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      <title><![CDATA[Patrick delivers impressive drive at Martinsville 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Danica Patrick delivered one of the most impressive drives by a rookie in the 64-year history of Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, finishing 12th in the STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday.
 
It was the second-best finish of her brief 16-race Sprint Cup Series career, topped only by her eighth-place result in the season-opening Daytona 500.
 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/patrick-delivers-impressive-drive-at-martinsville-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Busch runs out of ‘time’ at Martinsville, finishes fifth]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kyle Busch had a strong M&amp;M’s Toyota Camry, leading twice for 56 laps in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP Gas Booster 500 on Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. But as the laps wound down, Busch couldn’t get his machine to handle to his liking and got stuck in the less-desirable outside line on a late-race restart, preventing him from returning to the front. He was forced to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/busch-runs-out-of-time-at-martinsville-finishes-fifth/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Newman’s strong run at Martinsville 500 thwarted by flat tires]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ryan Newman had a strong run going in the STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, but a pair of flat tires relegated him to a 31st-place finish.
 
Newman started 10th in the 43-car field in the Quicken Loans Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) and held his position in the opening laps. But he began to fall multiple positions after ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/newman-s-strong-run-at-martinsville-500-thwarted-by-flat-tires/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Too Much to Overcome for Kurt Busch in Martinsville]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MARTINSVILLE, Va. (April 7, 2013) – For a brief time during the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway it appeared that Kurt Busch was going to make another comeback as he did by scoring top-five finishes in the past two Sprint Cup races in Bristol, Tenn. and Fontana, Calif.
 
But on this Sunday at the southern Virginia short track the bad breaks and mechanical malfunctions were ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/too-much-to-overcome-for-kurt-busch-in-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Johnson dominates for his eighth win at Martinsville ]]></title>
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Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was one of just a handful of cars to spend time up front during the STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Sunday. After leading 346 laps of the 500-lap race, Johnson drove into victory lane to celebrate his sixty-second-career win and his eighth at Martinsville to take sole ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/johnson-dominates-for-his-eighth-win-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Johnson sets new track qualifying record at Martinsville]]></title>
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Jimmie Johnson's 19.244-second lap around Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Friday in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet not only garnered the five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion the pole starting spot for Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500, it also set a new Martinsville qualifying record.

&quot;We always go to the race track hoping we will have speed and be the guy to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/johnson-sets-new-track-qualifying-record-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Logano with Martinsville ahead: I want to race against the best of the best]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joey Logano – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – HAVE YOU TALKED TO TONY?  IS THIS OVER OR WILL WE SEE MORE FIREWORKS THIS WEEK?  “I feel like with Tony and I, I think it’s pretty much over.  We have not talked to each other, but we had an off-weekend and time to relax a little bit and cool off, so I feel like that’s over.  

I feel like we’re moving on.  I think we’re both out there ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/logano-with-martinsville-ahead-i-want-to-race-against-the-best-of-the-best/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stewart at Martinsville: I don’t like blocking ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HOW WAS YOUR PRACTICE? “Not very good so far.  We are just struggling to make the car do what we want it to do.”

IS THE PLAN STILL TO TEACH JOEY LOGANO A LESSON OR HAVE THINGS CALMED DOWN? “That is two weeks ago.  I’m on Martinsville this weekend.  We are trying to figure out what we have to do to make our race cars go fast this week.”
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/stewart-at-martinsville-i-don-t-like-blocking/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Johnson at Martinsville: If you are that mad at someone go do something about it.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[THIS IS A TRACK WHERE YOU HAVE HAD IMMENSE SUCCESS WITH SEVEN WINS AND YOU WILL BE GOING FOR NUMBER EIGHT THIS WEEKEND: “Definitely looking forward to competing for number eight.  We had a great race here in the fall and I’m expecting good things to happen once again.  
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/johnson-at-martinsville-if-you-are-that-mad-at-someone-go-do-something-about-it/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Martinsville history runs deep for Roush Fenway Racing]]></title>
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CONCORD, N.C. (April 3, 2013) – This weekend Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) rookie Sprint Cup driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will make his debut at a track traditionally noted for knocking around rookies and veterans alike; Martinsville Speedway.

 

“We have won there a few times, but history would definitely show that it has been a challenge,” said RFR team owner Jack Roush, who will ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/martinsville-history-runs-deep-for-roush-fenway-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Extending momentum, snapping jinxes are goals for Kurt Busch, FRR at Martinsville]]></title>
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DENVER, Colo. (April 3, 2013) – Coming off a pair of impressive top-five finishes, Kurt Busch is in position to snap an eight-year jinx in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race – the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/extending-momentum-snapping-jinxes-are-goals-for-kurt-busch-frr-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Smith returns to Phoenix Racing at Martinsville]]></title>
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (April 3, 2013) - Regan Smith is returning to Sprint Cup Series racing this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. He's hopping behind the wheel of the No. 51 Hendrickcars.com Chevy fielded by Phoenix Racing for Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500. It will mark his first Cup Series start since the Daytona 500, when he piloted the No. 51 car to a seventh-place finish. Smith ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/smith-returns-to-phoenix-racing-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gordon and Johnson are always favorites at Martinsville]]></title>
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When the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville (Va.) Speedway as it will this weekend for Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500, it's not hard to pick out a few favorites. Drivers at the top of the list include Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Chevrolet and Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Chevy and Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/gordon-and-johnson-are-always-favorites-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stewart is looking ahead to Martinsville 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (April 2, 2013) – An extremely powerful 800-watt motor that pulses, stirs, mixes, purees and chops. It can even slice, shred and process a variety of ingredients – all in record time. It’s big, it’s powerful and it’s easy.
 
Those are just a few attributes of a Cuisinart food processor that actually has several applications. The general idea, though, is to be able to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/stewart-is-looking-ahead-to-martinsville-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Penske Racing previews Martinsville 500 race ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A STRONG SECOND: While his string of four-consecutive top-five finishes came to an end two weeks ago at Auto Club Speedway, Keselowski is still off to the best start of his career. Sitting second in the driver standings, Keselowski has an average finishing position of 7.4 over the first five races. This is a 10.2-position improvement over last year at this same time

MARTINSVILLE ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/penske-racing-previews-martinsville-500-race/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roush Fenway Takes to Martinsville]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Roush Fenway at Martinsville
In 176 Cup starts at Martinsville, Roush Fenway has turned more laps there than any other venue in the Sprint Cup Series, with 85,026 laps completed. During that span, Roush Fenway has collected four wins, four poles, 26 top-five and 62 top-10 finishes. All-in-all, Roush Fenway carries a 17.0 career average Sprint Cup finish to Martinsville this weekend.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/roush-fenway-takes-to-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Danica Patrick ready for Martinsville Gas Booster 500]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (April 2, 2013) – Two big challenges await Danica Patrick as she looks toward Sunday’s STP Gas Booster 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
 
The first and most important challenge is figuring out how to drive the tricky .526-mile paperclip oval that her crew chief Tony Gibson describes as “a tough place for any veteran to go, let alone a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/danica-patrick-ready-for-martinsville-gas-booster-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Truex Jr. looking forward to Martinsville 500 challenge]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CORNELIUS, N.C. —  No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS driver Martin Truex Jr. has developed a new attitude toward Martinsville Speedway since joining Michael Waltrip Racing in 2010.
M ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/truex-jr-looking-forward-to-martinsville-500-challenge/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aric Almirola eyes victory lane driving iconic No. 43 at Martinsville Speedway]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.C. - Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Jani-King/STP Ford team improved their finishing position by four spots from the spring to fall races last season, eighth and fourth, respectively. 
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/aric-almirola-eyes-victory-lane-driving-iconic-no-43-at-martinsville-speedway/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ragan enjoys going 'old school' at Martinsville]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[STATESVILLE, N.C. - With all that's new about NASCAR's Gen-6 car, there will still be one large component of this weekend's Sprint Cup race that will still have a classic feel - the track itself.  
David Ragan, Ford ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ragan-enjoys-going-old-school-at-martinsville/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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