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Tony Stewart believes he enters the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title decider with the least pressure and claims he has nothing to lose in the season finale at Homestead.The two-time Cup champion ranks only three points behind his Roush Fenway rival, having only led the standings for a week during the Chase following an impressive run during the play-off, albeit not as consistent as Edwards'.After

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Carl Edwards says he feels ready to become a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion at Homestead on Sunday and does not believe his experience deficit relative to title rival Tony Stewart is crucial heading into the season finale.Roush Fenway racer Edwards has led the drivers' standings for the majority of the season, including six of the last nine weeks of the Chase. Although he has only won once

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Drivers and NASCAR officials say they are still looking for ways to limit tandem racing at restrictor plate tracks following a Sprint Cup Series test at Daytona on Tuesday.Six drivers ran on the 2.5-mile high banks trying different restrictor plates, spoilers and suspension settings among other possible solutions as NASCAR hopes to at least limit the two-car drafting that has prevailed this year

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Kevin Harvick hopes to give fellow Chevrolet driver Tony Stewart a push in his bid to win a third Sprint Cup series title.The Richard Childress Racing driver enters the season-finale at Homestead next weekend ranked third in points and already eliminated from title contention, following a 19th place finish at Phoenix last weekend. Although Chevrolet has already clinched a 35th Sprint Cup series

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Nelson Piquet Jr will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series maiden oval outing next weekend in the season-finale at Homestead.The 26-year-old will be on double duty during the closing race weekend of NASCAR's national series, competing Friday in the Truck Series finale for Kevin Harvick to round out a positive first season, while Saturday he will drive for Turner Motorsports in the second-tier

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Tony Stewart thinks Jimmie Johnson's streak of five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles - which came to an end when Johnson was knocked out of the 2011 championship hunt at Phoenix on Sunday - is a feat that will never be achieved again.Stewart and title rival Carl Edwards will head into next weekend's season finale at Homestead to decide who becomes Johnson's successor, after the

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Kasey Kahne claimed his first victory for Red Bull Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ahead of Chase contenders Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart at Phoenix on Sunday.Kahne was a contender in the late stages of the race and was the first of the frontrunners to make his last pitstop for a splash of fuel and new right-side tyres, emerging in the lead once the final stops cycled under green.Edwards

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Sam Hornish Jr hopes his NASCAR career gets a new lease following his first win in the Nationwide Series on Saturday at Phoenix.Nearly five years after making his NASCAR debut at the same venue, the three-time IndyCar champion claimed his maiden victory in the Nationwide Series, edging reigning series' champion Brad Keselowski to a Penske one-two, in the first race ever held in the reconfigured

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers say they will face uncertain track conditions in today's Chase race at Phoenix as the evolving new surface and weather conditions have turned it into a 'moving target'.The new asphalt at the one-mile D-shaped oval has proven extremely sensitive to conditions, as shown by Saturday's noon qualifying session when lap times were around a second slower relative to

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Carl Edwards expects the battle for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title to go down to the final lap at Homestead next week.The Roush Fenway driver currently leads the Chase by a slim three points over Tony Stewart, who has won four out of eight play-off races, including back-to-back wins in the last two events.Edwards has led the standings more often than any other driver this year and believes

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Matt Kenseth claimed pole position for the penultimate round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Phoenix.The Roush Fenway racer bumped fellow Ford driver AJ Allmendinger from pole with a lap of 26.260 seconds at an average speed of 137.101 mph, which gave him his seventh Cup career pole and his third of the year, more than he has ever achieved in a single season.Kenseth's lap ended

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Kyle Busch admits he feared he would lose his drive with Joe Gibbs Racing following his actions during last week's NASCAR Truck Series race at Texas, but team boss Joe Gibbs says he will continue to race for his outfit next year.On Friday morning Gibbs confirmed that the 26-year-old will remain a JGR driver for the reminder of the season and into 2012, amid speculation that #18 car's main sponsor

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Kyle Busch has lost the backing of one of his main sponsors for the remainder of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season following his suspension from racing at Texas last weekend.Mars has pulled its M&M's backing from Busch's Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for the final two races of the year in response to the 26-year-old deliberately crashing into Ron Hornaday under caution in last weekend's Truck series

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Kyle Busch has been fined and placed on probation by NASCAR adding to his suspension from racing last weekend at Texas.Busch has been fined US $50,000 and placed on probation until the end of the year following his incident with Truck Series contender Ron Hornaday in the early laps of Friday's race at Texas Motor Speedway.According to NASCAR's release Busch could be suspended indefinitely "if

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Tony Stewart claimed back-to-back wins for the second time in this year's Chase, winning his fourth race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season on Sunday at Texas.The Stewart Haas driver continued to close on the series points lead after beating Chase leader Carl Edwards with a categoric win, taking home a perfect score that now places him only three points behind his Roush Fenway rival.Edwards tried

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Kyle Busch has publicly apologised following his incident in Friday's NASCAR Truck Series race, which caused him to be suspended from competing at Texas.Busch was parked by NASCAR officials after intentionally crashing into the back of Truck series title contender Ron Hornaday under caution, spinning him against the barrier and putting him out of Friday night's race.His actions came as

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Chase leader Carl Edwards claims Tony Stewart is not his main threat for the championship as the battle for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title enters its defining stages.After seven out of 10 play-off events, the Roush Fenway driver leads the standing by nine points over Stewart, who has won three out of the seven Chase races, and recently took victory at Martinsville.Stewart warned Edwards following

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Kyle Busch has been suspended from the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series events at Texas Motor Speedway following an on-track incident in the early laps of Friday's Truck race.Busch was battling for second place against Truck Series title contender Ron Hornaday when the pair made contact at Turn 2 while overtaking a backmarker on the outside. Both trucks skidded up the banking, eventually

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Greg Biffle beat team-mate David Ragan by a thousandth of a second to claim his third NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position of the season as Roush Fenway Racing dominated Friday's session at Texas Motor Speedway.Biffle had edged Chase leader Carl Edwards earlier in practice and was able to later up his speed with a faster lap in qualifying, setting a time of 27.873 seconds at an average speed of

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Danica Patrick will enter the 2012 Daytona 500 as part of a 10-race NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, Stewart Haas Racing announced on Friday.The former IndyCar star, who is switching full time to NASCAR, will drive the #10 Chevrolet for Stewart Haas Racing in next year's season-opening event, attempting to make the field for what would be her first Cup outing.Patrick will run at least another nine Cup

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Mark Martin will drive partial NASCAR Sprint Cup seasons for Michael Waltrip Racing for the next two years.The 52-year-old veteran has signed a deal to drive the team's #00 Toyota in 25 races each year in 2012 and '13, replacing David Reutimann - who had been at the wheel of the car since 2007, winning the team's only two races thus far.Martin's first race with MWR will be the 2012 Daytona 500,

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David Reutimann will not return to Michael Waltrip Racing in 2012, amid reports linking Mark Martin with a seat at the team.Reutimann, 41, who has been with the team since its debut season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2007, will leave the squad after driving the #00 Toyota in the last three races of the year.NASCAR veteran Martin has been linked to drive a partial season at MWR next year and the

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NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick and his wife Linda escaped serious injury after a technical failure caused the jet they were flying in to run off the runway when landing at Key West, Florida.According to a report from the local Sheriff, a Gulfstream 150 jet crash landed at the Key West airport Monday evening at 7:45 p.m. with the pilot and co-pilot radioing there were no brakes upon landing. The

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Tony Stewart claimed his third NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the season at Martinsville by passing Jimmie Johnson on the penultimate lap, and jumped back up to second in the Chase standings.The two-time champion rebounded from fighting to remain on the lead lap early on and then from an unscheduled pitstop for a suspected puncture to be in position to contend for victory following a two-tyre pitstop

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Carl Edwards says he feels comfortable leading the Chase after having topped the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings more than any other driver in 2011.The Roush Fenway racer has been at the top of the points table for 18 of 32 race weekends during the year, leading most of the regular season before jumping back up front three weeks ago after the Chase round at Kansas, thanks to some very consistent

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NASCAR is set to keep a close eye on Jimmie Johnson's cars for the remainder of the season, following reports that reveal crew chief Chad Knaus asked his driver to damage his car intentionally after finishing last weekend's race at Talladega.Earlier this week American website SBnation.com published a report that reveals a conversation held between Knaus and Johnson moments before the start, where

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Chase leader Carl Edwards and his Roush Fenway team-mate Matt Kenseth will start Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville from the front row after Saturday's qualifying session was cancelled. The field has been set based on the owner points standings, which place all the title contenders on the first six rows of the grid. Points leader Edwards will start from pole position for the first

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Rain hampered Friday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway, forcing officials to adjust Saturday's schedule.The two 90-minute sessions planned ahead of Sunday's seventh round of the Chase could not be run as intermittent rain made it impossible for Cup cars to get on the track. The Truck series ran a shortened practice ahead of a rescheduled first Cup session but rain

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The Michael Waltrip Racing and JTG Daugherty teams have been penalised for technical infractions found on their cars last weekend at Talladega.The cars of Martin Truex Jr, David Reutimann and Bobby Labonte were found to have windshields that didn't meet NASCAR specification for thickness during the opening day technical inspection last Friday at Talladega Superspeedway.The parts, critical to

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Jack Roush claims there were no team orders for any Roush Fenway or Ford drivers during last weekend's Chase round at Talladega.In the closing laps of Sunday's race title contender Jeff Gordon was left alone in the pack despite having agreed to work with Ford racer Trevor Bayne, who switched drafting partners on the final restart to work with Roush Fenway's Matt Kenseth.Although such move would

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Jeff Gordon was left frustrated by a last minute call for rival Trevor Bayne, who left him alone in the draft ahead of the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega.The four-time Cup champion had been working with Hendrick team-mate Mark Martin for the whole race but the incident that caused the final caution involved Martin and meant Gordon was left looking for a new drafting

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Clint Bowyer edged his Richard Childress Racing team-mate Jeff Burton in a close finish at Talladega, giving the team its 100th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.The RCR pair worked in tandem all the way through the 500 miles and were up front when the green flag waved for the final restart with two laps to go, following the ninth caution of the race - caused by an incident in which Furniture Row's Regan

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Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson swept the front row of the grid in qualifying for Sunday's Chase round at Talladega.The veteran beat the benchmark set by the reigning champion - who spent most of the session on provisional pole - with his second lap of 52.799 seconds, just edging his team-mate by two thousandths of a second.Chevrolet dominated qualifying, taking seven out of the top 10 spots on

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers do not expect Sunday's race at Talladega to be affected by new technical rules after testing the changes during Friday's practice sessions.Hoping to limit the tandem style of drafting that has prevailed at Daytona and Talladega this year, NASCAR issued a new restrictor-plate for this weekend's race, with an increase of 1/64th of an inch in the diameter of the

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Jimmie Johnson is feeling less pressure than in previous years heading into Talladega's NASCAR Sprint Cup race, having fallen down the championship order after his crash at Charlotte last weekend.The reigning champion enters the second half of the Chase with a larger deficit to the points leader than he has suffered since 2007, following a crash during the closing laps of the Charlotte race while

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Kyle Busch will expand his team's NASCAR operation to the Nationwide Series in 2012, fielding a fully-funded Toyota Camry next year.Busch announced on Friday at Talladega Superspeedway that Kyle Busch Motorsports will continue to run the #18 entry in the Truck Series in 2012, while adding a full-time entry in the second-tier series.The outfit first ran in Nationwide last May at Charlotte with

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Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson says he will continue to give the fight in the second half of the Chase after crashing out of Saturday's race at Charlotte.Johnson was on course for a solid top-ten finish in the fifth round of the play-off but lost control of his car while fighting for position with Stewart Haas' Ryan Newman less than 20 laps from the end of the race.Following a

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Jack Roush believes Jimmie Johnson will need his title rivals to hit trouble in order to allow him to recover in the championship Chase, having crashed out of Saturday's race at Charlotte.The NASCAR team owner celebrated the fifth win of the season for his outfit with Matt Kenseth's victory in the fifth round of the Chase, while his team-mate Carl Edwards continues to lead the play-off standings,

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Matt Kenseth fended off Kyle Busch to claim his third win of the season while reigning champion Jimmie Johnson took a major hit on his title hopes after crashing out of the race.In a night where the Roush Fenway Fords looked to be the class of the field, Kenseth made the most of his Fusion, timed his strategy and his moves to perfection, overtaking Busch following a late restart after the Joe

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Denny Hamlin says Toyota teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series plan to work closer together in order to have a better shot at the title next year.Following the announcement earlier this year that Joe Gibbs Racing, the leading Toyota outfit in Cup, is set to run Toyota Racing Development (TRD) engines like those used by Michael Waltrip Racing and Red Bull Racing, the Japanese manufacturer plans to

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Team owner Richard Childress says he regrets that Clint Bowyer is leaving his outfit and all but confirmed that financial reasons caused their split.Bowyer announced last week that he will join Michael Waltrip Racing for the next three years after agreeing a deal with the Toyota outfit and sponsor 5-Hour Energy.When speaking about his deal Bowyer said he tried to get his sponsor to be part of a

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Tony Stewart claimed his first pole position of the season in qualifying for Saturday's Chase round at Charlotte.Rebounding from two weekends where he lost ground in the standings -after winning the first two races of the play-off - the two-time Cup champion beat the benchmark set by fellow title contender Matt Kenseth by 0.006s in order to win his first pole position in more than a year."I

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Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is confident his team is on top of its game as the halfway point of this year's Chase approaches.The Hendrick Motorsports driver has charged from 10th up to third in the play-off standings in the last two weeks, following a second-place finish at Dover and his second win of the season at Kansas last Sunday, which placed him just four

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Jimmie Johnson took a dominant second win of the season at Kansas, strongly enhancing his quest for a sixth consecutive title.The reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion probably produced his most emphatic display of the whole season, leading 197 out the 272 laps run, only looking under threat on the green-white-chequered finish, when the charging Red Bull Toyota of Kasey Kahne challenged

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Danica Patrick hopes being supported by top and established teams while moving to NASCAR will allow her to succeed in her transition.The IndyCar star will be competing full-time in the Nationwide Series next season while running a number of Sprint Cup races in what will be the third year of a gradual entry into stock car racing.Patrick is the latest open-wheel driver to make the move into the

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Greg Biffle claimed his second pole position of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season at Kansas to lead an all-Roush Fenway Ford front row for Sunday's fourth round of the Chase, beside Carl Edwards.Two-time Kansas winner Biffle beat the benchmark set earlier by Edwards by 56 thousandths of a second with a lap of 30.877 seconds, at an average speed of 174.887 mph. Underlining the strength of the Roush

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Clint Bowyer will drive for Michael Waltrip Racing from 2012, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team announced on Friday.Bowyer will turn a page on his career at the end of the season, leaving Richard Childress Racing after driving for the outfit in NASCAR since 2004. He has agreed a three-year deal to drive Waltrip's #15 Toyota Camry.Despite having hinted at a new deal being close with RCR a couple

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NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers gave the new Phoenix International Raceway a collective thumbs up following an open test but many expect the track may spring a few surprises when they return for the penultimate race of the Chase. Most of the Cup field ran during two days at the Arizona track, which has been repaved and reconfigured, throwing in an element of huge uncertainty at the venue that will host

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Carl Edwards is optimistic about remaining a close title contender throughout the Chase after getting back to the top of the standings following the third round of the playoff.The Roush Fenway Ford driver led the points throughout most of the regular season, but dropped back once the Chase field was set due to having a single win while many of his rivals scored multiple victories in the first 26

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Goodyear will continue to supply tyres for NASCAR's national touring series through 2017 after the manufacturer signed an extended agreement with the sanctioning body.The American tyre company will remain NASCAR's exclusive tyre supplier for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series, further extending a 57-year relationship."Our long-time relationship with Goodyear is a testament

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Kurt Busch beat reigning champion Jimmie Johnson on a late restart and then held him off to claim his second victory of the season and move into close championship contention.Although Johnson was the driver to beat for most of the day, leading a race-high 157 laps, his Penske rival surged on the penultimate restart to grab the lead as the reigning champion spun his tyres while powering off under

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Martin Truex Jr beat NASCAR Sprint Cup title contender Kurt Busch to pole position for Sunday's Chase race at Dover International Speedway.The Michael Waltrip Racing driver set a fastest lap of 22.641 seconds at an average speed of 159.004 mph, beating Penske's Busch by just three thousandths of a second to claim his first pole position of the season at the track where he got his only Cup victory

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Earnhardt Ganassi Racing has announced the hiring of John Probst as its new technical director.Probst will start his new role next month, having held the same title at the Red Bull Racing Team, where he worked for the past five years.He will be EGR's first technical director, as the position is new within the organisation. Probst will work closely with the team's competition director Steve Hmiel,

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Jimmie Johnson does not see this weekend's third round of the Chase as a must-win in order to keep his championship hopes alive.The reigning Sprint Cup champion arrives to Dover tenth in the playoff standings, 29 points behind leader Tony Stewart following two of the ten championship-deciding races. Three wins out of his last five races at the one-mile oval point at him getting his championship

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NASCAR announced next year's Sprint Cup series schedule, comprising 36 races from late February to mid-November.As has been the case for the past few years, NASCAR's top series will open and close the season in the southern state of Florida with events at Daytona and Homestead respectively.The schedule will get its usual warm-up event with the non-points Shootout at the 2.5-mile venue, followed

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Denny Hamlin laments not having the consistency to battle for the Sprint Cup title this year, admitting his championship hopes are all but over now.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver currently ranks at the bottom of the Chase standing following two poor results that have him already 66 points behind leader Tony Stewart, after only two playoff races.Last weekend at Loudon Hamlin looked set for a top-ten

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Brad Keselowski is confident he can remain in close contention for the Sprint Cup title after a strong start to the play-off puts him third in the standings.The Penske driver finished second at Loudon last weekend, making up two places in the closing laps as rivals Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle ran out of fuel while running ahead of him. He was able to charge back from a difficult start to his

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Jimmie Johnson is still optimistic about his chances of defending his NASCAR Sprint Cup title despite ranking only 10th after two Chase races, his lowest ever position in the play-off.The reigning champion finished 18th on Sunday in the second round of the Chase at Loudon after being unable to make much progress in the second half of the race, following a four-tyre pitstop that made him lose

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Tony Stewart scored his second Chase victory in less than a week at Loudon, beating Clint Bowyer on fuel mileage to jump into the lead of the NASCAR Sprint Cup title play-off.The two-time champion saw the coin flip after running out of fuel on the last lap while leading the same race last year, handing victory to his Richard Childress Racing rival. This time Bowyer was up front following the

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Ryan Newman claimed pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase round at New Hampshire, following a rain-interrupted qualifying session.The Stewart Haas Racing driver made it two-for-two on pole positions at the one-mile oval, where he won in July after setting the pace in qualifying. His sixth career pole at Loudon comes only four days after his team-mate Tony Stewart won for the first

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Jimmie Johnson believes more durable tyres are playing a big role in NASCAR Sprint Cup races coming down to fuel mileage, and expects the tendency to continue through this year's Chase.On Monday at Chicagoland Speedway, Johnson was one of several Chase contenders who ran out of fuel on the last lap of the race, following a final stint where all the leaders ran in fuel conservation mode to avoid

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers still expect two-car tandems to prevail in next month's Chase race at Talladega, despite organisers announcing technical changes this week in an attempt to hinder them.More horsepower through bigger holes in the restrictor plates and lower pressure on the relief valve of the cooling system are the two steps NASCAR has taken towards trying to limit the new style of

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NASCAR has announced technical changes ahead of next month's Chase race at Talladega in an attempt to limit the tandem racing that has prevailed this year at restrictor-plate tracks.Drivers will have available up to 10 horsepower more relative to the last time they raced at the 2.66-mile oval in the spring, after NASCAR decided to increase the size of the restrictor-plate opening by 1/64th of an

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Matt Kenseth would like to see a fix to fuel-mileage races after he ran out of gas on the last lap of Monday's Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland, taking a hit on his chances of contending for this year's title.The Roush Fenway racer led from pole the first portion of the rain-delayed event and was in contention for victory in the closing laps, where the leaders ran off the pace to try to save enough

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Tony Stewart ended a 32-race winless streak at Chicagoland Speedway, saving enough fuel while fending off a charging Kevin Harvick to kick off his Chase campaign with a victory in a rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup race.The two-time champion ran among the top five for most of the 400 miles after recovering from a poor qualifying that left him only 26th on the grid. By halfway through Stewart was

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The start of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup Series has been postponed until Monday due to intermittent rain at Chicagoland Speedway.For the first time since the Chase format was implemented, the first round of the play-off will be delayed to a Monday despite NASCAR's best efforts to get the race at least started on Sunday afternoon.Nearly six hours after the scheduled starting time, officials

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Matt Kenseth claimed his second pole position of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season in qualifying for Sunday's opening Chase round at Chicagoland Speedway.The Roush Fenway Racing driver confirmed the recent upturn in his qualifying form by posting a fastest lap of 29.469 seconds at an average speed of 183.243 mph, which bumped his team-mate Greg Biffle from pole and then held up as the benchmark for

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Paul Menard and his Richard Childress Racing team look set to escape punishment after NASCAR reviewed evidence from Menard's spin in the closing laps of last week's race at Richmond.NASCAR president Mike Helton told reporters at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday that officials would have a second look at the incident amid rivals' suspicions that Menard had spun intentionally to cause a caution a few

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Michael Waltrip says his team has held 'productive talks' with Clint Bowyer as the Richard Childress Racing driver works to secure a race seat for 2012.Bowyer looks set for a future elsewhere as negotiations with RCR seem to have hit a stumbling block. Waltrip has now revealed publicly that his team has held conversations with the driver and a sponsor for next season."Michael Waltrip Racing has

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Paul Menard and his Richard Childress Racing team are under investigation from NASCAR amid allegations that they deliberately caused a caution last week at Richmond in an attempt to help Menard's team-mate Kevin Harvick win the race.Suspicions have arisen from the radio communication between Menard and his team during the closing laps of last Saturday's race, where the RCR driver was continuously

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Kurt Busch hopes to keep his cool in this year's Chase and put his feud with Jimmie Johnson to rest as he vows to make the most of his chance of winning a second Sprint Cup title this year.Last weekend at Richmond, Busch and the reigning champion clashed on the track twice, igniting once again a feud that has been on for a couple of years already. Earlier this season they had a heated discussion

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Dale Earnhardt Jr says he is not putting himself under pressure to return to the Chase this year but believes his team to be good enough to make it into the play-off when the field is set at Richmond tonight.The Hendrick Motorsports driver arrives at the final race of the regular season needing a 20th place finish or better to secure a place in the championship battle, regardless of his rivals'

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Kevin Harvick fended off Carl Edwards to claim his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season while Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Denny Hamlin claimed the final Chase spots in an incident-filled race at Richmond.Harvick had made the headlines earlier this week after announcing he is set to shut down the shop where his Truck and Nationwide Series team have operated for the past few

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Denny Hamlin says he feels in control of his chances of making this year's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title as he provisionally holds the final wildcard entry into the play-off heading into the deciding race.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver enters Saturday night's event at Richmond with a win to his name and 12th in the points standings, 11 points ahead of his closest rival, Richard Petty's AJ

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Jimmie Johnson believes his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Jeff Gordon is a serious championship threat, following Gordon's third win of the season in the last round at Atlanta.Four-time series champion Gordon has become a stronger contender in the last few weeks, scoring consistent finishes and securing a spot in the Chase two weeks ago by virtue of his tally of wins, which is second only to Joe

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Clint Bowyer might not return to Richard Childress Racing in 2012, and admits it would be "heartbreaking" to leave the team at the end of the season.Bowyer, a Chase contender in three out of his five full seasons in the Sprint Cup Series, has yet to secure a deal for next year despite indicating a few weeks ago that a new multi-year agreement with his team was close to being set in stone. However

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David Reutimann claimed his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup career pole in qualifying for Saturday's race at Richmond.The Michael Waltrip Racing driver knocked Earnhardt Ganassi's Jamie McMurray from provisional pole with a best time of 21.196 seconds at an average speed of 127.383 mph. Reutimann had been among the top 10 in the first practice, then was not one of the top runners in the final session of

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Jeff Gordon believes to be in the best shape ever ahead of the Chase for the championship, following his third win of the season at Atlanta.The four-time Sprint Cup series champion dominated for most of the running last Tuesday in the rain-delayed event but had to fend off a charging Jimmie Johnson in the closing laps, finally keeping him at bay to secure three more bonus points towards his Chase

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Jeff Gordon held off reigning champion Jimmie Johnson to claim his 85th Sprint Cup Series career victory in a rain-delayed event at Atlanta.The four-time champion is now in sole possession of third place in the all-time winners list, with only legends Richard Petty and David Pearson ahead of him, thanks to his third victory of the season.The Hendrick Motorsports driver was the class of the field

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Rain has forced NASCAR officials to postpone round 26 of the Sprint Cup Series at Atlanta until Tuesday morning.Following two days of dry weather at the venue, fears of Tropical Storm Lee bringing proceedings to a halt on race day materialised a few hours before the event. Despite the rain stopping momentarily and officials hoping to roll the cars on the track shortly before 10pm, their hopes

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Kasey Kahne claimed his second pole position of the season in qualifying for Sunday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta, the penultimate round ahead of the Chase.The Red Bull Racing driver beat the previous benchmark of the session set by Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch at the wheel of his #4 Toyota with a lap of 29.775 seconds at an average speed of 186.196 mph.Richard Childress Racing's

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Dale Earnhardt Jr has admitted his performance at Hendrick Motorsports so far has not been good enough, but hopes to fulfil his potential with the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup outfit after committing to it until 2017.NASCAR's most popular driver is currently in his fourth year with the four-car squad, a period in which his team has seen a number of changes, including three crew chiefs.In his best

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Six drivers are already set to be title contenders in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup, with at least another two possibly securing a place in the play-off this weekend at Atlanta.Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch, the current points leader, was the first to lock himself in the Chase with his fourth win of the season two weeks ago at Michigan, while reigning champion Jimmie Johnson, Roush Fenway's

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Tony Stewart hopes two solid weekends can keep him in Chase contention as he continues to look for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the season and his position in the standings comes under growing threat.Entering this weekend's race at Atlanta, the penultimate event before the play-off field is set, the two-time Cup champion ranks 10th in the standings, 21 points ahead of Penske's Brad

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Dale Earnhardt Jr will remain at Hendrick Motorsports until 2017, having signed a five-year extension with the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup outfit.Although Earnhardt's current contract expires at the end of next year, NASCAR's most popular driver will continue his relationship with Hendrick Motorsports, which is in its fourth year already.Earnhardt left Dale Earnhardt Inc. at the end of 2007 in

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Brad Keselowski took his recent impressive streak a step further by claiming his third victory of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season on Saturday night at Bristol.The 27-year-old was a top-five contender all night long and led the race at seven different times, initially thanks to staying out while the leaders pitted under the first caution. He would remain a threat from then on but never looked quite

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Kyle Busch reached another milestone by setting a record for NASCAR Nationwide Series career wins with his 50th at Bristol on Friday night.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver beat his team-mate Joey Logano in a close finish at the half-mile venue, breaking Mark Martin's record of wins in the second-tier series, which the veteran held since 1997.Busch's maiden Nationwide win came in 2004 at Richmond at

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Ryan Newman claimed pole position for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol.The Stewart Haas driver set the benchmark with a lap time of 15.624 seconds in his Chevrolet, beating the previous mark set by Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon. Carl Edwards was last in the order for his run after topping both practice sessions earlier in the day, the Roush Fenway Ford driver coming closest

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Jeff Gordon believes Danica Patrick has plenty to prove in NASCAR while living up to the expectations being set on her.The four-time Cup champion says NASCAR-bound Patrick comes into the sport with massive hype due to her popularity, although she still has to prove her worth with results, following her announcement of a full-time switch from IndyCar next year.Speaking ahead of this weekend's

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Danica Patrick is set to announce her full-time switch to NASCAR in 2012 during a news conference on Thursday.Patrick's sponsor GoDaddy.com has scheduled a media announcement at noon US Eastern Time, where her 'racing future' will be revealed.The IndyCar star has been transitioning to NASCAR over the past two years, entering part-time schedules in the Nationwide Series with JR Motorsports. She

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Danica Patrick will enter full-time NASCAR competition next year with an entire Nationwide Series title for JR Motorsports, plus a partial Sprint Cup schedule with Stewart Haas Racing.Following months of speculation about the future of the IndyCar star, Patrick announced on Thursday that she will leave open-wheel racing behind in order to commit to a future in NASCAR with Dale Earnhardt Jr's team

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NASCAR officials have embraced the news of Danica Patrick's full switch to NASCAR, following her announcement on Thursday.The IndyCar star revealed she is set to enter the 2012 Nationwide Series season full-time with JR Motorsports, while attempting a partial schedule in the Sprint Cup Series with Stewart-Haas Racing.NASCAR CEO and Chairman Brian France welcomed Patrick's decision, which he said

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The established NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title favourites believe Brad Keselowski is a potential threat in the Chase, following his impressive runs of late which have made him the leading wildcard entry set to join the play-off.Keselowski ranks 14th in the points with just four races left to set the Chase field heading into Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Michigan, having moved up from 23rd in the

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Kyle Busch held off reigning champion Jimmie Johnson in a green-white-chequered finish at Michigan to clinch a spot in this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver claimed the lead from his Hendrick Motorsports rival, who had been up front since the penultimate restart with 13 laps remaining, thanks to a timely final pitstop right before the last caution that placed him ahead

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Australian Marcos Ambrose claimed his fifth career NASCAR win following a charging drive from the back of the field in the Montreal Nationwide Series round.Just five days after achieving his maiden Sprint Cup victory at Watkins Glen, the former Australian V8 Supercar champion won his fourth Nationwide event on a road course, despite not taking part in either practice or qualifying as he was on

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Scott Speed is set to return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Bristol this weekend after signing a deal to drive for Whitney Motorsports for the rest of the year.The ex-Formula 1 racer has competed only three times in the Cup this year driving for Larry Gunselman, but he now plans to attempt to qualify Dusty Whitney's #46 Ford Fusion in the 13 races remaining. The team has run a partial schedule

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Jacques Villeneuve claimed his first ever pole position for a major race at his home track in qualifying for Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Montreal, Canada.The 1997 Formula 1 world champion had already been on the front row at the track named after his father three times, twice in F1 on his first two outings there with Williams, then last year in NASCAR's second-tier series.However,

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The feud between Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch that began at last weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono has dragged on to the current round at Watkins Glen.Last Sunday Johnson and Busch clashed on the final lap at Pocono while battling for third place, with the growing animosity then bubbling over into a heated discussion in the pits when the race was over.Johnson stated that although the

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Denny Hamlin is running a Toyota Racing Development engine this weekend at Michigan, having made an early switch from the Joe Gibbs Racing units.The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series runner-up currently sits 12th in the points following a crash at Watkins Glen last Monday, which places him in danger of missing the cut for this year's Chase. With only four races left before the play-off field is set,

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