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Greg Biffle wins second in a row at Michigan
Greg Biffle raced to his second straight Sprint Cup win at Michigan International Speedway at Brooklyn, Mich., easily holding off Kevin Harvick after points leader Jimmie Johnson smacked the wall in the final laps Sunday. It was the 1,000th victory...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Jr.
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Death of racer Jason Leffler shakes his mentor Parnelli Jones
"I just want to cry," Parnelli Jones said, and a moment later tears welled in the eyes of the legendary race car driver Thursday. The tears were for veteran driver Jason Leffler, a Long Beach native who died Wednesday night from injuries in a sprint-...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, Indianapolis 500, Jason Leffler
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NASCAR, IndyCar drivers to display tributes to Jason Leffler
NASCAR's Brad Keselowski and IndyCar's Ed Carpenter said their cars would display tributes this weekend to Jason Leffler, the driver killed this week in a racing crash in New Jersey. Keselowski, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, will...
Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing, Brad Keselowski, National Basketball Association
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Roger Federer gets a 6-0, 6-0 win in Germany
Roger Federer cruised past Mischa Zverev, 6-0, 6-0, to reach the Gerry Weber Open semifinals on Friday at Halle, Germany, recording his second career double bagel and teaching a painful lesson to a player trying to serve and volley on grass. Richard...
Tags: Florian Mayer, Masters Tournament, Francesca Schiavone, Juan Martin Del Potro, National Hockey League
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Jimmie Johnson dominates in victory at Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. -- Jimmie Johnson absolutely dominated Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his third victory of the season. The Sprint Cup points leader, Johnson pulled away on both of the last two restarts over the final 10 laps to pull into Victory Lane at...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Auto Racing, Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Stock Car Racing
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A five-point update on NASCAR's Chase for the Cup playoff
There are 12 races left to decide which drivers make NASCAR's Chase for the Cup title playoff. So how does the Chase stack up now? Here are five items of note. Remember, 12 Sprint Cup Series drivers qualify for the 10-race Chase: The top 10 in points...
Tags: Paul Menard, Carl Edwards, Auto Racing, Tony Stewart, Stock Car Racing
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Tony Stewart ends drought with victory at Dover
Tony Stewart made a late outside pass on Juan Pablo Montoya and held on Sunday at Dover (Del.) International Speedway to end a winless streak at 30 races. Stewart hadn't even had a top-five finish this season and was stuck in 20th in the NASCAR Sprint...
Tags: Golf, FIFA World Cup, Auto Racing, Tony Stewart, Soccer
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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: Baltimore Colts, National Collegiate Athletic Association, USC Trojans, Auto Racing, Tennis
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NASCAR's little engines that could at Talladega: A postscript
If you're not familiar with David Ragan, who won the NASCAR race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, or his teammate David Gilliland, who pushed him to the finish line, that's quite understandable. You've also likely not heard of their team owner, Bob...
Tags: Barack Obama, Carl Edwards, Front Row Motorsports, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing
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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: Matt Kenseth, David Ragan, Carl Edwards, Front Row Motorsports, Auto Racing
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David Ragan pulls off stunning win at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Excuse David Ragan if he had to ask how to get to Victory Lane. He was, after all, a 100-1 underdog to win at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon. But he was the last man standing on a grueling afternoon when he squeezed...
Tags: Auto Racing, Michael Waltrip, Front Row Motorsports, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart
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MIT officer killed was brother of Hendrick Motorsports employee
The MIT police officer who was shot and killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings was the brother of an employee at Hendrick Motorsports, one of NASCAR's leading teams, Hendrick said Friday. Sean Collier, 26, who died Thursday night...
Tags: Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kobe Bryant, Auto Racing, Stock Car Racing
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