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In racial suit, NASCAR gets unlikely help
Sentinel ColumnistWith the possible exception of Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton, Sybil Scott is probably the last person you'd expect to come to NASCAR's defense in the wake of a $225 million racial discrimination suit that has shaken the sport like a misaligned front end....Tags: Trials, NASCAR, Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights, Al Sharpton
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Newman earns pole for Subway 500
Still smarting from the indignity of being penalized 25 points after his fourth-place car was found to be an eighth of an inch too high after Sunday's race at Texas, Ryan Newman bounced back yesterday with his 43rd career pole. The Daytona 500 winner...Tags: Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, NASCAR, Auto Trends, Daytona 500
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And the rightful winner is...
With math, by-laws and the democratic process favoring her opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign options appear to be either attempting an intra-party coup d'etat or playing what in Alabama used to be called the "cracker card." The coup attempt...Tags: Democratic Party, Elections, NASCAR, Political Candidates, Hillary Clinton
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Kyle Busch gives Toyota its first Sprint Cup win
Sentinel Staff WriterThe win mixed relief, redemption and joy for Kyle Busch. He said after the Kobalt Tools 500 all he could do was race and not worry about anything else. On a sunny Georgia Sunday, on tires that slid maddeningly around the track for most drivers, Busch...Tags: Tony Stewart, History, Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joe Gibbs
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Show will go on at Rockingham
of the Sentinel StaffStock-car society moves on from its glamour event, the Daytona 500, to the little one-mile working man's oval at North Carolina Motor Speedway. But this was no ordinary track in Dale Earnhardt's life, and it will not be on the Sunday after his death....Tags: Dale Earnhardt Sr., Heart Disease, Diseases, Speedway, Richard Petty
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No. 9: The first race
Daily PressThe more things change ... well, you know the rest. Exhibit 1: "Big Bill" France scheduled NASCAR's first-ever Winston Cup race in the backyard of the man challenging him for control of American stock car racing after World War II. The time and place:...Tags: Vacations, Beach Vacations, Sam Rice, Richard Petty, Indianapolis 500
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Apr 11, 2008
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May 12, 2008
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Mar 15, 2003
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