Drivers at Talladega seek to avoid trouble
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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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Smart pit strategy puts Jeremy Mayfield in the driver&#39;s seat, while other contenders drop out. By BRANT JAMES, Times Staff Writer.
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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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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Results Sunday from the EA Sports 500 race for NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway, listing starting position in parentheses, driver, car, laps completed with reason out if not running at the finish, and money won:
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Will Ferrell's giddy and goofy Talladega Nights does laps around the competition
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Saturday's raceÃÂ is the last chance to earn points toward qualifying, andÃÂ only Jimmie Johnson and points leader Matt Kenseth have their places secured in the 10-driver Chase.
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HAMPTON, Ga. - A year ago, the pressure was almost unbearable for Jimmie Johnson as he prepared for the fall race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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Nascar could have slapped wrists and played down the infractions found on the racecars of Michael Waltrip and four other drivers. Instead, it has made an unprecedented public display of enforcement.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged from 11th place to victory and the series points lead in the last five laps of yesterday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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The sky was appropriately gloomy here this morning as Nascar race teams came together for the first time since the crash of the Hendrick Motorsports plane that killed 10 people last Sunday.
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A new safety system in some of Toyota's cars warns drivers if they're not paying attention to the road.
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TALLADEGA - With Jeff Gordon coasting to victory, behind a pace car and ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr., fans frustrated with a finish under caution littered Talladega Superspeedway with debris after the race in April.
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You can bury them in the standings but you can&#39;t break their spirit. Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield, both victimized by Robby Gordon&#39;s retaliatory strike directed at Greg Biffle
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As the 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup begins with today&#39;s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson have got to like their chances.
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The tornado that was Talladega has swept up the NASCAR nation and dropped it in, of all places, the land of Oz. With the tumult of Talladega fresh in its psyche, NASCAR is hoping on one hand
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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