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      <title><![CDATA[Multi-million dollar renovations approved for Daytona]]></title>
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The Daytona International Speedway and the International Speedway Corporation have announced that the latter entity has approved a major redevelopment project for the famed track that will cost up to $400 million. The intent of the project is to enhance the overall experience for the fans, marketing partners and the motorsports industry, according to ISC.  The initiative will commence ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/multi-million-dollar-renovations-approved-for-daytona/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ragan to drive No. 34 hauler cross-country to Sonoma ]]></title>
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STATESVILLE, N.C. (June 17, 2013) - Before David Ragan climbs into his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for Sunday's race at Sonoma Raceway, he's going to climb into the driver's seat of the 18-wheeler that will carry that race car 2,700 miles from North Carolina to California.

 

The driver of the No. 34 Taco Bell Ford will be at the wheel of the team's 80-foot, 80,000-pound ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/ragan-to-drive-no-34-hauler-cross-country-to-sonoma/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jason Leffler dies in sprint car crash]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jason Leffler, who finished last at this past weekends race in Pocono, his lone NASCAR start of the season, crashed heavily at the Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey tonight. 

He was transported to Cooper Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m. local time.

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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bobby Labonte to race for Phoenix Racing at Michigan]]></title>
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TRINITY, N.C. (June 11, 2013) - Bobby Labonte confirmed today that he will drive the No. 51 Chevrolet this weekend at the Michigan International Speedway for Phoenix Racing. The agreement was reached after Labonte spoke with and received approvals from officials with JTG Daugherty Racing and Toyota Racing Development. It is currently an agreement for one race.

 

Labonte, who ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bobby-labonte-to-race-for-phoenix-racing-at-michigan/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame class announced]]></title>
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 22, 2013) – NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person group – the fifth in NASCAR Hall of Fame history – consists of Tim Flock, Jack Ingram, Dale Jarrett, Maurice Petty and Fireball Roberts. Next year’s Induction Day is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, broadcast on Fox Sports 1 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/2014-nascar-hall-of-fame-class-announced/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:34:47 +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:

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      <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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