Earnhardt closing in on Busch without lost points
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Suddenly, the 25 points Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost for uttering a vulgarity during a live TV interview are looming very large indeed.
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As the Nascar Nextel Cup regular-season draws closer to completion, Kasey Kahne, 11th in points, is not letting up on the gas pedal or the pressure.
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Although Kurt Busch&#39;s driving style fits Dover International Speedway, the co-leader of the Nextel Cup championship chase has not mastered The Monster Mile.
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Kurt Busch finished fifth in the last NASCAR race of the year Sunday and it was good enough to help him claim the NASCAR points championship.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole position and Chevrolet cars swept the first five spots in qualifying Thursday for the NASCAR Busch Series Food City 250.
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As long as Busch finishes ahead of his four challengers at Homestead on Sunday, the championship is his. Because of bonus points and a staggered points structure, trying to crunch the
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Looking to make a favorable first impression with his new Hendrick Motorsports team, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won last night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, kicking off Speedweeks 2008 in rousing fashion by holding off runner-up Tony Stewart in a green-and-white-checkered finish.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Nextel Cup championship, after 35 races, winds down to one, and the same man who will start on the pole in todayâs Ford 400 occupies a similarly lofty perch in the title race.
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Ryan Newman must be close to perfect the rest of the way to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship, and he took a step by earning the pole yesterday at Martinsville Speedway.
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If you believe Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hurting now, wait until late next month, should he fail to recoup the 25 points he lost for uttering a naughty word on national television following last week&#39;s emotional victory at Talladega (Ala.
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He follows team orders, stays clean late in race to win, steps up in chase for title. By Mike Harris. AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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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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Last race: Jimmie Johnson won for the fourth time in five races and moved within 18 points of standings leader Kurt Busch by taking the Mountain Dew Southern 500 in Darlington, SC Five drivers head into this weekend&#39;s finale separated by just 82 points.
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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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The exuberant utterance of a four-letter word could end up costing Dale Earnhardt Jr., stock-car racing&#39;s most popular driver, his first NASCAR championship and has touched off
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. sped around Martinsville Speedway without a bobble on Friday to grab the third starting position for Sunday&#39;s Subway 500.
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Jimmie Johnson won his second Daytona 500 pole Sunday, less than 24 hours after his new teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr., took the checkered flag in the nonpoints Budweiser Shootout.