Archive for February 12th, 2008

2008 NASCAR Nationwide schedule, standings

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Feb. 16 - Camping World 300, Daytona Beach, Fla.

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, standings

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Feb. 9 - x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla.

NASCAR made the right call with Busch/Stewart

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I have gotten a chance to look at NASCAR’s decision to put both Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch on probation for six races, and it got me thinking.

Greatest NASCAR moments: Nos. 40-31

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Darlington Raceway has hosted many thrillers, but how many made the NASCAR top moments list? Click here to find out.

Busch, Stewart put on probation after wrecks

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NASCAR is placing drivers Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart on probation for six races, beginning with Sunday’s Daytona 500.

The punishment follows a confrontation between the two former series champions, who wrecked in practice last week and then carried it into the NASCAR officials’ trailer.

NASCAR says the probation stems solely from the on-track portion of their clash, when the drivers deliberately used their cars as battering rams.

NASCAR puts Busch, Stewart on 6-race probation

Posted by on February 12th, 2008

NASCAR is placing drivers Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart on probation for six races, beginning with Sunday’s Daytona 500.

The punishment follows a confrontation between the two former series champions, who wrecked in practice last week and then carried it into the NASCAR officials’ trailer.

NASCAR says the probation stems solely from the on-track portion of their clash, when the drivers deliberately used their cars as battering rams.

Legendary slingshot passes back at Daytona

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. did it.

So did Tony Stewart.

During the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway, both race-winner Earnhardt and runner-up Stewart drew oohs and aahs and had spectators standing each time they pulled out of a freight train-like draft of stock cars, dropped low on the banked 2.5-mile oval and shot past the cars ahead of them.

Too much of a good thing for Hendrick?

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Hendrick Motorsports is stacked with talent, but is there too much power centered on one team? Lee Spencer has the answers.

Quiet day at Daytona means NASCAR is doing alright

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Two-time series champion Jimmie Johnson took a trip to the Florida Keys. Crew chief Tony Eury Jr. visited Sea World. And some of NASCAR’s top officials played golf.

All was quiet - for a change - at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, just the way NASCAR wanted it.

Cheating scandals rocked the Daytona 500 the previous two years, tarnishing NASCAR’s most prestigious event and turning the attention to the uglier side of racing.