By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Shifting gears will make an encore performance at Pocono Raceway today. How wildly that encore is applauded in the garages depends on which driver you talk to.
Here is what a couple of drivers had to say about shifting for the turns at the 2.5-mile Pocono superspeedway.
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Roush [...]

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Antron Brown moved into the No. 1 position in Top Fuel Saturday to close qualifying at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash.
Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations as No. 1 qualifiers of the NHRA Full [...]

Newton, Iowa – It’s not often that one driver will thank another for wrecking him late in a race. But that is exactly what Ricky Stenhouse did after he was rammed from behind as he headed for the finish line in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway Saturday night.
That’s because the ram job [...]

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Saturday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway has been postponed because of rain.
The rain began shortly after the start of the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125.
When the cars were parked after 17 laps, rookies Parker Kligerman, Joey Coulter and Cole Whitt held the top three positions.
The 50-lap race will resume at [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Newton, Iowa – Elliott Sadler won the pole for Saturday night’s U.S. Cellular 250 Nationwide Series race on Saturday afternoon by turning a lap at 132.386 mph.
The pole was the third of the season for Sadler – who will start the race third in points – and the Kevin Harvick [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Brad Keselowski has been involved in some dramatic, high-flying, debris-spraying, holy-crap wrecks during his racing career. And then there was the one he survived earlier this week during a test session at the Road Atlanta road course.
“It wasn’t good,” the Penske Racing driver said Friday at Pocono Raceway, site of [...]

Let’s see what’s in the Morning Memo today:
There are going to be a lot of media members up in Pocono today who are going to be looking for a new schtick this weekend. Gone will be their go-to question. The one which has gotten them through many a press conference this year.
Carl Edwards has announced [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Carl Edwards has decided to stay at Roush Fenway Racing and continue driving the No. 99 Ford, the team announced Thursday morning.
The deal is for multiple seasons and ends the biggest free-agent mystery in NASCAR this year.
“Carl Edwards has achieved a level of success on and off track that would [...]

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NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski was taken to a hospital after crashing during at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. on Wednesday.
A statement released by Penske Racing read:
“Brad Keselowski was involved in an accident today at Road Atlanta while testing. He was transported to an Atlanta area hospital for further evaluation. Brad was able to exit the [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Clermont, Ind. – The corn dog looked bigger that the arm of the little kid who was holding it. With it’s popsicle stick at the bottom and thick layer of deep-fried golden corn batter, the corn dog looked both longer and meatier that the little arm.
And neither the 90-plus-degree heat, [...]