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  Kahne wins, Hamlin 2nd at Coca-Cola 600

  Kasey Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Former Manchester High graduate Denny Hamlin finished second.

  05/27/2012 10:17 PM
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• Ambrose falls out of Coca-Cola 600 contention

  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Marcos Ambrose started the Coca-Cola 600 on the front row, but a broken left wheel hub cost him a shot at giving owner Richard Petty a victory in NASCAR's longest race Sunday. Ambrose, who qualified second for

  05/27/2012 8:57 PM
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• Franchitti wins 3rd Indy 500, gives nod to Wheldon

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Dan Wheldon couldn't win his third Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti did it for him. And if it wasn't going to be Franchitti, then it would be Scott Dixon. Maybe even Tony Kanaan. No matter what, one of Wheldon's

  05/27/2012 6:54 PM
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• Franchitti wins Indianapolis 500, his third

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Scotland's Dario Franchitti stamped his name in the record books on Sunday by becoming the latest three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. But the day was not about Franchitti: It was all for Dan Wheldon. Franchitti won a

  05/27/2012 5:14 PM
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• Wallace thinks it's time to shorten NASCAR season

  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Rusty Wallace, recently selected to the NASCAR Hall of Famer, loves plenty of things about the sport. Except maybe the increased schedule. "It's the classic case of supply and demand," Wallace said Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

  05/27/2012 5:06 PM
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• Both Lotus pulled out of Indy 500, judged too slow

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The long, bad month for Lotus ended quickly Sunday. Both of the engine manufacturer's cars were black-flagged on lap 11 and pulled out of the Indianapolis 500 for going too slow. Simona de Silvestro's car was running 14

  05/27/2012 2:53 PM
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• Sellers tops Pulliam at South Boston, claims trophy and track points

  Sellers got the trophy and picked up points in the track standings as he held off Pulliam in the best Late Model race of the season at SoBo to win the first twin 75-lap race Saturday night in the Halifax County Powers Business racing program.

  05/27/2012 12:42 AM
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• Keselowski starts big weekend with win for Penske

  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, leading the final 67 laps to give Penske Racing a winning start on auto racing's biggest weekend. Keselowski raced to his first Nationwide

  05/26/2012 6:38 PM
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• Earnhardt hopes to put last year behind him

  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) At first Dale Earnhardt Jr. was relieved he didn't fall further back than seventh at last year's Coca-Cola 600. Then he realized what he had lost for just about a gallon of gas. "After a while, you

  05/26/2012 6:31 PM
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• Daly emerges unscathed from big crash in GP3

  MONACO (AP) American driver Conor Daly walked away unharmed from a spectacular crash during a GP3 series race in Monaco on Saturday. The 20-year-old Lotus driver was coming out of a tunnel near Monaco's harbor when he hit the back

  05/26/2012 3:45 PM
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