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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:15:02 +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[Crew members suspended for violation of NASCAR substance abuse policy]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 14, 2013) – Jackson L. Dodson II, a crew member in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Frank W. Earnhardt, a crew member in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, have been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.

 

On May 9, Dodson was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/crew-members-suspended-for-violation-of-nascar-substance-abuse-policy/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:52:57 +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[Rain stops Talladega action with Edwards the leader]]></title>
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Carl Edwards nosed ahead of teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. just as it started to rain at the Talladega Superspeedway.  Officials immediately stopped the race with a quartet of Fords leading the way on the 125th lap.

Until the dark clouds rolled in, Matt Kenseth had totally dominated a majority of the race until yielding first to Jimmie Johnson and thereafter to Stenhouse and finally ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/rain-stops-talladega-action-with-edwards-the-leader/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 20:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hamlin cleared to start the race at Talladega]]></title>
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NASCAR and Joe Gibbs Racing have confirmed that Denny Hamlin will return to his NASCAR Sprint Cup No. 11 Toyota for this weekend’s Talladega Superspeedway but with limited conditions for his time in the car. 

Hamlin had to miss his home race in Richmond, Virginia but was present at the venue to support his JGR teammates. 

His recovery from a fractured vertebra has sidelined the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/hamlin-cleared-to-start-the-race-at-talladega/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 06:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASCAR Appeals Panel upholds the original penalties given to Penske Racing]]></title>
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National Stock Car Racing Appeals panel statement:


 

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 NASCAR rule book, or has not been approved by NASCAR prior to the event; and 20-12: All suspension ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-appeals-panel-upholds-the-original-penalties-given-to-penske-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hamlin remains on the sideline for his home race at Richmond ]]></title>
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Denny Hamlin had hoped to make an early comeback at the Richmond International Raceway this weekend but doctors have not cleared him to race.  Instead, the Richmond-area native will be on top of the pit box watching Brian Vickers drive his Toyota.   An

Local favorite Hamlin will be on hand throughout the weekend, starting with Thursday night’s Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown, a ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/hamlin-remains-on-the-sideline-for-his-home-race-at-richmond/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kansas winning JGR team penalized: failed post-race engine inspection]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 24, 2013) – Penalties have been handed down to the No. 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team as a result of rule violations discovered in the post-race engine inspection April 23 at the NASCAR Research and Development Center.

 

The No. 20 car was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kansas-winning-jgr-team-penalized-failed-post-race-engine-inspection/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New NASCAR Sprint Cup road-course qualifying procedure announced]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Apr. 22, 2013) – NASCAR announced today that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will implement the group-based road course qualifying procedure used in NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Touring Series competition during its road-course events at Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International. Under the new procedure, cars will qualify in groups instead of the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/new-nascar-sprint-cup-road-course-qualifying-procedure-announced/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Monetary fines, probation and loss of points from Texas race announced by NASCAR ]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 17, 2013) – Penalties have been handed down to three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams following last Saturday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway.

 

The No. 56 car was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/monetary-fines-probation-and-loss-of-points-from-texas-race-announced-by-nascar/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MWR's Martin will return to the #55 Toyota at Texas]]></title>
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CORNELIUS, N.C. - Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Mark Martin will fill in for injured Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota Camry next weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

 

Martin will return to the No. 55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13 and resume his previously scheduled run of events with MWR for the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/mwr-s-martin-will-return-to-the-55-toyota-at-texas/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Martin will sub for Hamlin in the JGR Toyota]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mark Martin has been named by Joe Gibbs Racing as the driver of the #11 Toyota. The move for Martin to take over for the injured Denny Hamlin had to be agreed upon by both Gibbs and Michael Waltrip. 

Hamlin sustained a fractured vertebra in a crash with Joey Logano at the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race on the Auto Club Speedway and the injury will sideline the JGR Toyota driver for ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/martin-will-sub-for-hamlin-in-the-jgr-toyota/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hamlin receives 25k fine for disparaging remarks made in Phoenix]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 7, 2013) – NASCAR has fined driver Denny Hamlin $25,000 for comments he made following the March 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.

 

NASCAR determined that Hamlin violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the 2013 NASCAR Rule Book.

 

NASCAR issued the following statement regarding the penalty:

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/hamlin-receives-25k-fine-for-disparaging-remarks-made-in-phoenix/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kurt Busch moves to back of grid due to wall hit in PIR qualifying]]></title>
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (March 1, 2013) -- After a solid first qualifying lap at the Phoenix International Raceway 1-mile oval Friday, Busch's No. 78 Furniture Row/Beautyrest Chevrolet SS scraped the wall during the second lap due to a malfunction in the coolant system. 
 
The damage (right-front and right-side) was enough that the team will go to the backup car for Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kurt-busch-moves-to-back-of-grid-due-to-wall-hit-in-pir-qualifying/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Johnson and Hendrick smiling as primary sponsor extends contract ]]></title>
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CONCORD, N.C. - Lowe's Companies Inc. will continue its successful relationship
with Hendrick Motorsports after signing a two-year contract extension that secures the full-season
primary sponsorship of the No. 48 NASCAR Sprint Cup team and five-time series champion Jimmie
Johnson in 2014 and 2015.

Announced today to more than 1,700 store managers at the Lowe's national sales meeting ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/johnson-and-hendrick-smiling-as-primary-sponsor-extends-contract/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bad luck continues for Edwards at Daytona, Kenseth goes out while leading]]></title>
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Carl Edwards has been in four wrecks at Daytona since the initial test was held and his bad luck continued today during the Daytona 500 when he got caught up in a multi-car wreck on the 137th lap.

It started when Trevor Bayne and Brad Keselowski came together while running with a cluster of other cars.  Josh Wise, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Terry Labonte, Kurt Busch, David Ragan, Austin ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bad-luck-continues-for-edwards-at-daytona-kenseth-goes-out-while-leading/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crash sidelines Kahne, Harvick, Stewart, Montoya and others at Daytona 500]]></title>
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On the 34th lap of the Daytona 500, a nine-car crash sent star drivers Kasey Kahne, Sprint
Unlimited victor Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Juan Pablo Montoya and five others to the sidelines.

According to Kahne, he had to check-up when the three cars ahead of him slowed.  In turn, he got
bumped by Kyle Busch and spun off the track.  Running in a large pack, cars scattered in ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/crash-sidelines-kahne-harvick-stewart-montoya-and-others-at-daytona-500/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyle Busch races to victory in 2nd Daytona Duel]]></title>
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Daytona Beach, Fla. – Kyle Busch excelled in the second Budweiser Duel at the Daytona
International Speedway.  His speed was the second fastest in Duel history.  Leading 19 of the 60
laps, Busch narrowly beat out Kasey Kahne to score his second Duel victory.

Kahne took second with 22-year old Austin Dillon third.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kyle-busch-races-to-victory-in-2nd-daytona-duel/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Harvick powers to victory in Duel No. 1 at Daytona]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Daytona Beach, Fla. – In the first Budweiser Duel at the Daytona International Speedway on Thursday afternoon, Kevin Harvick raced to victory and was trailed across the finish line by Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/harvick-powers-to-victory-in-duel-no-1-at-daytona/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Danica Patrick becomes first female pole winner in NASCAR Cup history]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH  – Danica Patrick made NASCAR history today during Coors Light Pole qualifying for the Daytona 500, becoming the first female driver to win a pole at NASCAR’s top level – the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
 
During qualifying for the sport’s marquee event, Patrick turned a lap of 196.434 mph (45.817 seconds), giving her the first starting position for next Sunday’s Daytona ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/danica-patrick-becomes-first-female-pole-winner-in-nascar-cup-history/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
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