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Stock Car Suicide [1]

NASCAR [2] by Tom Bowles So what would you do with $13 million? In this economy, that’s a dollar amount that makes most middle-class Americans drool. It’ll certainly make major athletes jealous, too, ...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Clint Bowyer [6], Joey Logano [7], Michael Waltrip [8], NASCAR [4], Richard Childress [9], Roush Fenway Racing [10], sponsorship [11]

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NASCAR Horsepower Rankings [12]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Jimmie Johnson Haven’t we seen this movie before? Summer turns to fall and the 48 team shifts into another gear that no one else has, and that it seemed to be hi...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Brad Keselowski [14], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Kansas [19], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20]

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Jimmie Johnson Wins in Kansas [21]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro For those who have followed Jimmie Johnson’s five-year reign in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, his performance in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup is none-too-alarming. A d...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Brad Keselowski [14], Carl Edwards [5], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Matt Kenseth [22], Chase for the Sprint Cup [23], Hollywood Casino 400 [24], Kansas Speedway [25], NASCAR [4]

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Kansas Speedway [26]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: Hollywood Casino 400 Location: Kansas City, Kan. TV: ESPN (2:00 p.m. EST) June Winner: Brad Keselowski Specs: 1.5-mile tri-oval; Banking/Turn...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Brad Keselowski [14], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Greg Biffle [27], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Kurt Busch [28], Chase [29], Hollywook Casino 400 [30], Kansas Speedway [25], NASCAR [4], Sprint Cup [31]

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Horsepower Rankings [32]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Jimmie Johnson Attention race fans: Do not count Jimmie Johnson out of the Chase until he is mathematically eliminated (which probably will not happen). Thank you....

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Brad Keselowski [14], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], Tony Stewart [34], Chase [29], Dover [35], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20]

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Kurt Busch Wins Dover [36]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson entered Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway ranked ninth and 10th in NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup — in 28- and 29-point ...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kasey Kahne [37], Kurt Busch [28], Matt Kenseth [22], Tony Stewart [34], AAA 400 [38], Chase [29], Dover International Speedway [39], NASCAR [4]

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Do Not Doubt Jimmie Johson [40]

NASCAR [2] by Mike Neff For the last four years on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, the mantra has been the same at the start of the Chase: Jimmie Johnson doesn’t have another title in him this season. Or...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Denny Hamlin [41], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Mark Martin [42], Chad Knaus [43], NASCAR [4], Sprint Cup [31]

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Dover International Speedway [44]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: AAA 400 Location: Dover, Del. TV: ESPN (2:00 p.m. EST) May Winner: Ryan Newman Specs: 1-mile oval; Banking/Turns: 24°; Banking/Straightaways...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], Mark Martin [42], Matt Kenseth [22], Dover [35], NASCAR [4], Sprint Cup [31]

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NASCAR Horsepower Rankings [45]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Tony Stewart Difficult to place him anywhere else. Smoke has two consecutive wins and an average finish of fourth over the last four weeks. Lean & mean after s...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Tony Stewart [34], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20]

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Two'fer Tony Stewart [46]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro Most had written off Tony Stewart as a legitimate 2011 championship contender — including himself, if you believed his words in the midst of a 27th-, ninth- and 28th-place ...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Brad Keselowski [14], Denny Hamlin [41], Greg Biffle [27], Jeff Gordon [16], Tony Stewart [34], Chase for the Championship [47], NASCAR [4], New Hampshire [48], Sprint Cup [31], Sylvania 300 [49]

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Team Orders in NASCAR [50]

NASCAR [2] by Tom Bowles NASCAR is a sport defined by individual success. Just one driver and team, not an entire motorsports operation, gets crowned with a series title. But like it or not, team cars wor...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Denny Hamlin [41], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], Hendrick Motorsports [51], NASCAR [4], Richard Childress Racing [52], Roush Fenway Racing [10], team orders [53]

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway [54]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: Sylvania 300 Location: Loudon, N.H. TV: ESPN (2:00 p.m. EST) 2010 Winners: Jimmie Johnson (June); Clint Bowyer (Sept.) July Winner: Ryan Newman...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Clint Bowyer [6], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Ryan Newman [55], Tony Stewart [34], Chase [29], NASCAR [4], New Hampshire Motor Speedway [56], Sprint Cup [31]

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s New Paint Scheme [57]

NASCAR [2] Dale Earnhardt Jr. unveiled his 2012 Diet Mountain Dew paint scheme — pictured top right — on Wednesday via Facebook, rolling out a predominantly silver Chevy with Mountain Dew’s familiar gre...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Darrell Waltrip [58], 2012 [59], Diet Mountain Dew [60], NASCAR [4], New Paint Scheme [61]

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NASCAR Horsepower Rankings [62]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Jimmie Johnson Looked like the typical Chase race for Johnson ... until he was bit by the fuel bug. Still, how many teams do you know can run out of fuel on the fi...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Dale Eanhardt Jr. [63], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Kyle Busch [33], Tony Stewart [34], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20], Sprint Cup Series [64]

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Smokin' Start to the Chase [65]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro Just days ago, Tony Stewart called himself an underdog in the Chase for the Championship. Two weeks prior, he wondered aloud whether his No. 14 team even deserved a spot in N...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], News [13], Brad Keselowski [14], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Denny Hamlin [41], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Tony Stewart [34], Chase for the Sprint Cup [23], Chicagoland Speedway [66], Geico 400 [67], NASCAR [4]

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NASCAR Chase Preview [68]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship gets rolling this weekend in New Hampshire … no, wait … Chicago. Yeah, that’s right, Chicagoland Speedway. Answer me this: Could t...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kevin Harvick [18], Kyle Busch [33], Chase for the Championship [47], NASCAR [4], Sprint Cup Series [64]

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Tracking the Chase [69]

NASCAR [2] by Vito Pugliese NASCAR’s version of the playoffs gets started this weekend in Chicago, just as Major League Baseball is winding down, the NFL regular season is heating up and fantasy footbal...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], Chicagoland [70], Martinsville [71], NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup [72], New Hampshire [48], Talladega [73]

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Chicagoland Speedway [74]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: Geico 400 Location: Joliet, Ill. When: Sunday, Sept. 18 TV: ESPN (2:00 p.m. EST) 2010 Winner: David Reutimann Specs: 1.5-mile tri-oval; B...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], David Reutimann [75], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Chase for the Championship [47], Chicagoland Speedway [66], Geico 400 [67], NASCAR [4]

NASCAR Realignment...Athlon Style [76]

NASCAR [2] This article was originally published in the 2004 Athlon Sports Racing Edition Vol. 2/2004 Realignment… Athlon Style For the past few years, NASCAR has been adding, subtracting, swapping,...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports [77] Tags: NASCAR [4], 2004 [78], nascar archive [79]

2004 NASCAR Drivers Forum [80]

NASCAR [2] Article originally published in 2004 Athlon Sports Racing annual Opinions are like … well, you know the rest of that saying. Opinions are a little more valuable, though, when they belong to s...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports [77] Tags: NASCAR [4], 2004 [78], nascar archive [79]

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Horsepower Rankings [81]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Jeff Gordon The four-time champ has averaged a 3.25-place finish over the last month. Gordon is looking like the “Wonderboy” of old at just the right time. ...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kurt Busch [28], Kyle Busch [33], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20], Richmond [82], Sprint Cup Series [64]

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And then there were 12 [83]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro The final 300 miles of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ regular season were some of the most intense of 2011. Chase bubble boys Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Denny Haml...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Carl Edwards [5], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kurt Busch [28], Chase for the Championship [47], NASCAR [4], Richmond International Raceway [84]

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Richmond International Raceway [85]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro and Nathan Rush Race: Wonderful Pistachios 400 Location: Richmond, Va. When: Saturday, Sept. 10 TV: ABC (7:30 p.m. EST) 2010 Winners: Kyle Busch (May); Denny Hamlin (...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Denny Hamlin [41], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], NASCAR [4], Richmond International Raceway [84], Wonderful Pistachios 400 [86]

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Marked Man [87]

NASCAR [2] by Tom Bowles Kermit the Frog may have it tough being green, but in the muppet-like drama of NASCAR I’m betting it’s 1,000 times tougher to be driving the red No. 42 Target Chevy these days...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Brad Keselowski [14], Clint Bowyer [6], Jimmie Johnson [17], Juan Pablo Montoya [88], Kyle Busch [33], Tony Stewart [34], NASCAR [4], Sprint Cup Series [64]

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NASCAR Horsepower Rankings [89]

NASCAR [2] by Matt Taliaferro 1. Jimmie Johnson Two runner-up finishes in the last three races but no wins since Talladega in April. It’s almost Chase time, though, and Johnson finds himself lea...

1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro [3] Tags: NASCAR [4], Brad Keselowski [14], Dale Earnhardt Jr. [15], Jeff Gordon [16], Jimmie Johnson [17], Kyle Busch [33], NASCAR [4], Power Rankings [20], Sprint Cup Series [64]

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