Ricky Rudd and Travis Kvapil are NASCAR’s latest version of the young and the restless.

Rudd, 51, is nursing his shoulder that was separated following a savage crash at California on Sept. 2. Rudd attends physical therapy every other day and had hoped to return to the No. 88 Ford by Dover, but added, “Unfortunately, it’s looking more like Kansas City.” The only benefit to Rudd’s injury is it provides an excuse for not tackling wife Linda’s honey-do list. “At least I’m playing this (injury) for all that it’s worth.”

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LOUDON, N.H. – It took over 10 years, but Ron Hornaday Jr. is finally back in Victory Lane at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Hornaday, who won the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race here in 1996, blew away the field by leading 174 …

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Ron Hornaday Jr. got a victory and a little breathing room Saturday in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship duel with Mike Skinner.

It was no contest on the 1.058-mile New Hampshire International Speedway oval as the two-time series champion led 174 of the 200 laps in the New Hampshire 200 on the way to his fourth victory of the season and the 33rd of his career.

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How is the Chase like bowling? Steve Byrnes explains, and says why he thinks Denny Hamlin might roll a strike at Loudon.

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LOUDON, N.H. — After a morning full of rain delays, the sun has broken through the clouds and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is ready to take the track for this afternoon’s running of the New Hampshire 200.

After the trucks, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series will go a 100 laps …

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Earnhardt Jr. reportedly settles on new number to race as next season with Hendrick Motorsports

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Although everyone in NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship would love to get off to a great start in the 10-race playoff, Jimmie Johnson has proven that it isn’t a necessity.

In the inaugural Chase in 2004, after starting off with finishes of 11th and 10th at New Hampshire and Dover, Johnson slipped to 37th and 32nd at Talladega and Kansas. That left him ninth in the standings, 247 points behind leader Kurt Busch.

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LOUDON, N.H. — “Happy Hour” practice for tomorrow’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway has been called off due to rain.

NASCAR officials have also scrubbed qualifying for today’s Craftsman Truck Series race and the field will be set by owner points.

That’s about all the news I have for now. …

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LOUDON, N.H. – NASCAR fans, the clock is ticking.
As the NASCAR season heads into the climatic, 10-race “Chase for the NEXTEL Cup,” starting this weekend with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, Ford is giving race fans the …

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