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Darrell Wallace Jr. is making NASCAR officials and fans take notice
The black NASCAR truck with a white "54" on the side gleamed on pit road as its driver walked up for the night's race, prompting three dozen photographers and well-wishers to edge closer. The attraction was 19-year-old Darrell Wallace Jr. As Wallace...
Tags: Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Coca-Cola Co.
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Two killed in crash at California race track
MARYSVILLE, Calif. -- A teenage race car driver taking warm-up laps at a raceway in Northern California careened off the track and into pit row, killing a 14-year-old boy and 68-year-old man, officials said. Six or seven cars were on the track...
Tags: National Hot Rod Association, NASCAR, Open-Wheel Racing, Drag Racing, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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NASCAR driver Michael Annett out indefinitely with broken sternum
Michael Annett, a driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken sternum in Saturday's race at Daytona International Speedway, his team said Tuesday. Annett, 26, was scheduled to have surgery after doctors in...
Tags: 50 Cent, Richard Petty Motorsports, NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Michael Annett
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Jimmie Johnson wins his second Daytona 500; Danica Patrick is 8th
Jimmie Johnson won NASCAR’s Daytona 500 for the second time by holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished second, on Sunday. Danica Patrick finished eighth, the highest finish in history for a woman in the Daytona 500, but she was poised to...
Tags: Daytona 500, Austin Dillon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Daytona Beach, Clint Bowyer
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Daytona 500 on schedule after post-crash repairs to speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Daytona 500 was set to start as scheduled Sunday after repairs were made to the track's fence following a crash that injured at least 28 spectators. "We worked late into the evening and are prepared to go racing today," Joie...
Tags: Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Auto Racing
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Who will win the Daytona 500?
Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss who is the favorite to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Feel free to join the discussion with a comment of your own. Jim Peltz, Los Angeles Times Look for Kevin Harvick to win NASCAR’s crown-jewel race a...
Tags: Daytona 500, NASCAR, Kevin Harvick, Coca-Cola Co., Stock Car Racing
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Crash-related deaths up for first time since 2005, report says
For the first time since 2005, the estimated number of people killed in the U.S. by car crashes went up, according to the National Safety Council. Vehicle crashes killed an estimated 36,200 people in 2012, according to a council report released Tuesday....
Tags: Local Government, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Auto Racing, Traffic
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Watch Kyle Larson shove his way to a NASCAR win [Video]
Already considered perhaps the best prospect in NASCAR, 20-year-old driver Kyle Larson is starting to prove he's also one of the most aggressive. Running second in a minor-league NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway on Monday night, the Elk...
Tags: Jose Canseco, NASCAR, Stock Car Racing, Tony Stewart, Auto Racing
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Chevrolet to debut 415-horsepower SS sedan ahead of Daytona 500
The Pontiac G8 is dead. Long live the Chevrolet SS. Chevrolet is set to reveal the 415-horsepower V-8 sedan at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, one day before the NASCAR version of the car is scheduled to begin qualifying for the Daytona...
Tags: Daytona 500, NASCAR, G8, Pontiac, Passenger Cars
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Darrell Wallace Jr. confirmed for season in NASCAR truck series
Darrell Wallace Jr. will become only the fourth black driver to race full time in one of NASCAR's three national series after Joe Gibbs Racing on Saturday said the 19-year-old will drive in NASCAR's truck series this year. "I can't wait to get on the...
Tags: Joe Gibbs, NASCAR, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Kyle Busch, Stock Car Racing
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Chris Economaki dies at 91; pioneering motor sports journalist
Chris Economaki, a journalist long regarded as the authoritative voice in motor sports, died Friday. He was 91. National Speed Sport News, which Economaki edited and published for more than 60 years, announced his death but gave no details. Economaki,...
Tags: Ridgewood, Television Industry, Open-Wheel Racing, ESPN (tv network), France
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NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Matt Kenseth: Pay up on bet
Sports NowIn between NASCAR's first day of test laps at Daytona International Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. joked that fellow driver Matt Kenseth owed him $2,500 for losing a bet over Kenseth's beard....
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