By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C. – For Hendrick Motorsports, the week has been phenomenal, as the nearly three-decade old team has won everything in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition except qualifying for the All-Star and Showdown races.
In a seven-day period, five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has recorded Hendrick’s 200th Cup victory at Darlington [...]

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Jimmie Johnson pulled away from Brad Keselowski over the final 10 laps to win Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Johnson won $1 million for his efforts.
Five-time Cup champion Johnson took the lead when he beat the field out of the pits after the mandatory stop prior to the final 10-lap segment [...]

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CONCORD, N.C.  – Darrell Wallace Jr. becomes the third African-American to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race this weekend and NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Saturday it would be big for the sport if he performed well.
“He’s somebody with the most promising talent who is an African-American who has [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite of the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, [...]

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Kyle Busch won the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Busch edged Ryan Newman in Friday’s time trials, which included three laps and a pit stop.
Denny Hamlin claimed the third starting position, followed by Cup points leader Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick .
Busch won his third All-Star pole but has [...]

CONCORD, N.C. – Kurt Busch said Friday he didn’t believe any of Ryan Newman’s crewmen were in danger when he executed a burnout through Newman’s pit as he left pit road following a wreck in last weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway.
“Newman left his pit a good 10 seconds before us,” Busch [...]

CONCORD, N.C. – If a congressman from Georgia has his way military sponsorships in NASCAR could soon be a thing of the past.
That would include the National Guard’s association with the sport’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
An amendment, which prohibits funding of sponsorships for professional sports or sporting events, passed in a voice vote [...]

By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Everyone knows the adage a photo is worth a 1,000 words, but for Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Sprint Cup team one photograph was worth $80,675.
Thursday night in the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge at Time Warner Arena, Johnson’s crew gained some sweet revenge, defeating Denny Hamlin’s team [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
It’s NASCAR All-Star Race week. It’s a week that culminates in a race which, despite the fact – or maybe because of the fact – that it pays no points, has produced some of the Sprint Cup Series’ most memorable moments.
Which All-Star Races are the most memorable? This week, RacinToday.com [...]

By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
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The link between the Sprint Cup Series and its roots was stronger back in the early 1990s. There was more of a connection between what was happening on Sunday afternoons at superspeedways and what was taking place at short tracks on Friday and Saturday nights.
In 1992, organizers of the NASCAR [...]