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      <title><![CDATA[2013 Chevrolet SS takes center stage during Champion’s Week in Las Vegas]]></title>
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Chevrolet officially unveiled its new SS model that the manufacturer plans to enter into NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition in 2013 during Champion's Week festivities in Las Vegas on Thursday. According to Chevrolet, the new SS NASCAR entry closely resembles a Chevy SS model that's set to hit showrooms early next year.

“As a passionate race fan, the debut of the SS NASCAR race ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/2013-chevrolet-ss-takes-center-stage-during-champion-s-week-in-las-vegas/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet to feature new look for 2013 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS (Nov. 30, 2012) – Kevin Harvick unveiled the 2013 No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS paint scheme on Thursday in Las Vegas following the reveal of the new Chevrolet SS NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car.
 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/harvick-s-no-29-chevrolet-to-feature-new-look-for-2013/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tempers flare in Phoenix 500 at the penultimate Cup race - Video]]></title>
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Adrenaline tends to run high when drivers strap into a race car for several hundred miles of high-speed bumper-to-bumper traffic. Contact is often made. Sometimes it's intentional, and sometimes it's not. And when a driver feels like he's been too nice and let things go for too long, he sometimes gets fed up and decides he's just not going to take it anymore.

That seemed to be what ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/tempers-flare-in-phoenix-500-at-the-penultimate-cup-race-video-429174/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stewart throws his helmet at Kenseth - video]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth (car No. 17) lock fenders as they battle for the lead and both cars pile into the inside wall. Then Smoke decided on his own form of vigilante justice.

NASCAR will not penalize Tony Stewart for throwing his helmet at Matt Kenseth’s car during the race Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said Monday afternoon.

NASCAR did ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/stewart-throws-his-helmet-at-kenseth-video/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stunning crash photos from the Daytona Shootout]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well, we knew it would get more exciting with NASCAR's new rules package for the superspeedways.  And we weren't disappointed with the first race of the 2012 season providing enough action to make up for a couple of years of two-by-two racing that bored drivers and fans alike.  Our own Eric Gilbert was on the roof at Daytona and provides us with great images of the crashes.  

Check ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/stunning-crash-photos-from-the-daytona-shootout/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeff Gordon on Phoenix: Nice to see a nice wide groove]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed the groove at Phoenix International Raceway, the possibility of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racing on dirt, what it takes to be a champion and other topics.  

HOW HAS THE TRACK AGED IN THE ONE YEAR?  IS IT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO? “It’s a little ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/jeff-gordon-on-phoenix-nice-to-see-a-nice-wide-groove/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ford teams stay busy shaking down new Fusion - video]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, MI, – It’s only been a month since the 2012
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season came to an end, but teams and fans
alike are already looking forward to what lies ahead next year with
the debut of cars like the all-new 2013 NASCAR Fusion.


And while many will be taking a break to celebrate the upcoming
holidays with family and friends, most race shops will continue
humming as ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ford-teams-stay-busy-shaking-down-new-fusion-video/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASCAR and Google confirm April Fools’ Day joke]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Companies Provide Detail Of Ongoing Relationship Including Recently Launched YouTube Channel And Continued Conversations
About the Future Of NASCAR And Technology

 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 1, 2012) – NASCAR and Google today confirmed what many expected throughout the morning – the two companies working together to bring autonomous vehicle technology to NASCAR race cars was ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-and-google-confirm-april-fools-day-joke/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gordon puts Hendrick in victory lane while Johnson in the garage at Homestead 400 ]]></title>
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Gordon romps at Homestead

Jeff Gordon raced to victory at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in the final race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.   Driving the DuPont 20 Years Celebration Chevrolet, Gordon earned his 87th career Sprint Cup victory and gave Hendrick Motorsports its first win at Homestead.

The four-time champion ran near the front most of the race and shot into ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/gordon-puts-hendrick-in-victory-lane-while-johnson-in-the-garage-at-homestead-400/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Champion Keselowski takes new Penske Ford out for initial test in Charlotte]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After earning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in the Penske Racing Dodge, Brad Keselowski was touring the Charlotte Motor Speedway 1.5 mile oval behind the wheel of the 2013 Ford Fusion. 

Roger Penske made the switch at the end of the 2012 season. The champion was in the No. 2 Miller Lite Fusion this morning. “It’s hard to get a great read on the whole manufacturer ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/champion-keselowski-takes-new-penske-ford-out-for-initial-test-in-charlotte/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top moments of 2012, #11: A fight in NASCAR: Nothing new right?]]></title>
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Drivers in America's premiere series have been getting into on and off track brawls since the very start.  Cale Yarborough vs Donnie Allison, Darrell Waltrip vs Rusty Wallace, Kyle Busch vs everyone… the list goes on, and feuds begin, honestly making the sport even more entertaining.

NASCAR has had this amazing way of turning these fisticuffs, which normally would delegitimize any ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/top-moments-of-2012-11-a-fight-in-nascar-nothing-new-right/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Come on, Tony, just do it!]]></title>
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I just don’t get Tony Stewart sometimes.

One of the best overall racers in the world, 3-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, IndyCar champion, USAC Triple Crown champion (in the same year, starting a trend.. ) and hey, you name it, Smoke can race it.

But when Roger Penske, The Captain himself, offered Stewart a top-line entry in the 2013 Indianapolis 500, he said no. The obvious ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/come-on-tony-just-do-it/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASCAR needs to raise the bar on equality in penalties - video]]></title>
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There are times that NASCAR simply slaps one’s hand, and at other times, they toss the book at the offending driver(s) and other team members.  Today, their decision appears to have been more of what one would call the middle ground on Jeff Gordon. 

His action of plowing his Chevrolet into the Toyota of Clint Bowyer was obvious to the spectators, the fans watching from home, and the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-needs-to-raise-the-bar-on-equality-in-penalties-video/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stewart drives Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet into Missouri parking lot]]></title>
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One day before his press conference, Tony Stewart elected to showcase his new sponsorship partner for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The defending champion let “the cat out of the bag a day early” in Springfield, Missouri. 

On hand tonight at the local Bass Pro Shops was the local ABC affiliated KSPR station. A coup for them to be able to break the news first on one of the most ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/stewart-drives-bass-pro-shops-chevrolet-into-missouri-parking-lot/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Allmendinger returns due to Smith subbing for Earnhardt Jr. at Charlotte]]></title>
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Due to the concussion that Dale Earnhardt Jr. sustained in the big crash at Talladega in the #88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, the team needed to find a substitute driver for this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 

Hendrick was able to sign-up Regan Smith for the Charlotte 500.

 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/allmendinger-returns-due-to-smith-subbing-for-earnhardt-jr-at-charlotte/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2013 Fusion for Ford teams taking shape - Video]]></title>
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“If you build it, he will come.”

When talking about the 2013 NASCAR Fusion that memorable line from the movie
Field of Dreams could be altered slightly to, “If you build it, they will
race.”

In the 20 months since all of the manufacturer’s first met in Daytona Beach to
discuss the parameters of a next-generation stock car for NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series competition, much has been ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/2013-fusion-for-ford-teams-taking-shape-video/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bowyer wins rain-delayed race at Richmond; Chase field set]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Clint Bowyer raced to victory early Sunday morning in the rain-delayed Federated Auto Parts 400 at the Richmond International Raceway.  Rain forced the race to start two hours late, stopped the event for 52 minutes and slowed it another time.  With the delays, the fans persevered and were around when the checkered flag dropped at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday.

The 26th race of the year ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bowyer-wins-rain-delayed-race-at-richmond-chase-field-set/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tank tops Keselowski's championship wish list]]></title>
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During the final weeks of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, various media outlets made several comparisons between five-time champion Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, showing examples of how the two drivers differed, both in driving styles and in personality. Since winning his first Sprint Cup earlier this month, Keselowski has continued to show that he, perhaps, marches ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/tank-tops-keselowski-s-championship-wish-list/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Harvick to leave RCR in 2014 for Stewart-Haas Racing  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One cannot state surprise that the two friends who are fierce competitors on the track will be teammates in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Both Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart have alluded to the possibility on and off for a number of years. The surprise was the news broke today when co-team owner of Stewart-Haas Racing leaked the news on ESPN.com before the Cup teams starting their ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/harvick-to-leave-rcr-in-2014-for-stewart-haas-racing/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top moments of 2012, #3: Keselowski, Penske and Dodge beat the odds]]></title>
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At the start of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, the odds on Brad Keselowski winning the championship ranged from 10:1 to 20:1.  Until the season started, Keselowski had driven in just 89 Cup events and had won only four times, plus his Penske Racing Dodge team was up against the powerhouse teams of Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, the New York Yankees and the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/top-moments-of-2012-3-keselowski-penske-and-dodge-beat-the-odds/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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