Sports
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Oct. 2, 2015
DARLINGTON, S.C.
Sept. 7, 2015
Dale Jarrett, trailing throughout the race, caught Dick Trickle on the final turn of the last lap and beat him to the checkered flag by three feet to win Saturday’s Champion Spark Plug 300 NASCAR stock car race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
May 27, 1990
Jamie McMurray picked up a $1-million payday by winning the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night at Concord, N.C.
May 17, 2014
Pro sports plan to play in empty venues because of the coronavirus outbreak, but examples of events occurring without fans is sparse.
May 4, 2020
Austin Dillon passed an out-of-gas Jimmie Johnson two laps from the end in the Coca-Cola 600 for his first NASCAR Cup victory, returning the iconic No. 3 car to Victory Lane early Monday.
May 28, 2017
For Darrell Waltrip, it was a choice between the security of a full fuel tank and the risk of going for the checkered flag on empty.
May 27, 1985
After being sidelined for nearly six months with life-threatening double pneumonia, stock car driver Tim Richmond returned to Winston Cup competition last Sunday in the Pocono 500 and made his first start a winning one.
June 21, 1987
Stock car driver Rusty Wallace, who usually is fighting for position on the high banks of NASCAR tracks, faced another kind of traffic during an only-in-New York incident.
Dec. 23, 1993
Dikembe Mutombo walks into the Denver Nuggets locker room 90 minutes before Tuesday night’s game against Charlotte, humming a tune in his bottomless baritone.
Nov. 30, 1991