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Setting Up 'Race to the Chase'

Posted: Jun 26th 2009 9:43AM by Larry McReynolds (author feed)
Filed under: Chase for the Sprint Cup, Speed TV

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It's that time of year again. Sunday's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway officially kicks off the "Race to the Chase," the 10-race stretch for a shot at the championship.

While there have been several surprises in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year, one of the biggest shocks as we close in on the Chase for the Sprint Cup is the absence of a clear-cut favorite for the championship. Last year's dominant teams at this time of the season were the 99 and 18, and the 24 and 48 in 2007, but we really don't have one in 2009, which bodes well for the sport.
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Mark Martin Staying Full-Time in 2010

Posted: May 6th 2009 1:12PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Mark Martin, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports

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For one driver, getting older in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series just means getting better.

50-year-old Mark Martin will drive the full 2010 schedule in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 car, according to the Associated Press. Martin returned to full time competition in 2009 with a two year deal at Hendrick after running partial schedules since 2007, and it was originally expected that 2010 would be another partial schedule for the driver.

While the news may be good for Martin fans, surprise Talladega winner Brad Keselowski is now somewhat on the outside looking in for 2010 if he wants to pursue racing in NASCAR's top division.
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Wheel2Wheel: From 'Dega to Richmond

Posted: Apr 30th 2009 11:59AM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Sprint Cup, Wheel2Wheel

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Jump in as FanHouse writers Holly Cain and Geoffrey Miller try to put a cap on the weekend that was Talladega and look ahead to the always exciting spring race in Richmond with a little thing we like to call Wheel2Wheel.

NASCAR Feuds

    While Carl Edwards' wreck stole the show at Talladega, two of NASCAR's biggest stars will be thrust into the spotlight Saturday. Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. traded paint at both of last year's Richmond races. Click through to see their two dustups and other top feuds.

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    Race: Crown Royal presents Dan Lowry 400 Date: May 3, 2008
    Feud: Kyle Busch spins out leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. with three laps to go.
    Memorable Quote: Kyle Busch: "The deal with Jr. ... man, it was racing."

    Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images

    Race: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Date: Sept. 7, 2008
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt spins out leader Kyle Busch on lap 212.
    Memorable Quote: Dale Jr.: "I really ain

    Shawn Chamberlin, AP

    Race: Subway Fresh Fit 500
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed with 11 laps to go after he and Casey Mears made contact. Earnhardt then spun Mears on the cool-down lap and Mears retaliated by bumping into the back of Earnhardt's car on pit road.
    Memorable Quote: Mears: "I guess he was a little bent out of shape about it, because he spun me out after the checkered flag."

    LEFT: Jim McIsaac, Getty Images RIGHT: Christian Petersen, Getty Images

    Race: Subway Fresh Fit 500
    Feud: Robby Gordon, left, gets upset with Michael Waltrip after contact with Waltrip's No. 55 Toyota sends Gordon into the Phoenix International Speedway wall.
    Memorable Quote: Gordon: "I

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    Race: Daytona 500
    Feud: Dale Earnhardt Jr's clip of Brian Vickers triggers a 9-car accident
    Memorable Quote: Earnhardt: "What the hell am I supposed to do? ... If he wasn't so damn reckless, we would have never had that problem."

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    Race: Gatorade Duel 150 Date: Feb. 12, 2009
    Feud: Ryan Newman wrecked by David Reutimann
    Memorable Quote: Newman: "Reutimann is a good name for him -- because he rooted a man right out of there and sent me up into the wall."

    Steve Johnson, Orlando Sentinel / MCT

    Race: Amp Energy 500 Date: Oct. 7, 2008
    Feud: Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick clash four days after race
    Memorable Quote: Harvick after race: "I know that [Edwards'] fans won't be very proud of him sitting back there riding around like a pansy."

    AP

    Race: CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 (Nationwide) Date: May 24, 2008
    Feud: Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski mix it up under a caution
    Memorable Quote: Hamlin: "If he throws a rock, I'll throw a concrete block back."

    Jason Smith, Getty Images

    Race: Food City 500 Date: March 17, 2008
    Feud: Kevin Harvick wrecks Tony Stewart with two laps left
    Memorable Quote: Stewart: "I thought I left him plenty of room. I was far enough ahead of him that I didn't see where he hit me or when he hit me. But I'm sure, somehow, it's my fault."

    Jason Smith, Getty Images



Q: What was your first reaction to all of the events and drama that Talladega produced this weekend?

Holly Cain: The accident began only a few yards below my seat in the Talladega press box. At most tracks, the press box is an elevator-ride atop the grandstands, but at Talladega it sits only about 15 rows up.

The last lap was sensory-overload, but that's what you expect at Talladega.
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Numbers: Keselowski's 'Dega Shocker

Posted: Apr 29th 2009 2:48PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Talladega Superspeedway, Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup Numbers

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Takin' a glance at Brad Keselowski's upset win in last Sunday's action at Talladega Superspeedway:

0.175 - Seconds Keselowski finished ahead of second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

1 - Total number of laps led by Keselowski in his Sprint Cup career

1 - Number of Miss Sprint Cup girls doused with champagne in victory lane by Keselowski
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Blame NASCAR for Edwards' Scary Ride

Posted: Apr 26th 2009 9:19PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup

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Let's face it: NASCAR's own rules nearly killed multiple spectators Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway.

The scary last-lap crash in the Aaron's 499 involving Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman and first-time winner Brad Keselowski is just the concoction NASCAR has cooked up with their set of rules governing the cans and cannots of racing at restrictor plate tracks.

At issue, primarily, is the much discussed yellow line rule that prohibits a driver from going below to advance a position.

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Keselowski Wins in Spectacular Fashion

Posted: Apr 26th 2009 9:10PM by Holly Cain (author feed)
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Sprint Cup, FanHouse Exclusive

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TALLEDEGA, Ala. -- Brad Keselowski did what any driver would do.

It was the last lap, and he had a shot to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race. So he held his line and powered forward.

That the ensuing collision between his Chevy and Carl Edwards's Ford as they approached the finish line resulted in Edwards taking a frightening airborne ride into grandstands fencing and injuring seven fans had less to do with Keselowski than the innate dangers of restrictor plate racing.

In fact, NASCAR started putting restrictor plates on the cars at its two super speedways in Talladega and Daytona because of a similar airborne accident at Talladega in 1987. The idea was to control speeds. Roof flaps developed in the 1990s were supposed to keep the cars on the ground.

And so the 25-year-old Keselowski, whose win came in only his fifth Cup start, didn't make apologies for the racing.
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Drivers Irate After Terror at Talladega

Posted: Apr 26th 2009 6:33PM by Holly Cain (author feed)
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup

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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- It wasn't Junior but his junior, Brad Keselowski, who seemingly came out of no where to survive a wreck-filled, spectacular last-lap crash and win his first ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.

Keselowski, who drives full time for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the triple-A Nationwide Series, was behind Carl Edwards about 100 yards from the checkered flag. As Edwards tried to block Keselowski's final push to win, the cars collided, launching Edwards' Ford airborne, which flipped wildly in the air. His car bounced off the hood of Ryan Newman's car and then rolled, roof up, hard into the catch fence along the front grandstand.
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Rubbin' Is Racin': California Hurts!

Posted: Sep 3rd 2007 6:46PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: Michael Waltrip, NASCAR Crashes, Ricky Rudd

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NASCAR fans now a few more good examples of why NASCAR racing will never get boring after the steaming weekend at California Speedway -- for they know that at any time anything can happen in NASCAR.



Brad Keselowski, Ricky Rudd (as the video shows at 0:16) and Michael Waltrip are feeling why today.

Waltrip was the only driver of the three that had a faint idea that his race was about to end early when the left-front tire finally cut down entering turn three during Sunday night's Sharp Aquos 500, sheering an oil line and igniting the No. 55 Napa Toyota. Luckily, Waltrip was able to get out in time -- but not very quickly.

Rudd's fortunes weren't as obvious.


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Keselowski's X-Rays Negative After Crash

Posted: Sep 2nd 2007 2:30PM by tallglassofmilk (author feed)
Filed under: NASCAR Crashes, The Word

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I was in the pits with a bad vantage point yesterday when Brad Keselowski went for a horrifically wild ride at California Speedway, so I didn't know anything had happened until I saw a NASCAR pit road official give the signal that the caution was out. That was my cue to jump over behind the pit box and check out the replay, which you can see here:
It looked like a bad crash for sure--slamming the wall ... riding the rails in a ball of fire ... landing on top of another driver's car ... but I wasn't panicked until I saw the paramedics rush down pit road. Then the broadcast showed all the emergency workers gathered around a car, but by that time there were so many people hovering, I couldn't get close enough to see which driver couldn't get out of their car on their own. Mom was watching at home and filled me in--and was sure to let me know it was all my favorite J.J. Yeley's fault.

Seconds and minutes seemed like hours waiting for word that he was ok. When the California crowd roared, we knew he'd gotten out of the car, and even though he couldn't walk on his own, there were huge sighs of relief all around.

Word then spread quickly through the garage and down pit road when Keselowski self-diagnosed his broken foot and he was airlifted to a nearby hospital. But X-rays proved negative--he will follow up with a neurosurgeon this week.

Yea for safer barriers.

Kesolowski Awake After Vicious Busch Wreck

Posted: Sep 1st 2007 11:48PM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: NASCAR Crashes, NASCAR Injuries, Busch Series, A.J. Allmendinger

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Brad Keselowski, the driver of the JR Motorsports No. 88, was removed gingerly from his battered race car Saturday night at California Speedway after one of the hardest NASCAR wrecks in recent memory.

Keselowski was placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance with noticeable pain in his legs. He was later flown to a nearby hospital for X-rays on his legs.

Keselowski, 23, of Rochester Hills, Mich. was battling with A.J. Allmendinger for 18th spot on lap 67 when Allmendinger appeared to move into the path of J.J. Yeley entering turn one. Allmendinger spun down the track and clipped the rear end of Keselowski, shooting the No. 88 Chevrolet head-on into the outside wall. Yeley then clipped Eric McClure, resulting in a four car crash.

ESPN2 telemetry the No. 88 impacting the wall at over 140mph. The impact lifted Keselowski's car into the air enough to allow Allmendinger to briefly get under the spinning, flaming race car. Allmendinger's No. 42 suffered a broken A-post on the right side of the roll cage.

NASCAR red-flagged the race for repairs to the SAFER barrier.

A.J. Allmendinger talked to ESPN2 after getting released from the infield hospital.
"I thought i was clear, but then I got clipped in the right-rear," said Allmendinger.

"I felt so bad for Brad because that was a big hit. I think he's going to be OK. I talked to him in the infield hospital, and he didn't cuss at me, so I think we'll be OK."
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