NASCAR gives liquor a shot
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Beginning next season, NASCAR will uncork its long-standing ban on hard-liquor sponsorships, which will tap a new source of funding for at least two high-profile race teams.
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For five drivers and a multitude of fans, NASCAR&#39;s biggest race has moved to the southern edge of this state. In the inaugural year of the Chase for the Nextel Cup - a 10-race, bunched-together-by-points playoff
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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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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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Tonightâs all-or-nothing NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Richmond offers an interesting mix of desperation, anticipation and appreciation.
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NASCAR has made significant safety strides since the death of Dale Earnhardt, and many drivers credit recent innovations for an improved safety record: No deaths and few serious injuries in NASCAR&#039;s top three series in the past five years.
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Tomorrow night&#39;s NASCAR tour stop at Richmond International Raceway introduces the golf concept of &quot;the cut&quot; to stock car racing.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have two 8s on his new car. NASCAR's most popular driver will be in the No. 88 Chevrolet when he moves to Hendrick Motorsports next season, the team announced yesterday. Earnhardt's car will be sponsored by Pepsi, with the company's Mountain Dew soft drink and Amp Energy drink featured on the car. The National ...
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Last year, Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, piloted his way to a number of firsts.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. - Police found more than they bargained for when they stopped a U-Haul truck with a burned-out taillight. Instead of furniture in the back, police on Monday found a rolling keg party with about 20 people drinking whiskey and beer. Eleven people were charged with underage drinking.
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Diageo, the world&#39;s leading premium drinks business, has announced one of the company&#39;s spirits brands would participate in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) for the first time ever beginning with the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. &#151; Rick Hendrick already had a pretty good team. The successful NASCAR Sprint Cup car owner with the syrupy Virginia drawl had assembled as strong a lineup of sponsors, cars, and drivers as any team in the sport.
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NASCAR fans might get a look at open-wheel racing star Juan Pablo Montoya a lot sooner than expected.
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In the end, NASCAR got what it wanted and the fans got what they didnât know they wanted. With the inaugural 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup now in the proverbial rearview mirror, even the naysayers
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RICHMOND -- The color-coded points standings, flickering on the flat-screen displays in Richmond International Raceway's media center throughout last night's Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400, made it simple to follow the Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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It might make the racing crowd cringe, but what NASCAR boss Brian France is doing to manufacture excitement at a time of the year when racing usually hits a lull and sports fans
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Like the man says, Ricky Bobby can only count to one. Feeding off   favorable reviews, Will Ferrell's appeal and a desire for good laughs,   Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby took the checkered   flag by a mile.