For sale at auction (no minimum bid): Historic NASCAR track (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Posted by @ 11:51 pm, September 30th, 2007

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Left behind as NASCAR outgrew its regional roots, North Carolina Speedway will be sold to the highest bidder Tuesday. Where legends such as Earnhardt, Petty and Waltrip once raced, prospective buyers will compete to be the next owner of “The Rock,” which held its last race in early 2004. No minimum bid. High offer gets the speedway. Three years ago, The Rock sold for about …

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For sale at auction (no minimum bid): Historic NASCAR track (That’s Racin’)

Posted by @ 11:43 pm, September 30th, 2007

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Left behind as NASCAR outgrew its regional roots, North Carolina Speedway will be sold to the highest bidder Tuesday. Where legends such as Earnhardt, Petty and Waltrip once raced, prospective buyers will compete to be the next owner of “The Rock,” which held its last race in early 2004. No minimum bid. High offer gets the speedway. Three years ago, The Rock sold for about …

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Kansas hurt many Chase drivers chances at a title - Nascar

Posted by @ 10:54 pm, September 30th, 2007

Kansas hurt many Chase drivers chances at a titleNascar - 19 minutes ago"It seems like there's all these unforeseen circumstances that keep popping up, and a lot of it is out of the team's control — it's just racing. …

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Drag-racing pioneer Wally Parks dies at 94 (USA Today)

Posted by @ 10:15 pm, September 30th, 2007

Wally Parks, who leveraged his job as editor of Hot Rod magazine to create the National Hot Rod Association more than a half-century ago, died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in Burbank, Calif., on Friday. He was 94.

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Drag racing - Parks, founder of NHRA, dead at 94 (Johnson City Press)

Posted by @ 10:04 pm, September 30th, 2007

Wally Parks, founder of the National Hot Rod Association, died this past Friday in Burbank, Calif. He was 94. Parks, who began racing as a teenage hot rodder, founded NHRA in 1951 and worked to get drag racing off the streets and into organized venues.

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Biffle Wins As NASCAR Chase Gets Jumbled (Washington Post)

Posted by @ 9:48 pm, September 30th, 2007

Greg Biffle scores his first victory of the season despite running out of gas before crossing the finish line in a wild race that jumblesthe Chase for the Nextel Cup.

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Biffle wins as NASCAR Chase gets jumbled (AP via Yahoo! News)

Posted by @ 8:18 pm, September 30th, 2007

Greg Biffle scored his first victory of the season Sunday — even though his car ran short on fuel before crossing the finish line — in a wild race that jumbled the Chase for the championship standings.

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Junior's 'stupid move' puts Busch in deep Chase hole - Nascar

Posted by @ 6:11 pm, September 30th, 2007

Junior's 'stupid move' puts Busch in deep Chase holeNascar - 2 hours agoThat turned out to be Busch, who was released from his contract and signed with Joe Gibbs Racing for next season. Earnhardt accepted full responsibility. …Notes: Eury ready to hand over 8 car reins to Gibson Nascarall 24 news articles

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NASCAR calls Stewart incident ‘unfortunate’ (Fox Sports)

Posted by @ 5:02 pm, September 30th, 2007

Championship contender Tony Stewart will not be penalized for cursing on live TV following practice at Kansas Speedway.

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NASCAR seems to be arbitrary (Nevada Appeal)

Posted by @ 6:04 am, September 30th, 2007

I found it curious when the NASCAR penalties were announced for Carl Edwards and crew chief Bob Osborne due to a technical infraction after last Sunday’s Dover race.

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