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TV, movie shoots get inside track at Irwindale Speedway
A loud screeching sound echoed across the oval racetrack as a driver burned rubber, revving the engine of a silver Mercedes-Benz and spinning the vehicle a full 360 degrees while kicking up a cloud of dust and smoke. This wasn't a stock car race, but...
Tags: Fear Factor (tv program), NASCAR, 90210 (tv program), Automotive Equipment, Sundance Channel (tv network)
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Appeals panel reduces NASCAR penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing
An appeals board sided with Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday and substantially reduced penalties levied against the team for having an illegal part in Matt Kenseth's engine when Kenseth won at Kansas Speedway last month. Kenseth initially was stripped of...
Tags: Car Engine Repair, NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing
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Legendary Hollywood car customizer Dean Jeffries dead at 80
Dean Jeffries, the legendary car painter and customizer who made the Monkeemobile and the Green Hornet's original Black Beauty, died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Hollywood. He was 80. His death was confirmed by his son, Kevin. During the car-...
Tags: U.S. Army, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Petroleum Industry
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Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney are up by one shot at Quail Hollow
Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, minus much separation from the rest of the field. Mickelson hit a shot out-of-bounds on the 15th hole and hit another shot that struck a spectator in the...
Tags: Bojana Jovanovski, Golf, LPGA Tour, Ernie Els, IndyCar Series
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Travis Pastrana takes Nationwide Series pole at Talladega
Travis Pastrana, the former X Games star turned NASCAR driver, added to his collection of firsts Friday by winning the pole position for the Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. He circled the 2.66-mile tri-oval with a fast lap of 176....
Tags: Danica Patrick, NASCAR, X Games, Travis Pastrana, Stock Car Racing
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NASCAR's Denny Hamlin cleared to resume racing at Talladega
NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, injured in a March crash in Southern California, was medically cleared to resume racing this weekend when the Sprint Cup Series returns to Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. But in making the announcement, his Joe Gibbs Racing...
Tags: NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova to win Madrid Open
Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50. Williams beat Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title. And Rafael Nadal eased by Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-2, 6-4, for...
Tags: College Sports, Manchester United F.C., Open-Wheel Racing, Hockey (music group), Water Polo
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David Ragan's win at Talladega is a feather in cap of Front Row Motorsports
Had the rain lingered a bit longer in central Alabama, Bob Jenkins and his Front Row Motorsports team might still be looking for their first win in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Instead, they're now the little NASCAR team that could. Front Row's David...
Tags: Rick Santorum, Front Row Motorsports, NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports, Carl Edwards
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To Cruz Pedregon, being a one-car team is no drag
The elite level of the National Hot Rod Assn.'s funny car drag racing is dominated by two multi-car teams, John Force Racing and Don Schumacher Racing, which have seven funny car drivers between them. But that's of no concern to one of the sport's...
Tags: Snap-On Incorporated, National Hot Rod Association, Science and Technology, Drag Racing
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Matt Kenseth wins Southern 500
Matt Kenseth passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night at Darlington, S.C. Busch had the strongest car for much of the race and led for 265 of the 367 laps at Darlington Raceway....
Tags: Oakland Raiders, Football, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Super Bowl
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Dean Jeffries dies at 80; legendary car painter and customizer
During the car-crazy 1950s in Southern California, Dean Jeffries was one of the first hot rodders to chop, channel and soup-up automobiles. His distinctive paint jobs and sculpted body work attracted many admirers to his auto shop, including the likes...
Tags: The Green Hornet (movie) , Manufacturing and Engineering, The Tonight Show (tv program), Automotive Equipment, The Kid (movie)
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Watch 16-car wreck that marred end of NASCAR race in Talladega
A 16-car wreck marred the end of the NASCAR race in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, and a lot of drivers lashed out at track officials afterward. With six laps to go, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bumped J.J. Yeley, sending Yeley's car into Kurt Busch's car,...
Tags: NASCAR, Ryan Newman, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., J.J. Yeley, Kurt Busch
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