Notebook: Rain ends NASCAR qualifying
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It was an inauspicious start to the 10-race playoff for NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup championship, with rain washing out qualifying yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Last year it ended with a yawn. Matt Kenseth showed up for NASCAR&#39;s season finale here at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the championship already in the bag.
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It was a race with the weather. Which would come first, the rain or the end of the Indy 500. Dario Franchitti gambled on the rain and won Sunday, another bittersweet day for the Andretti family at America's richest race.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Friday&#39;s qualifying session at Talladega Superspeedway was a big day for the other guys â-hose Nextel Cup drivers who aren&#39;t among the elite 10 in the Chase to the Championship.
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SUZUKA - A typhoon scheduled to hit the Suzuka track area today has led to regular qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix being cancelled.
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HAMPTON, Ga.  -- NASCAR has its own ''Water-gate.'' The racing organization conceded Monday that water got into the fuel supply of more than two cars during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, apparently leading to a crash that took out several top contenders in the closing laps.
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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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The Checker Auto Parts 500 turned downright weird at almost every corner, with more rain that stopped the race, a spate of tire trouble, more problems for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship
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HAMPTON, Ga. -- NASCAR has its own "Water-gate." The racing organization conceded Monday that water got into the fuel supply of more than two cars during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, apparently leading to a crash that took out several top contenders in the closing laps.
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 11 a.m. -- Nextel Cup: Sylvania 300 final practice, Speed 1:30 p.m. -- Craftsman Truck Series: New Hampshire 200, Speed
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The results from Saturday night&#39;s race at Richmond International Raceway will determine the final participants for the Nextel Cup Series championship.
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TOMORROW AUTO RACING 10 a.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dover 400 practice, Speed 11 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Dover 200 qualifying, ESPN2
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SATURDAY AUTO RACING 8 a.m. -- Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, Speed 1 p.m. -- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Ohio 250, Ch. 25
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Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix scheduled for Saturday was postponed Friday because a typhoon was approaching the area. Race organizers and Formula One moved pre-qualifying and
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SATURDAY AUTO RACING 8 a.m. -- Formula One: French Grand Prix qualifying, Speed 10 a.m. -- Busch Series: Camping World 200 pole qualifying, Speed
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Jeff Gordon claimed no joy after winning the pole for tonight's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, his sixth of the season, after rain forced the cancellation of qualifying.
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It&#39;s been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the