 146 championship points for the season yesterday.
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Clint Bowyer entered the 12-driver Chase as the only contender without a victory, and had never finished higher than third in his short Cup career.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va., Oct. 20 -- The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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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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Earnhardt&#39;s third-place finish in the Sylvania 300 yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway, the best showing of his career at the 1.058-mile flat track, was good enough
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The 83rd running of the $1.92 million Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday, while hardly the greatest renewal of Europe&#39;s championship race, is hardly lackluster
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Recent history tells me a lot when it comes to picking the top contenders for Sunday&#39;s Nextel Cup race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
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Bode Miller made history on Sunday, becoming the first American man to win World Cup races in all five disciplines. After three consecutive World Cup wins, Miller is positioning himself
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The Chase for the Nextel Cup will begin in earnest Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. It will be the first event of NASCAR&#39;s inaugural 10
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The top three finishers Sunday were from teams that have put strict antidoping regimens at the center of their racing and training programs.
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The Cupâs future comes down to races, and the races that resolve the issue in Valencia will be a rematch between Alinghi and Emirates Team New Zealand.
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Rick Hendrick's once-revolutionary approach to team racing is still yielding results, such as Casey Mears's victory on Sunday.