Archive for April, 2007

Gordon more like Earnhardt than fans admit

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

TALLADEGA, AL - APRIL 29:  Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 29, 2007 in Talladega, Alabama.  (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) *** Local Caption *** Jeff GordonOpinion: Driver stepping up to replace voice lost in garage when Intimidator died

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Busch’s HANS device cracked in Saturday wreck

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

NASCAR on Monday tried to figure out why Kyle Busch’s HANS device cracked during a spectacular crash at Talladega Superspeedway.

The frustrated driver, meanwhile, was trying to make sense of two hard wrecks that ruined his weekend.

Busch wrecked in Saturday’s Busch Series event, when he was hit from behind and his car ended up on its roof before rolling several times through the grass. His HANS device, a NASCAR-mandated head-and-neck restraint system, cracked in the accident.

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Busch Richmond entry list

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

Richmond Nextel Cup entry list

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

Fantasy recap: Gordon proves his worth

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

Jamie McMurray had yet another strong outing Sunday at Talladega. Gerrit Ritt includes him in his top fantasy performers.

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Fastest 43, not top 35, should make races

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

Seven of the fastest 43 qualifiers didn’t race at Talladega. Larry McReynolds says NASCAR should reconsider the top 35 rule.

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Track would be welcome in Eastern Oregon

Posted by on April 30th, 2007

An Eastern Oregon port district would
welcome a NASCAR track on its 14-hundred acres of sagebrugh near
the Columbia River town of Boardman.

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‘Dega download

Posted by on April 29th, 2007

Can’t get enough of four-wide, nose-to-tail racing and wrecking at 190 mph? Watch the entire Talladega race again.

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Stewart wrestling comments put NASCAR on defense

Posted by on April 29th, 2007

The season opened with a cheating scandal that threatened the integrity of NASCAR’s biggest race of the year. A mere two months later, its credibility is again under scrutiny because Tony Stewart likened the sport to professional wrestling.

Even though the two-time champion retracted his comments, the damage was already done.

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Debris briefly saves Stewart

Posted by on April 29th, 2007

In a twist of irony, those very debris cautions Tony Stewart railed against nearly saved his race.

But a myriad of other problems, including an accident on the next-to-last lap, relegated Stewart to a 28th-place finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. It ended a wild week for the two-time champion, who likened NASCAR to pro wrestling in a damaging indictment of the sport.

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