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07.24.2009 4:22 pm

Ranking the Brickyard

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heading to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, some commentators and drivers will describe NASCAR’s Indy event as perhaps second-only to the Daytona 500 in terms of prominence in the Sprint Cup Series.

But it seems that…

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02.20.2009 9:42 pm

Earnhardt makes nice, takes blame for Vickers dustup

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

From the Sporting News NASCAR News Service …

 Contrite Earnhardt Jr. accepts responsibility for mistakes

By Reid Spencer

Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

FONTANA, Calif. (February 20, 2009) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. made it absolutely clear.

When it comes to incidents on the racetrack or…

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02.18.2009 5:05 pm

On Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart and more

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s the weekly notebook from Gateway International Raceway …

Gateway Notes for the week of Feb. 16

– Matt Kenseth, the 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and 1998 runner-up at Gateway International Raceway, won the 51st running of the Daytona 500…

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02.17.2009 8:14 pm

Dale Earnhardt Jr. vs. Brian Vickers at Daytona 500

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Whose fault was the Big Crash on Sunday at the Daytona 500?

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Dude messed up twice in the pits, otherwise he wouldn’t have been in position to tangle with Brian Vickers and take him and everyone else out.…
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02.03.2009 5:09 pm

Q & A with Darrell Waltrip in advance of the Daytona 500

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service has a Q&A with Darrell Waltrip leading into the Daytona 500.

Here it is …

Darrell Waltrip: Watch the Penske cars in the 500

 By Matt Crossman

Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(February 3, 2009)

With the Daytona 500 fewer…

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02.01.2009 5:35 pm

Countdown to the Daytona 500

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With the Daytona 500 of the National Football League going on today, I just wanted to remind faithful Left Turns readers that our big winter party, the actual Daytona 500, is right around the corner!

The Daytona 500 is two weeks…

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01.30.2009 5:19 pm

Kasey Kahne set to attend the Daytona 500 of football

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, the headline refers to the Super Bowl, which some have cited in the past in referring to the Daytona 500 as the Super Bowl of NASCAR.

Anyway, Kasey Kahne, whose NASCAR ride is sponsored by the local St. Louis/Belgian brew,…

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05.27.2008 2:23 pm

Danica vs. Briscoe smackdown; how the fight might have gone

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

If security and valets had not steered Danica Patrick clear of trouble before she could reach Ryan Briscoe’s pit box Sunday at Indy, what would have ensued?

– Would Patrick and Briscoe have tussled as Cale Yarborugh and the Allison boys did at the Daytona…

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