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Bayne nominated for Cartoon Network award
Last Updated: 4:55 PM 02/06/12 - The Knoxville racer is in the category "Gnarliest Newb," essentially the 'rookie of the year' honor.
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Penske Racing, Miller extend NASCAR partnership
Last Updated: 11:58 PM 01/26/12 - Brad Keselowski currently drives the No. 2 Miller Dodge in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.
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Hendrick: 'If we don't get championship it's our fault'
Last Updated: 1:30 AM 01/26/12 - The car owner says 2012 is a 'no excuse' year.
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Smith, Furniture Row Racing looking to build on successful 2011
Last Updated: 7:46 PM 01/28/12 - In 2011, Regan Smith was one of five first time winners during the Sprint Cup season.
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Bayne ready for Daytona, Kenya
Last Updated: 10:21 AM 01/25/12 - Next month, the Knoxville racer will try to become just the fourth driver to ever win the Daytona 500 in consecutive years.
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With new crew chief in place, Stewart eyes another successful season
Last Updated: 1:57 AM 01/24/12 - Tony Stewart captured his third Sprint Cup championship last November.
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Ragan to drive No. 34 car for Front Row Motorsports
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 01/16/12 - Ragan joins Front Row after his ride with Roush-Fenway Racing was eliminated.
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Bayne will be back with the Wood Brothers for 2012
Last Updated: 11:23 PM 01/05/12 - Trevor Bayne will be back with Wood Brothers for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. He will once again be driving the No. 21 car.
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Penske hires Allmendinger to drive #22 car
Last Updated: 10:31 PM 12/21/11 - Last year, the 30-year-old Allmendinger had 10 top-10 finishes and was 15th in points driving Richard Petty's No. 43 car.
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Stewart hires Zipadelli as competition director
Last Updated: 11:01 PM 12/16/11 - Greg Zipadelli is reuniting with Tony Stewart as competition director at Stewart-Haas Racing
Morristown native out as Denny Hamlin's crew chief
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 12/07/11 - Crew chief Mike Ford told The Associated Press the team informed him Tuesday he won't be back with Hamlin next season.
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Penske Racing splits with Kurt Busch
Last Updated: 2:16 PM 12/05/11 - Although Busch won 10 races since joining the organization in 2006, his meltdowns on his team radio were notorious and two crew chiefs have left the team in the last three years.
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Tony Stewart hires new crew chief Steve Addington
Last Updated: 4:41 PM 11/28/11 - Addington left Kurt Busch's team last week.
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Steve Addington quits as Kurt Busch's crew chief
Last Updated: 4:04 PM 11/22/11 - Kurt Busch will have a new crew chief.
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Tony Stewart wins Sprint Cup championship
Last Updated: 12:42 AM 11/21/11 - Stewart and Carl Edwards actually finished tied in the final standings, but Stewart won on the tie-breaker. He had five wins this season compared to Edwards' one.
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Edwards wins pole at Miami, Stewart to start 15th
Last Updated: 6:16 PM 11/19/11 - Carl Edwards leads Tony Stewart by three points heading into the final race of the year.
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Kahne beats Edwards and Stewart to win at Phoenix
Last Updated: 12:39 AM 11/14/11 - Carl Edwards will take a three-point lead over Tony Stewart into next weekend's season finale at Homestead.
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Stewart wins at Texas, only 3 points from Edwards
Last Updated: 8:15 PM 11/06/11 - Stewart raced to his second straight victory, and fourth in the eight Chase races.
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Bayne captures first Nationwide Series win in Texas
Last Updated: 8:14 PM 11/05/11 - Bayne won the Daytona 500 this year but had never won in his previous 76 Nationwide starts in the series where he is a regular for Roush Fenway Racing.
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Stewart wins at Martinsville; closes in on Edwards
Last Updated: 8:40 PM 10/30/11 - The victory was the third for Stewart in the first seven races of the 10-race playoffs.
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Bowyer beats Burton at Talladega to give RCR 100th victory
Last Updated: 6:09 PM 10/23/11 - Trevor Bayne finished 15th.
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Martin races to Talladega pole, Bayne fourth
Last Updated: 6:30 PM 10/22/11 - Jimmie Johnson was second fastest, so for the third time this season Hendrick cars will start from the front row.
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Kenseth grabs win at Charlotte to move up in Chase
Last Updated: 12:10 AM 10/16/11 - Kenseth passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps to go then held Busch off on a restart to win his first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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Smoke to start up front Saturday night at Charlotte
Last Updated: 10:53 PM 10/13/11 - Tony Stewart gets first pole of the season while Trevor Bayne qualifies 10th Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Johnson dominates from start to finish at Kansas
Last Updated: 12:43 AM 10/10/11 - The five-time defending Cup champion dominated Sunday at Kansas Speedway, going to the front early and weathering a series of late cautions to hold off Kasey Kahne and win for the first time since April.
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Kurt Busch wins at Dover
Last Updated: 9:54 PM 10/02/11 - Busch pulled away from Johnson after a late restart to win his second race of the season.
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Truex Jr. grabs Dover pole
Last Updated: 10:50 PM 10/01/11 - Truex, of nearby Mayetta, N.J., has long considered Dover his home track. He is 18th in the points standings.
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Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick will be in Knoxville Thursday, October 6th
Last Updated: 5:28 PM 09/29/11 - NASCAR fans can head either to Maryville to meet Kasey Kahne or to Knoxville to meet Kevin Harvick at the grand opening of two new Ollie's Bargain Outlets.
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No major changes for NASCAR's 2012 Cup schedule
Last Updated: 9:15 PM 09/28/11 - NASCAR fans will have to wait one week longer for races in 2012.
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'Smoke' still rising, Stewart wins at New Hampshire
Last Updated: 8:01 PM 09/25/11 - Stewart is on a roll when it matters most, following last week's Chase opening victory with another strong performance at New Hampshire.
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Stewart opens Chase with 1st victory of season
Last Updated: 4:02 PM 09/19/11 - Tony Stewart has snapped a 32-race losing streak
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Matt Kenseth claims poll for first Chase race
Last Updated: 6:55 PM 09/17/11 - Matt Kenseth takes the poll for the race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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Harvick wins in Richmond, chase field set
Last Updated: 4:23 PM 09/11/11 - The 12-driver field will include Dale Earnhardt Jr., who will race for the championship for the first time since 2008.
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Obama honors NASCAR drivers at White House
Last Updated: 10:22 PM 09/07/11 - President Barack Obama met eight NASCAR drivers at the White House
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Rockingham returns to NASCAR with 2012 Truck race
Last Updated: 10:24 PM 09/07/11 - NASCAR will hold Truck Series races at Rockingham Speedway in 2012.
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Gordon holds on at Atlanta for 85th career win
Last Updated: 11:55 PM 09/06/11 - When the rain cleared up enough to let NASCAR finish the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jeff Gordon drove to his 85th career victory.
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Sprint Cup race in Atlanta rained out, rescheduled for Tuesday
Last Updated: 11:26 PM 09/04/11 - NASCAR says there's no chance to get the race in Monday. The forecast calls for 4 to 5 inches of rain and possibly severe weather as remnants of Tropical Storm Lee move through the Atlanta area.
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Kahne grabs pole for Atlanta race
Last Updated: 12:17 AM 09/04/11 - Kahne is 15th in the standings with two races remaining before the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick agree to extension
Last Updated: 2:50 PM 09/01/11 - Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that Earnhardt has agreed to a five-year contract extension which will take him through the end of the 2017 season.
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Keselowski grabs 3rd win of season at Bristol
Last Updated: 11:54 PM 08/27/11 - Keselowski has now finished third or better in four straight races.
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Newman holds onto pole at Bristol Motor Speedway
Last Updated: 7:02 PM 08/26/11 - Ryan Newman captures Bristol Pole running a fast lap of 122.811MPH.
NASCAR leader loses license for 128 mph joy ride
Last Updated: 11:48 AM 08/24/11 - NASCAR points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver's license for 45 days on Tuesday for driving 128 mph on a road close to a day-care center and church in a car worth nearly $400,000.
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Kyle Busch outlasts Johnson to win in Michigan
Last Updated: 7:50 PM 08/21/11 - With the win, Kyle Busch is the first driver to earn a spot the Chase for the Championship.
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Ambrose survives wild finish at the Glen, Said rips Biffle
Last Updated: 5:08 PM 08/16/11 - Marcos Ambrose gets first victory in 105 starts in mascar's Sprint Cup series
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NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen postponed
Last Updated: 11:51 PM 08/14/11 - The race is now scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Monday, but rain also is in the forecast in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
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Kurt Busch wins Nationwide at The Glen
Last Updated: 7:09 PM 08/13/11 - Subbing for injured Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, Busch beat Jimmie Johnson by nearly a second on a green-white-checkered finish Saturday.
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Keselowski wins at Pocono with broken ankle
Last Updated: 12:08 AM 08/08/11 - Keselowski insisted during practice this weekend he wouldn't leave the No. 2 Dodge, no matter how much pain he was in.
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Logano grabs Pocono pole
Last Updated: 9:12 PM 08/06/11 - The 21-year-old driver became the youngest pole winner at Pocono.
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Carl Edwards to return to Roush-Fenway Racing
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 08/04/11 - Edwards agrees to multiyear contract extention to remain with his current team.
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Nashville Superspeedway will not host NASCAR in 2012
Last Updated: 5:20 PM 08/03/11 - Dover Motorsports has been trying unsuccessfully to secure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race since 2001
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