By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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Newton, Iowa – Some final thoughts from Iowa Speedway:
Another NASCAR race at Iowa Speedway and another enthusiastic sellout crowd. That’s three this year alone – a Camping World race, two Nationwide Series races.
It just may be time to take the track’s request for hosting a Sprint Cup race seriously.
The place [...]

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The No. 13 ThorSport team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the No. 6 and 14 teams that compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series were penalized Tuesday as a result of rules violations committed this past weekend.
The No. 13 truck, which is driven by Johnny Sauter, was found to be in [...]

By Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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Nashville – The apparent demise of Nashville Superspeedway might open the door to bringing back NASCAR racing to historical old Fairgrounds Speedway.
The Supespeedway, located 40 miles east of Nashville, will seek no NASCAR sanctions next year, owner Dover Motorsports announced last week. The 11-year-old track, valued at around $50 million, [...]

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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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 [...]

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The much-anticipated debut of action sports star  Travis Pastrana in the NASCAR Nationwide Series will continue to be much-anticiapted until next season.
Pastrana Waltrip Racing announced today that Pastrana will not make his NNS debut until the 2012 season because of  injuries suffered during the 17th annual X Games last week in Los Angeles.
The 11-time X [...]

When the news broke that Nashville Superspeedway wouldn’t be seeking sanctions for NASCAR’s Nationwide or Camping World Truck Series races next year, it wasn’t much of a surprise. There have been better crowds for dirt Late Model races than what Nashville
pulled in recent races.
But there’s still a great sense of sadness, for the track and [...]

By Larry Woody | Senior Writer
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Nashville – Dover Motorsports has announced it will seek no NASCAR races next year for Nashville Superspeedway and will “evaluate all options for the track, including its possible sale.”
The track, located in Gladeville, Tenn., 40 miles east of Nashville, has struggled with attendance since opening in 2001.
Should Dover sell 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, [...]

Nashville – The pit-road preacher who gave perhaps the most memorable invocation in NASCAR history will have a chance for an encore performance.
Cliff Hawks, VP/GM of Nashville Superspeedway, says pastor Joe Nelms “will definitely be invited back next year.”
Nelms is minister of Family Baptist Church in Lebanon, Tenn., located a few miles from the Superspeedway [...]