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• NASCAR Love For Stickers Continues To Stick Around

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 778
  Do you remember as kid growing up that un-profound love that you had for stickers? You would put them anywhere there was an open spot, on your school books, lunchboxes, bikes, lockers, and they even showed up on your dad and mom’s new car. Stickers have always played some sort of role in our everyday lives, with ...
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• Thankful to Witness Jimmie Johnson

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 129
  Jimmie Johnson and his extended loved ones have a lot to be thankful for this Holiday season. His racing success the last eight years, in particular the last four, is unprecedented. He has accomplished what no other driver ever has in NASCAR’s top series. Please think of the names referenced that tried but could ...
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• MOST EXPENSIVE CRASHES IN NASCAR HISTORY

  
  AllLeftTurns.com — Authority: 586
  The financial Web site 24/7 Wall Street crunched the numbers and came up with a list of the ten most expensive crashes in NASCAR history. (And by history , the site means since 2002 .) Each estimate covers the cost of wrecked cars and track damage. The most expensive crash? That would be the Sam Hornish Jr. and ...
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• Race React: Finale Provides 2010 Glimpse

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 129
    First of all, congratulations to the Hendrick Motorsports “48” team of Jimmie Johnson, going where NO NASCAR driver has gone before. It’s taken 60 years for someone to do what Johnson has just accomplished, and it may be 60 more before someone equals it. You can say what you want about the Chase, I am ...
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• NASCAR History: The Doctor Is In…The Driver’s Seat

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 129
  His statistics aren’t what a racing fan would consider stellar, and his time in the cup series was short compared to today’s standards.  However, Don Tarr is perhaps one of the most unique individuals to grace the pavement in NASCAR’s premier series.  Born May 4th, 1929, hailing from the Miami Beach area, he ...
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• Wilkesboro Press Conference Was A History Book Brought To Life

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 129
  Bobby Allison leaned forward and looked to his left . I couldn’t hear his voice but I could tell by his lips and the expression on his face that he was trying to communicate “what?” Judy sat on a row of chairs about six seats away from her husband. She mouthed something back to Bobby that I could not hear ...
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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 9

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  November 91958: Richard Petty finishes 13th in his only career start in the No. 24. Petty finishes 10 laps behind winner Bob Welborn in a 150-lap race at one-third mile Champion Speedway in Fayetteville, N.C. Although the race takes place in 1958, it is actually the first race of the 1959 season. In the other [...]
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• A Sunday On The Couch- 30 Years Apart

  
  Bump-Drafts.com — Authority: 129
  Today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fan can look forward to a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon viewing the action. Possibly wearing their favorite driver’s apparel hunkered down in a room dedicated to that same guy. Surrounded by photos, souvenirs, and wall posters a fan can tune in for hours of racing coverage. Some ...
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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 2

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  November 21975: Richard Petty wins the only Cup race run in November at Bristol, beating Lennie Pond by more than a lap in the Volunteer 500. It is also the last of Petty’s eight victories in the month of November.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: November 1

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  November 11998: Jeff Gordon wins the AC Delco 400 by .52 seconds over Dale Jarrett to sweep both races at Rockingham. It is Gordon’s fourth and final victory at the Rock. In 23 Cup starts at North Carolina Speedway, Gordon posts 11 top 10s, eight finishes in the top five.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 31

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 312004: Martin Truex Jr. finishes 37th in the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his Cup series debut. Truex also gets his first Cup series DNF that day when his engine dies after 259 laps of the 325-lap race.On
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 30

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 301966: The Allison brothers, Bobby and Donnie, compete in the same Cup race for the first time. In their 231 common races, Bobby finishes in front of his brother 146 times. On this day, however, Donnie beats his brother, finishing ninth in the American 500 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham. Bobby ...
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 29

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 291950: Lee Petty wins the final race of the Cup season for his only victory in 1950. The win at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, N.C., is significant because it enables Petty to have at least one win in each of his first 13 seasons.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 28

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 281951: Danny Weinberg wins his only Cup race in his fifth start, taking the checkered flag in the in a 200-lap race on the half-mile dirt track at Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, Calif. All 17 of Weinberg’s Cup starts, from 1951 to 1964, are in the West—15 in California and two at Phoenix. He [...]
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 27

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 272002: One week after winning at Martinsville, Cup rookie Kurt Busch wins the NAPA 500 at Atlanta for his second consecutive victory. It is the only time in his 10-year, 19-win career Busch has won consecutive Cup races.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 26

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 262002: Two weeks after winning his first Cup race in his second start, Jamie McMurray wins his first Nationwide Series race, the Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta. He leads only the final lap—when race leader Joe Nemechek runs out of gas—and wins by 10.796 seconds over Michael Waltrip.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 25

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 252000: Dale Earnhardt wins the 76th and final race of his Cup career, coming from 18th place in the final laps of the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Kenny Wallace finishes second and Joe Nemechek third in cars owned by Andy Petree.
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• On This Day In NASCAR: October 24

  
  FanZone Sports - Racing — Authority: 439
  October 241999: The Burton brothers, Jeff and Ward, finish 1-2 for the third time in the 1999 season. Jeff wins all three, including a .337-second victory on this day in the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham.
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