Ol’ Left Turns is glad to see Kenny Schrader back behind the wheel this week in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol.

Schrader, a St. Louisan, will be behind the wheel of Hall of Fame Racing’s 96 car,…

From Associated Press

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Centurion Boats At The Glen

Site: Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (ESPN2, 3 p.m.); Sunday, race (ESPN, 1 p.m.).

Track: Watkins Glen International (permanent road course, 2.45 miles, 11 turns).

Race distance: 220.5 miles, 90…

Post-race interview with Pocono race winner Carl Edwards, crew chief Bob Osbourne and team owner Jack Roush, along with Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson …

Here’s NASCAR’s transcript:

CARL EDWARDS
BOB OSBORNE
JACK ROUSH

KERRY THARP: Outstanding job out there today,…

Auto Racing Glance (from Associated Press)

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Pennsylvania 500

Site: Long Pond, Pa.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (ESPN, 1 p.m.).

Track: Pocono International Raceway (triangular oval, 2.5 miles, 14 degrees banking in…

Week 21: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Top 12 - And Beyond (from NASCAR)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 28, 2008) - Below is a look at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Top 12 along with other notable drivers, going into…

You could say that Carl Edwards and I got off on the wrong foot.

Within maybe 5 minutes of meeting me, dude’s teasing me about my feet. Well, not my feet. My shoes, actually, or “flipflops,” as he calls my…

St. Louisan Ken Schrader and wife Ann are chairing the 2008 Strong Kids Scholarship Campaign for the Cannon Memorial YMCA, which is auctioning a race weekend package for the NASCAR Bristol race in August.

The prize package includes …

* (2) Bristol Grandstand…

Perhaps it’s because so many cars have been running askew in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series, with rear wheels making right turns, as engineers find gray areas in which to push the envelop within NASCAR’s specs for it’s new-fangled, winged car.

Or perhaps it’s…

There’s no race on Sunday.

And IRL is off this week, too.

At least the Paris-Roubaix bike race went off as scheduled this morning.

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