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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kurt Busch has mixed feelings about 5th-place All-Star finish]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.C. (May 18, 2013) – Kurt Busch saw a potential victory slip to a fifth-place finish in Saturday night’s rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
 
After the four 20-lap segments in the non-points race, Busch posted the best average finish among the 22 drivers and was positioned in first place before teams were required to make a mandatory ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kurt-busch-has-mixed-feelings-about-5th-place-all-star-finish/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sprint All-Star cash goes to Johnson for a record fourth time]]></title>
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At the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday evening, Jimmie Johnson came from behind to win the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race for a record fourth time.  Taking the lead in the final segment, Johnson wasn’t to be denied as he took the checkered flag and the $1 million first-place prize.

Starting 20th after a substandard qualifying effort, Johnson worked his way through the field to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/sprint-all-star-cash-goes-to-johnson-for-a-record-fourth-time/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyle Busch aces truck race at Charlotte]]></title>
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In a hard-fought NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch soared through the field to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200.  

Although Busch is accustomed to winning, a stop-and-go-penalty for an errant gas can dropped him back in the field.  Undeterred, Busch marched forward, regaining the lead in the late going and taking the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/kyle-busch-aces-truck-race-at-charlotte/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edwards flies to pole in Sprint All-Star qualifying at Charlotte]]></title>
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Carl Edwards out-braved 18 others to take the coveted pole position for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.  Adding to the bravery quotient for the drivers was that pit-road speed, entering and exiting, was not enforced.

Qualifying consisted of three laps and a mandatory four-tire pit stop.

The NASCAR Sprint All-Star race will cover 135 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/edwards-flies-to-pole-in-sprint-all-star-qualifying-at-charlotte/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dick Trickle ended his own life at the age of 71]]></title>
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Dick Trickle died today, Thursday May 16th at a local cemetery in Boger City, North Carolina.  The retired NASCSAR driver who made the news for his talent on the short tracks and for his personality. His passion was being at a race track. 

From 1967 to 1972, Trickle was the one to beat on the stock car racing short-tracks; he was known as the &quot;White Knight''.  After his ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/dick-trickle-ended-his-own-life-at-the-age-of-71/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The 29th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star event set to begin]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 15, 2013) – History collides with the present, as names including Johnson, Gordon and Busch build upon a foundation laid by the likes of Waltrip, Yarborough and Earnhardt.

 

This Saturday night, the most thrilling all-star exhibition in all of sports roars under the lights at the historic Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the 29th running of the NASCAR ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/the-29th-running-of-the-nascar-sprint-all-star-event-set-to-begin/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Busch hopes to find himself in victory lane for the All-Star race at Charlotte]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (May 14, 2013) – If there was one person who best described the attitude of everyone involved in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, it would be former track President H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, who once called it a race in which the owner of the car tells the driver, “Bring me back the trophy or the steering wheel.”
 

While ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/busch-hopes-to-find-himself-in-victory-lane-for-the-all-star-race-at-charlotte/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASCAR places the No. 54 JGR crew chief and car chief on probation]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 14, 2013) – NASCAR announced today that NASCAR Nationwide Series crew chief Adam Stevens (No. 54 team) has been fined and placed on probation for violations during this past weekend’s event at Darlington Raceway. In addition, the team’s car chief Christopher Landis has been placed on probation for the remainder of the year.

 

Stevens has been fined ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-ns/news/nascar-places-the-no-54-jgr-crew-chief-and-car-chief-on-probation/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kenseth tames the Lady in Black to take the Darlington 500 victory]]></title>
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Despite his crew chief being under suspension, Matt Kenseth drove the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to the win in the Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Speedway on Saturday. It was Kenseth's third win of the season, but the first of his career at Darlington.

&quot;I've only dreamed about winning the Southern 500,&quot; Kenseth said ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kenseth-tames-the-lady-in-black-to-take-the-darlington-500-victory/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 04:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyle Busch continues JGR's dominance at Darlington]]></title>
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Kyle Busch dominated the Help a Hero 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Friday night, starting his No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota from the pole and leading most of the race en route to his fifth series win of the season in eight starts. It was JGR's seventh win in the last eight Nationwide races at Darlington.

Joe Gibbs Racing claimed the top-three ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-ns/news/kyle-busch-continues-jgr-s-dominance-at-darlington/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 05:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA["New York loft for sale, $30 million. Ask for Jeff."]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeff Gordon is busy at Darlington this weekend as he hopes to notch his first win of the 2013 season. Yet at the same time, Gordon's real estate agent is showing his three-bedroom residence at 15 Central Park West.  

On Saturday night in South Carolina, Gordon will take the green flag for his 700th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career start at the track that is “too tough to tame”. While ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/new-york-loft-for-sale-30-million-ask-for-jeff/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kurt Busch on pole at Darlington for Saturday night race]]></title>
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With a Darlington (S.C.) Raceway track qualifying record of 27.032 seconds on Friday, Kurt Busch claimed the pole starting spot for this No. 78 Furniture Racing Chevrolet for Saturday's Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the track.

&quot;There still may be a little time out there,&quot; Busch said, soon after climbing out of his car. &quot;Was really fast in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kurt-busch-on-pole-at-darlington-for-saturday-night-race/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Darlington: a sentimental favorite for many drivers for different reasons]]></title>
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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway for night racing with Saturday night's running of the Bojangles' Southern 500. This year's Darlington race marks the 10-year anniversary of one of the most memorable NASCAR finish in recent history. It was at Darlington in March 2003 that Ricky Craven drove to his final Sprint Cup Series win, beating Kurt Busch, then ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/darlington-a-sentimental-favorite-for-many-drivers-for-different-reasons/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASCAR Appeals Panel announces fate of Joe Gibbs Racing]]></title>
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The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel today heard and considered the appeal of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team.

 

The penalties concern Sections 12-1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing; 12-4J: Any determination by NASCAR Officials that race equipment used in the event does not conform to the NASCAR rules detailed in Section 20 of the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-appeals-panel-announces-fate-of-joe-gibbs-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspensions reduced for Joe Gibbs Racing, Penske Racing teams]]></title>
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The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team won its appeal to the National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel on Wednesday, sort of. JGR went before the Panel to appeal penalties handed down as a result of the engine raced in the No. 20 at Kansas Speedway on April 21 failing inspection. One of the connecting rods in the engine was too light.

According to NASCAR's ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/suspensions-reduced-for-joe-gibbs-racing-penske-racing-teams/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Penske Racing loses appeal on #2 and #22 penalities  ]]></title>
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On May 7, 2013 the Chief Appellate Officer heard and considered the appeal of the penalties from the No. 2 and No. 22 Penske Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams.  These penalties stemmed from pre-race inspection for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway April 13.

 

The penalties concern Sections 12-1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing; 12-4J: Any ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/penske-racing-loses-appeal-on-2-and-22-penalities/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[‘The lady in green’ once again meets ‘The lady in black’]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (May 7, 2013) – It’s been called the toughest of all tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. So much so that Darlington (S.C.) Raceway years ago was nicknamed “The Track Too Tough To Tame.”
 
Darlington is an egg-shaped oval 1.366 miles in length – the odd shape because the western portion of the oval needed a tighter radius on the turns as founder Harold ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/the-lady-in-green-once-again-meets-the-lady-in-black/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven-time Darlington winner Gordon to make 700th career start]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DARLINGTON, S.C. - It may not be tame or the same, but respect is what Jeff Gordon will give Darlington Raceway as he prepares for his 700th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start this Saturday night in the Bojangles' Southern 500.

Darlington Raceway has earned a few monikers since it opened in 1950. &quot;The Track Too Tough to Tame&quot; and &quot;The Lady In Black&quot; are two of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/seven-time-darlington-winner-gordon-to-make-700th-career-start/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Front Row Motorsports earns first win in 1-2 Ragan-Gilliland finish at Talladega]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[STATESVILLE , N.C. (May 6, 2013) - Front Row Motorsports earned its first NASCAR victory Sunday night at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway when David Gilliland pushed teammate David Ragan to the checkers in a dramatic last-lap surge to cap off a wild and rain-interrupted race.  Ragan earned Bob Jenkins' young team its first Sprint Cup Series win and Gilliland finished second for the best ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/front-row-motorsports-earns-first-win-in-1-2-ragan-gilliland-finish-at-talladega/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ragan scores in wild finish at Talladega]]></title>
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Racing into overtime and darkness, David Ragan powered into the lead on the final lap to win the rain-delayed Aaron’s 499 at the Talladega Superspeedway.  As usual at Talladega, the race was spiced with intense action and for those that sat through the marathon event, they witnessed a wild and woolly finish, one that ended well into the evening.  

Due to a 3 ½-hour rain delay, the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ragan-scores-in-wild-finish-at-talladega/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
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