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Bidding to move into the Funny Car playoffs point-lead for the first time in his career, Ford Racing loyalist Bob Tasca III clinched pole position Saturday as qualifying concluded for the 12th annual NHRA Midwest …

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Richmond A Ganassi Kind of Town
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It was a Target Chip Ganassi Racing kind of night at Richmond International Raceway Saturday as drivers from that team placed first and second in the SunTrust Indy Challenge and had very little challenge from …

Sat, 06/27/09 – 21:30 | Comments Off on Richmond A Ganassi Kind of Town
Hornaday Tops Memphis Field
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Ron Hornaday Jr. won his second Camping World Truck Series race in a row Saturday, beating Brian Scott to the finish line by .68 seconds at Memphis Motorsports Park.
The victory in the MemphisTravel.com 200 was …

Sat, 06/27/09 – 19:15 | Comments Off on Hornaday Tops Memphis Field
Busch Back in Winning Form
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Kyle Busch passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano with 36 laps to go in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and then eased away to victory.
The …

Sat, 06/27/09 – 16:15 | Comments Off on Busch Back in Winning Form
Coughlin Up To The Challenge
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Jeg Coughlin drove his JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt to the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge victory Saturday at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
In other racing, Larry Dixon, Neff, Greg Anderson and Andrew Hines claimed …

Sat, 06/27/09 – 16:10 | Comments Off on Coughlin Up To The Challenge
Logano Leads N.H. Qualifying
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Joey Logano won the pole for Saturday afternoon’s Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway by posting the fastest lap in qualifying on Saturday morning.
Logano’s qualifying speed was 128.902 mph.
Second fastest was Carl Edwards …

Sat, 06/27/09 – 10:05 | Comments Off on Logano Leads N.H. Qualifying
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Osborn, MO – Officially Joey Saldana only led three times for three single laps on Friday night in the Missouri High-Banked Nationals at U.S. 36 Raceway, but he traded the top spot with Johnny Herrera …

Fri, 06/26/09 – 23:00 | Comments Off on Saldana Shows ‘Em in Missouri
Franchitti Rolls To Pole
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Dario Franchitti on Friday won the pole for Saturday night’s IndyCar Series race at Richmond International Raceway.
Franchitti edged his Target Chip Ganassi teammate, Scott Dixon, to get the pole.
The second row in the starting field …

Fri, 06/26/09 – 17:55 | Comments Off on Franchitti Rolls To Pole
Schumacher Loses Top Tuner But Retains His Fastball
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Topeka, Kan. – Oh yeah, Tony Schumacher had heard the talk, all right. Loud and clear, even though much of that talk was snarkily whispered. And judging from the way …

Fri, 06/26/09 – 16:22 | Comments Off on Schumacher Loses Top Tuner But Retains His Fastball
Nationwide Adopts Shootout Restarts
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NASCAR announced Friday the addition of double-file restarts – “Shootout Style” – throughout each race for the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Beginning next weekend at Daytona International Speedway, the first- and second-place cars will line up …

Fri, 06/26/09 – 16:10 | Comments Off on Nationwide Adopts Shootout Restarts
Rain Puts Stewart On Pole
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Rain has forced cancelation of Friday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Hence the field for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 will be set by car-owner points.
That will put Tony …

Fri, 06/26/09 – 15:00 | Comments Off on Rain Puts Stewart On Pole