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          <title>Jimmie Johnson signs extension with Hendrick through 2015</title>
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The announcement comes just two days before Johnson is likely to wrap up the Sprint Cup championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jimmie Johnson cruising into finale after Phoenix victory</title>
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Jimmie Johnson won&#8217;t plan any parties this week, or waste a minute pondering his place in NASCAR history           ]]></description>
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          <title>A familiar face in Arizona acted as Grand Marshall today at the Phoenix International Raceway.</title>
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Arizona Senator and former Presidential candidate John McCain ignited the race.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson&#8217;s Chase challengers can&#8217;t keep pace</title>
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With only two races remaining to crown NASCAR's 2009 champion, Mark Martin is the only driver with a realistic shot of dethroning Johnson           ]]></description>
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          <title>Kurt Busch wins at Texas, Jimmie Johnson 38th after wreck</title>
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Johnson did finish the race and is still the series point leader with two races to go            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:15:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>NASCAR In The Pits: Time to address Talladega issues</title>
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NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway.  But pushing those stats is much like a used car salesman trying to unload a lemon.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Talladega Qualifying was washed out, so they will set the field by the point standings</title>
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Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin will take the green at Talladega tomorrow in the front row.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#8216;s nightmarish season rolls on</title>
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 Little E struggled to a 29th-place finish in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway           ]]></description>
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          <title>Nationwide drivers were off for the Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 in Memphis</title>
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Brad Keslowski takes the checkered flag           ]]></description>
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          <title>It&#8217;s a sweet victory for a local truck racer Timothy Peters</title>
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Timothy Peters, who lives only 15 minutes away from Martinsville Speedway had odds against him, but on lap 153 he took the lead           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ryan Newman, Jeff Gordon to start up front at Martinsville</title>
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Ryan Newman edged Jeff Gordon in qualifying for Sunday&#8217;s TUMS Fast Relief 500, turning a lap of 96.795 mph            ]]></description>
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          <title>Two Danville men to compete in Kroger 200 truck race at Martinsville</title>
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Timothy Peters and Peyton Sellers will both be at Martinsville Speedway.  Peters has become a fixture in the top tier of the Camping World Truck Series points standings.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Johnson, Martin Make Up Front Row in Charlotte</title>
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      It's Jimmie--again, as the three time champ begins to dominate all phases of NASCAR's chase.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:36:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Kurt Busch shoots skeet with a purpose in Meadows of Dan</title>
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From the racetrack to the clay course, Kurt Busch took a break from the Sprint Cup race to shoot skeet in our area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:37:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Three&#45;time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson dominated Sunday&#8217;s race</title>
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Jimmie Johnson easily pulled ahead of Jeff Gordon with three laps left to take the top spot.             ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A slight challenge between Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart kept things interesting this afternoon</title>
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With the checkered flag in place Stewart moved to fourth in the standings and is 67-points out of the lead.              ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:13:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Busch sets Nationwide Series record but it wasn&#8217;t enough for the win</title>
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Joey Logano gets the best of Busch again with three laps to go, a week after he tumbled down the banking at Dover.

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          <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:23:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>South Boston Speedway drivers prepping for Martinsville weekend</title>
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The tracks are different and the competition more ferocious, but for the drivers from South Boston Speedway, the season-long race for a championship makes running at Martinsville Speedway seem like it&#8217;s another day at the office.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Race winner Jimmie Johnson is now 10 points behind Mark Martin</title>
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The flag dropped today in Dover for the Cup Series and there was some hardship on the track.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:43:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Nationwide Race Results</title>
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Kyle Busch started off the race at Dover International Speedway today with 18 career poles and a qualifying speed of 154. It was Clint Bowyer who passed Busch on lap 118 to lead for the final 83.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:15:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>NASCAR digs up old roots in a new way</title>
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All facets of NASCAR have found new ways to let the fans back in. They&#8217;re reaching into the Twitter-sphere and putting themselves out there to give the people that inside look they crave.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:33:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Chase has begun. The top five drivers</title>
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The Sprint Cup Chase has officially begun and drivers lucked out with sunny skies in New Hampshire today.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:29:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sprint Cup contenders make the call on who they think will win it all</title>
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From a historical perspective that really doesn&#8217;t have much history to it, Tony Stewart may have been better off not winning NASCAR&#8217;s regular season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NASCAR announces 2010 race dates</title>
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Martinsville, Bristol, and Richmond all get two Sprint Cup races each next year           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>NASCAR: Denny Hamlin rolling into Chase with momentum</title>
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Denny Hamlin, a first-time winner in Richmond, has 10 top-10 finishes in his last 12 starts           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:35:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former NASCAR driver Wendell Scott recognized</title>
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Danville native Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR driver, will not be one of the first inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame when it opens in Charlotte, N.C., in May, but he won&#8217;t be forgotten either           ]]></description>
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          <title>NASCAR: Juan Pablo Montoya aims for aggressive approach to Chase</title>
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Montoya drives into Richmond sitting in eighth place among the top 12 who compete for NASCAR's grand Sprint Cup prize over the final 10 races of the season           ]]></description>
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          <title>Race number 26 for Nationwide drivers</title>
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The Degree V-12 300 took place at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the track was on fire.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:11:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Martin Truex wins his first NASCAR Qualifier</title>
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See who took the top six places in the Qualifier           ]]></description>
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          <title>Martin Snags 5th Pole of Season at Bristol</title>
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  Experience outlasted the big guns in qualifying at Bristol on Friday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ragan Outlasts Teammate as Kyle Wrecks</title>
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     Roush Fenway teammates battled to the end on Friday night, with points leader Kyle Busch out of the mix after an early wreck.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Denny Hamlin visits Hokies in Blacksburg</title>
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NASCAR's Commonwealth kid is becoming one of  the Hokies biggest supporters           ]]></description>
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          <title>Mat Mladin favored to win Superbike championship at VIR</title>
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The seven-time winner at VIR has an 83-point lead over teammate Tommy Hayden            ]]></description>
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Despite the gloomy national economy and a growing discontent with the altered state of racing at BMS, Bristol Motor Speedway officials have 160,000 reasons to celebrate            ]]></description>
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Yesterday, a multicar crash involving Gordon and Sam Hornish Jr. on Lap 63 brought out a 19-minute red flag.           ]]></description>
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Tony Stewart won the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on a steamy Monday, muscling an ill-handling car in the early going and then holding off Marcos Ambrose over the final 21 laps for his Cup-record fifth victory at the famed road course.           ]]></description>
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Falk, the points leader at Langley Speedway in Langley, led 69 laps and picked up his eighth victory of the season           ]]></description>
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Track President Doug Fritz said officials for IRL and ISC, the track's parent company, could not reach an agreement to add the SunTrust Indy Challenge on the 2010 IndyCar Series schedule           ]]></description>
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With a repaired bumper and some momentum lost from his accident in the second 75-lap Late Model Series race last weekend, Nick Smith had some ground to make up from the points he lost to Deac McCaskill.
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Coming off a career-best 15th-place finish at Milwaukee Speedway on June 20, Peyton Sellers will be back behind the wheel of his Nationwide Series car for three consecutive race weekends           ]]></description>
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The collective pieces of a reenergized driver, brand spanking new car and the depth of knowledge and experience brought to the team by Barry Beggarly have been the main parts that have jelled together in Rudolph&#8217;s first three races back at South Boston Speedway            ]]></description>
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10 On Your Side's John Appicello got a rare treat, when the NRV Fair invited me to run a couple of hot laps in the Lawn Mower races!           ]]></description>
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Smith led all 75 laps in the first twin Whelen All-American Late Model Series race, despite starting second for the first time in several weeks           ]]></description>
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The slick driving conditions during the sizzling summer months at South Boston Speedway have drivers doing anything and everything they can do get their cars to stick to the race track.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:16:25 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/sports/high_school/article/bleeding_can_be_problematic_for_drivers_at_south_boston_speedway/12542/#When:21:16:25Z</guid>
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It&#8217;s not a sight you see everyday.&nbsp; A big name in NASCAR, bagging your groceries.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Nick Smith wins convincingly in Late Model series race at South Boston</title>
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The post-race fireworks were, as many fans and spectators put it, short           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:03:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond race prompts IRL changes</title>
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The IRL yesterday announced a series of adjustments teams can make to their cars for the rest of the season in an effort to improve handling and make passing easier for cars on oval tracks           ]]></description>
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Jack Milam did all he could to hold off his son Jarrett as the laps were winding down in the second 30-lap Pure Stock race at South Boston Speedway early Saturday night           ]]></description>
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Bill Blair took the lead from Danville&#8217;s Tinker Daniels on lap 4 and led the final 17 laps to win the 20-lap Legendary Ford Flatheads race at South Boston Speedway Saturday night           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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Wayne Ramsey turned heads when he finished second in his first race back at South Boston Speedway in late April. It shouldn&#8217;t have surprised anyone then.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:17:39 EST</pubDate>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  Another less prominent team is hoping a pole can translate to a victory in Sprint Cup action.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:34:21 EST</pubDate>
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Carl Edwards&#8217; former car chief sued Roush Fenway Racing, accusing the organization of firing him shortly after his suicide attempt           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:47:24 EST</pubDate>
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Controversy surrounded the 50-lap Limited Sportsman race at South Boston Speedway Saturday night, as Burton was black flagged on lap 26 for rough driving after then-race leader Tommy Peregoy spun out in Turn 2           ]]></description>
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There is nothing more Wayne Ramsey enjoys than being in a racecar at South Boston Speedway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 10:52:56 EST</pubDate>
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Jimmie Wayne Patterson, a former race car champion at several Central Virginia short tracks, was thrown from the pickup truck he was driving in Nottoway County           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp; It was Burton over Sorenson for the pit crew challenge title.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;   Matt Kenseth didn&#8217;t exactly dominate, but he&#8217;ll take the Nationwide victory at Darlington regardless.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;   Qualifying saw the Lady in Black take a few bites out of the field for the Southern 500.           ]]></description>
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Grubb, whose NASCAR career was cut short because of alleged substance abuse, was found dead yesterday morning at a motel in Henrico County.           ]]></description>
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Some might consider Jimmie Johnson a lock to win his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship. Besides, he&#8217;s a position better than he was a year ago following a disappointing 30th-place finish at Richmond International Raceway.           ]]></description>
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They aren&#8217;t quite the Hatfields and McCoys, but Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. aren&#8217;t exactly fishing buddies, either           ]]></description>
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Nearly a third of the way through the NASCAR season, a number of Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series teams are still scrambling to secure sponsors in an effort to make it through the season           ]]></description>
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Kyle Busch didn&#8217;t shed a tear for Denny Hamlin, but he appeared genuinely empathetic toward his teammate           ]]></description>
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As the tires of the No. 11 Toyota flattened, Hamlin&#8217;s seemingly inevitable victory faded a year ago           ]]></description>
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Some wonder if Joe Gibbs Racing isn&#8217;t rushing the spotlight upon Joey Logano           ]]></description>
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Virginians Eddie Pardue and Joey Cohen have developed a reputation as one of the best crew chief/engineer tandems in the Nationwide Series           ]]></description>
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This marks the second year that VW will race its Jettas at VIR in its TDI Cup Series, which will run 10 races in 2009           ]]></description>
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The cup race is in the rear view mirror this spring, but racing action is still hot and heavy in Southwest Virginia.           ]]></description>
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The Hexatech &#8212; a giant cutting-edge driving simulator based on six mechanical legs that looks like something out of Terminator 2 &#8212; took a team of engineers and computer programmers a full week to set up.           ]]></description>
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So far, Stewart and teammate Ryan Newman have held their own against the Cup elite           ]]></description>
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Nothing in T.J. Bell&#8217;s racing background suggested that he would ever find himself driving a truck at Martinsville Speedway.           ]]></description>
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The impact comes from the income paid to workers, taxes that are generated and money spent during events           ]]></description>
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The drivers say they enjoy the challenge of NASCAR&#8217;s shortest track           ]]></description>
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Kyle Busch was pushed and challenged yesterday by Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson for much of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  Veteran Mark Martin is back on the pole in his number 5 Hendrick car at Bristol.           ]]></description>
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Jeff Dickerson, spotter and longtime confidante for NASCAR Sprint Cup sensation Kyle Busch, said the new variable banking and smoother concrete at BMS is perfect for aggressive drivers.           ]]></description>
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He may only drive 15 laps, but the Hokies&#8217; head man says he&#8217;ll make every lap last           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer and Cale Yarborough, both multi-time champions in their respective fields, will partner            ]]></description>
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Harry Gant will never forget his first step into the modern NASCAR world.
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It&#8217;s one of the most popular topics of the NASCAR campground. In fact, the debate sessions can stretch into the early morning.&nbsp; Were the good ol&#8217; days of racing really so good?           ]]></description>
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Just one after year finishing second to Kyle Busch at Bristol, Burton grabbed the lead from Denny Hamlin after a restart on a green-white-checkered finish. It was the only lap Burton led in the entire event.
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The Hokies&#8217; head man will announce the four most popular words in motorsports, &#8220;gentlemen start your engines.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Four races into the Sprint Cup season, and RCR has two drivers in the top 10.&nbsp; Martinsville Speedway set up a tour for the media of the Childress Racing shop in Welcome, NC.            ]]></description>
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A dejected Brad Daugherty sat in his late-model stock car, unwilling at that moment on Saturday morning to try to extract his 7-foot frame from behind the wheel.           ]]></description>
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Dean Combs&#8212;who drove NASCAR races for a Richmond-based owner and with a Richmond-based sponsor&#8212;has been charged in a North Carolina moonshine bust           ]]></description>
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Busch notched the biggest win of his young career Sunday by driving from the back of the field to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his hometown track. 
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What&#8217;s in a name? Everything, according to Ned Jarrett.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why the two-time NASCAR Cup champion was excited when he found out this year&#8217;s race at Darlington Raceway will again be called the Southern 500.           ]]></description>
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the talk of the 500 again, but for all the wrong reasons. You see, the all-popular Junior was all wrong Sunday. He made the wreck that wrecked the field and went on his merry way.           ]]></description>
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For years, NASCAR drivers and teams reaped the riches of a sport confidently bankrolled by corporate America.&nbsp; Now, with the economy imploding, the good times have stopped rolling for NASCAR.           ]]></description>
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The easy-going Californian became only the second NASCAR driver to win three consecutive championships. It&#8217;s a remarkable feat he shares with only Cale Yarborough           ]]></description>
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Russell Friedman, who earned two purple hearts while serving in Iraq, will have the spring Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway named in his honor           ]]></description>
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Tony Stewart goes into Sunday&#8217;s Daytona 500 winless in 10 tries in NASCAR&#8217;s most prestigious event.           ]]></description>
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At 34 and entering his 10th full season, Earnhardt is actually flying under the radar among the title contenders &#8212; well, as low as the sport&#8217;s most popular driver possibly could.           ]]></description>
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David Stremme has not only gotten a second shot, but he&#8217;s also moved up a notch.           ]]></description>
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With a skeleton crew, three race cars and a firm belief sponsorship will come through, Joe Nemechek is setting out to run the full Sprint Cup season as an owner/driver           ]]></description>
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There is no doubt NASCAR is big business, and sponsors are a huge part of that money every year.&nbsp; However, the problems with the economy have not avoided the racing world.           ]]></description>
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Representatives from NASCAR Technical Institute and Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) said students are still eagerly enrolling &#8212; and getting hired.            ]]></description>
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Peyton and H.C. Sellers have grown together as both prepare for the Nationwide Series           ]]></description>
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