Martin confident he&#39;ll stay in Nextel Cup title hunt
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Mark Martin calls Sunday&#39;s EA Sports 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway &quot;the wild card&quot; race in deciding NASCAR&#39;s first Nextel Cup champion.
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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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FONTANA, Calif. - Sam Hornish Jr. aims to be patient and go fast - not necessarily a contradiction. The Indy Race League driver credited patience for last yearâs victory at California Speedway, when he
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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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So much for the preliminaries. After seven months and 26 races, NASCAR's Nextel Cup series is finally ready to get down to the business of deciding a champion.
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Since he has nothing to lose, Martin Truex Jr. says, he can go all-out to win. Truex, 24, will finish his first season of Busch competition Saturday at Homestead in the final race of the year.
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MARTINSVILLE, Virginia (Ticker) - Ryan Newman is probably too far back in the &quot;Chase for the Championship&quot; to seriously contend for the title.
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For the first time in his career, Martin Truex, the lesser-known teammate of Dale Earnhardt Jr., has earned a spot in the 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup playoff.
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For the 10 drivers competing in NASCAR&#39;s new 10-race Nextel Cup Series playoff, there will be one key goal at Talladega Superspeedway: staying out of trouble.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- By the time NASCAR veteran Mark Martin took the checkered flag in Dover, Del., in June, it had been two years since his last victory -- and nearly as long since he cracked a smile at work.
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HOMESTEAD - All five of the Nextel Cup championship contenders have vowed to be on the offensive this weekend. Kurt Busch converted words into actions Friday, winning the pole for Sunday&#39;s championship-deciding
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Rare it is that going into the final race we don&#39;t already have a Cup winner. Rarer still that we have more than one driver that could still pull it out.
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If Ryan Newman could find a way to shift his qualifying magic to the races he would be a solid contender for the Nextel Cup championship.
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Ryan Newman must be close to perfect the rest of the way to win the Nextel Cup championship, and he took a positive step by grabbing the pole Friday at Martinsville Speedway.
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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
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Ryan Newman isn&#39;t giving in to the notion that the first five races of NASCAR&#39;s 10-race championship playoff have essentially turned the last five into a three-way race for the title.
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CONCORD, NC - Batesvilleâs Mark Martin, a four-time runner-up for the championship of NASCARâs premier series, said heâll quit the chase for the top title after next season.