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Nationwide Battle heating up

With only three races to go in the Nationwide Series the race for the top 5 is heating up. The 12, 1,and 66 are battling for the 5th spot and it?s probably going to come down to the last race...

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Observer motorsports writer dies at 50

Editor's note: Posting live content and commentary from a good race weekend without the contributions of our colleague and friend David Poole doesn't feel at all right. We all miss him and our hearts will continue to be with his family and many, many friends.We've posted a lot of the tributes wri...

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North Wilkesboro's wild 'Rush Through the Brush'

Permit me a history lesson, dear readers. Decades before "The Pass In The Grass" there was "The Rush Through The Brush." The former involved Dale Earnhardt, the late seven-time champion. The latter involved Junior Johnson, the legendary driver/team owner who,...

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Bad times, bad racing, or flawed perceptions?

By DAVID GREEN One of the hardest questions to answer these days would have to be: What is the state of the sport of auto racing? Fan dissatisfaction is a recurrent theme. The quality of competition is constantly under scrutiny....

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Wow! What an ending!

Congrats to McMurray for the win, he was at the right place at the right time when the final caution flew. Dega has always brought us the big one, but this time we got two of them within a couple...

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The Short and Sweet of Tire Carriers

By: Dennis Terry On occasion, I like to spend a little time spotlighting some of the crew guys who are instrumental in their teams success. The media coverage in NASCAR is somewhat skimpy when it comes to giving credit to...

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The Closest Chase Ever?

So far this Chase has been pretty close. Every week I feel that Kurt has finished well and then I look up on the score board and everyone were racing has finished right with us. I said this earlier but...

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Some Talladega options apparently aren't open

Why is the idea of changing the track at Talladega Superspeedway so absurd?All day on Monday, a lot of the same people who said they would look at all options to make things as safe as they can be at Talladega were also saying that altering the configuration of the race track isn?t an option.?It ...

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