Waltrip Qualifies for Daytona 500
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Michael Waltrip finally had something go right at Daytona
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Rookie driver Denny Hamlin hopes to hold his own against the veterans and take the final spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The last four years, Dale Jarrett had to watch helplessly as the Daytona 500, NASCAR's crown jewel event, was dominated by the kingpins of restrictor-plate racing at Dale Earnhardt Inc., winners of the last two 500s and three of the last four.
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The green flag flies today at 1 pm (TNT) on the NASCAR Nextel Cupâs new 10-race title fight at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Dover, DE (Sports Network) - Jeremy Mayfield captured the pole for race number two in &quot;The Chase for the Nextel Cup.&quot; The No.
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NASCAR inspectors have been busy during this historical week of cheating at Daytona. Five crew chiefs have been suspended, and one driver narrowly escaped being booted from the race after an illegal additive was found in his fuel. The inspectors pick over every inch of a car with the diligence of a doctor diagnosing the most complex of medical problems -- but they're also fighting a culture of "you ain't tryin' if you ain't cheatin'."
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No matter what happens Sunday at Miami-Homestead Speedway when the Chase for the Nextel Cup reaches a crescendo, in all likelihood 1992 will remain as the best down-to-the-wire race to the driving championship in the history of NASCARâs premier circuit.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida  - Tony Stewart, who has won almost every prize in the NASCAR series except the Daytona 500, held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the first of two 150 mile qualifiers and is favorite to win Sunday's race.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sports Network) - Dale Jarrett  captured the pole for next Sunday's 47th running of the Daytona  500. The three-time Daytona 500 winner (1993, 1996, 2000) took  the coveted top spot with a time of 47.793 seconds (188.312  m.p.h.).
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Sometimes things are not as they seem, and on those days, stock-car events are impossible to predict. The driver who won the pole for Sundayâs Ford 400 had qualified 22nd, 21st, seventh
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After seven months and 26 races, NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup series is finally ready to get down to the business of deciding a champion.
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Ryan Newman earned the pole Friday for Saturday night&#39;s Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400, the last race of what has become NASCAR&#39;s regular season.
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While NASCAR has always accepted some forms of minor cheating, the recent transgressions by Michael Waltrip went far beyond just stretching the rules.
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Fox and ESPN will be vying for racing fans' attention this weekend when the NASCAR season kicks off. ESPN will cover tomorrow's Busch race, and Fox will cover Sunday's Daytona 500, the first race in the Nextel Cup series.
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As the close-knit NASCAR community mourns the loss of team owner Rick Hendrick&#39;s son, brother, twin nieces and six others in a plane crash Sunday, perhaps no one outside of the immediate family grieves more deeply than Darrell Waltrip.
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Believe it or not, Toyota will have two cars in the top five positions at the start of the Daytona 500 on Sunday (and three in the top six).
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There&#39;s an important qualifying race today at Darlington Raceway for Sunday&#39;s Southern 500 that might go a long way in deciding this year&#39;s NEXTEL Cup series winner.