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Hendrick Motorsports says Lance McGrew will stay with the No. 88 team in 2010.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Allmendinger placed on probation follow DUI arrest</title>
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NASCAR placed driver AJ Allmendinger on probation Thursday following his arrest early in the morning on a charge of drunken driving.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Johnson extends Chase points lead with second&#45;place finish</title>
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Johnson, who is in line for his Cup-record fourth consecutive championship, gained 28 points on second-place driver Mark Martin during the TUMS Fast Relief 500.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Hamlin holds off Johnson to win at Martinsville Speedway</title>
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Denny Hamlin, a Chesterfield native, wins for second time at Martinsville while Jimmie Johnson expands his points lead           ]]></description>
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Three blown tires help send NASCAR&#8217;s most popular driver to a 29th-place finish in the TUMS Fast Relief 500           ]]></description>
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Ryan Newman and Mark Martin were the only two drivers to finish in the top 10 in each short track race this season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Making time for mom (and dad, too)</title>
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Local crew members on Tony Stewart&#8217;s team know the rigors of the road and appreciate opportunities to spend time with family.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Danville resident Timothy Peters wins Kroger 200 at Martinsville</title>
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Peters led the final 84 laps and finally broke through with his first Camping World Truck Series victory.           ]]></description>
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Martin&#8217;s determination has made him one of the most successful drivers on the circuit for decades. Yet, a Cup championship has eluded the savvy veteran.            ]]></description>
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Since the Goody&#8217;s 500 on March 29, Stewart-Haas Racing has become a force to be reckoned with.            ]]></description>
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Ryan Newman edged Jeff Gordon in qualifying for Sunday&#8217;s TUMS Fast Relief 500, turning a lap of 96.795 mph Friday afternoon to secure the pole position as the second half of NASCAR&#8217;s Chase for the Sprint Cup gets under way.           ]]></description>
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Danville residents to run in Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway           ]]></description>
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Australian driver for Danville-based Sellers Racing looks for elusive win at 0.4-mile oval           ]]></description>
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South Boston Speedway Late Model Series driver Laura Hayes will participate in the Drive for Diversity Combine for the second consecutive year, even though the combine is moving from SoBo to Motor Mile Speedway in Radford.
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          <title>NASCAR&#8217;s first family: Two Frances make the cut for Hall of Fame&#8217;s inaugural class</title>
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CHARLOTTE - Bill France Sr., NASCAR&#8217;s founder, headlines stock-car racing&#8217;s first Hall of Fame class, but the group drew mixed reactions with the inclusion of France&#8217;s son instead of driver David Pearson.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Johnson rolls to victory in California</title>
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FONTANA, Calif. (AP)&#8212;Jimmie Johnson insists NASCAR&#8217;s Chase for the championship isn&#8217;t over. That his dominating victory in Sunday&#8217;s Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway doesn&#8217;t mean his fourth straight title is in the bag.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Once again, the driver&#8217;s seat belongs to Johnson</title>
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FONTANA, Calif.&#8212;Jimmie Johnson is back in control of NASCAR&#8217;s Chase for the Championship.           ]]></description>
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          <title>North Carolina striving for place at Indianapolis 500</title>
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Daniel Herrington is making his mark as an open-wheel driver from stock-car country.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fireworks on and off the track for Bailey&#8217;s 300 at Martinsville</title>
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Top two finishers almost get into altercation following race; several SoBo drivers fail to meet expectations
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          <title>Wilden captures KONI GS crown at VIR</title>
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Miller takes ST title           ]]></description>
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Big names involved in 13 cautions; McCaskill highest finishing SoBo driver           ]]></description>
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In today&#8217;s season-ending Bosch Engineering Octoberfest at Virginia International Raceway, Christian Miller will try to complete his championship run and earn his first-ever Grand-Am championship.           ]]></description>
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Dane Rudolph&#8217;s progression as the season moved on has Danville-based Sellers Racing high on the Australian. There is optimism that Rudolph, who starts first in the second heat race, will make the field and run well in today&#8217;s running of the Bailey&#8217;s 300 at Martinsville Speedway.           ]]></description>
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Davin Scites won his third consecutive Bailey&#8217;s 300 pole Saturday at Martinsville Speedway and in the process, broke his own track record that he set a year ago.           ]]></description>
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Justin Johnson won one of the closest points championships in South Boston Speedway history and carries that momentum into this weekend&#8217;s Bailey&#8217;s 300 at Martinsville Speedway.           ]]></description>
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When Ken Wilden ends Sunday&#8217;s four-hour Bosch Engineering Octoberfest at Virginia International Raceway, the season finale for the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge and its Grand Sport (GS) and Street Tuner (ST) classes, he hopes to show his wild side as the 2009 GS driving champion.           ]]></description>
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Many of the top drivers at South Boston Speedway are in Martinsville preparing for this Sunday&#8217;s Bailey&#8217;s 300 at the historic 0.526-mile oval. The premier race of the Late Model drivers&#8217; season has brought more than 100 cars from the Southeast for the 42-car race.           ]]></description>
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          <title>In The Pits: Johnson assailing NASCAR record books</title>
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Oh boy, another easy victory for Jimmie Johnson. Just what NASCAR didn&#8217;t need in its bid to use an exciting championship race to spark its sagging ratings.           ]]></description>
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23 cautions plague Limited Sportsman and Whelen Modified series races           ]]></description>
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          <title>NASCAR digs up old roots in a new way</title>
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NASCAR, its drivers, its tracks and its sponsors are going back to the roots of the sport. And they&#8217;re doing it in a way that seems a little counterintuitive &#8211; through the use of new technology.            ]]></description>
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Denny Hamlin, a first-time winner in Richmond, has 10 top-10 finishes in his last 12 starts.           ]]></description>
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 From a historical perspective that really doesn&#8217;t have much history to it, Tony Stewart may have been better off not winning NASCAR&#8217;s regular season.           ]]></description>
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The win gave Kahne some breathing room in his quest to join the Chase for the Cup field, propelling him from 11th to sixth in the standings.           ]]></description>
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Ringgold residents Jarrett and Jack Milam have been suspended after an on-track altercation with another driver in Saturday&#8217;s second twin 30-lap Pure Stock race at South Boston Speedway, NASCAR officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
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Quackenbush finally got his first breakthrough at SoBo, winning the second 75-lap twin race Saturday night and, in the process, taking the points lead after consistent runs throughout the season finally resulted in victory.           ]]></description>
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37-year-old Mat Mladin coasted to a ninth-place finish as he said goodbye to the speedway in Alton           ]]></description>
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Bristol Motor Speedway officials had 160,000 reasons to celebrate Tuesday morning.           ]]></description>
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Roxboro, N.C., native Matt Lofton returns to SoBo with the United Speed Alliance Racing Pro Cup Series for tonight&#8217;s running of the South Boston 250, the ninth race of the season.           ]]></description>
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SoBo track officials say Greg Dejarnette was black flagged and parked for rough driving. Dejarnette didn&#8217;t take that news well.           ]]></description>
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Eddie Johnson almost picked up his first win of the season at SoBo, closing in on C.E. Falk III in the final laps and finishing 0.031 seconds behind in a thrilling conclusion to a hectic Imagine Halifax 150 on a humid Saturday night.           ]]></description>
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One has been getting notoriety for weeks now with win after win. The other has been as consistent as you can be without winning every race.           ]]></description>
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So far this season, Northern drivers have been a force on the Southern tour.           ]]></description>
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After weeks of negotiations, International Speedway Corp. officials announced yesterday that the Indy Racing League event won&#8217;t return next year to Richmond International Raceway.           ]]></description>
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If only numbers mattered, Denny Hamlin&#8217;s fourth Sprint Cup season would be something to brag about.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s about 5:45 on a Friday night and the tower at Southside Speedway is starting to come alive. Score keepers are arriving and setting up the electronic keypad for the scoreboard overlooking turn three; drivers and teams are mulling around the infield; and the controlled scramble is on to get concession stands up and running. Co-race directors Chris Stefi and Gary Fox are just sitting down to hash out some last minute notes for the drivers&#8217; meeting at 6 p.m. and catching one last moment of solitude before a night where they will have to deal with everything from storms to wrecks, to technical difficulties and the inevitable unhappy driver.           ]]></description>
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Jimmie Johnson grabbed an improbable third victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a speeding penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew Sunday&#8217;s race wide open.            ]]></description>
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The Australian driver for Sellers Racing had captured his first two pole positions at the 0.4-mile oval and was coming off a career-best fourth-place finish in the Bailey&#8217;s 200 on July 3.           ]]></description>
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Peyton Sellers will take the help for three consecutive race weekends, beginning with Saturday&#8217;s running of the Kroger 200 at O&#8217;Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, a track he has never competed at before.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. The sun reflecting off the silver dome draws your eyes as you approach downtown Charlotte. Designed to look like sheet metal from a stock car but in the shape of an oval racetrack, it&#8217;s the signature element of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.           ]]></description>
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They called him &#8220;Happy Harvick&#8221; at the start of his NASCAR career, when success came so easy that Kevin Harvick had a seemingly perpetual smile. It&#8217;s been quite some time since the nickname fit. 
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Deac McCaskill and his crew&#8217;s hard work to fix problems with their car paid off, as McCaskill raced it to a victory Saturday night.           ]]></description>
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NASCAR asked a federal judge Monday to reverse the ruling that lifted driver Jeremy Mayfield&#8217;s indefinite suspension for failing a random drug test.           ]]></description>
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Nick Smith led wire-to-wire for the second consecutive race, leading all 200 laps from the pole position in a convincing victory in the Bailey&#8217;s 200 Whelen All-American Late Model Series race Friday night at South Boston Speedway.
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After winning the second race of the season, Ringgold resident Jarrett Milam could not buy a solid finish, even when it appeared he had the strongest car for 30 laps.           ]]></description>
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SOUTH BOSTON &#8212; If having to hold off a field full of drivers wanting to win on a green-white-checkered restart is hard, Brian Pembelton can say exactly how difficult it is.           ]]></description>
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There are plenty of ways a racecar driver can destroy a car. The few things that immediately come to mind are multi-car accidents, a shredded tire tearing apart the front end and an assortment of weird incidents.           ]]></description>
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When Mark Martin got the opportunity to return to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing full time this season, he and wife Arlene had a couple of heart-to-heart talks.            ]]></description>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Danica Patrick&#8217;s likely free agency at the end of the IndyCar Series will make her a hot commodity among teams in the open-wheel series and NASCAR.            ]]></description>
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Smashing is a good way to describe Kyle Busch&#8217;s celebration after winning the Nationwide race in Nashville.           ]]></description>
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Everything comes full circle &#8211; at least it did for Mike Rife.           ]]></description>
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Twice a year, the NASCAR races at the Bristol Motor Speedway swell area roadways, restaurants and motels, raining tax dollars on the localities best situated to accommodate race-goers.           ]]></description>
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MILWAUKEE (AP) &#8212; Danica Patrick is consistently running near the front this season, and with every top-five finish she is distancing herself from the drama that seemed to swirl around her early in her IndyCar career.           ]]></description>
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DOVER, Del. (AP) &#8212; When Tony Stewart saw his team celebrating as if it had won a championship, the impact of his sensational start really hit him.           ]]></description>
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DOVER, Delaware (AP) &#8212; Jimmie Johnson nosed past Tony Stewart with two laps left in a thrilling battle to the finish and won the NASCAR Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway.           ]]></description>
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Brett Moffitt breaks Joey Logano&#8217;s record as the series&#8217; youngest race winner           ]]></description>
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The Camping World East Series returns to the Halifax County track           ]]></description>
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Danville resident has had success at the Delaware track in the past           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8212; Dale Earnhardt Jr. stayed loyal to his cousin and crew chief through last year&#8217;s frustrating finish and this year&#8217;s slumping start.            ]]></description>
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Danville resident extends sponsorship deal           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) &#8212; NASCAR has penalized Robby Gordon 50 points for failing a postrace inspection at Lowe&#8217;s Motor Speedway.           ]]></description>
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Danville resident is currently 16 in the points standings           ]]></description>
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Black flag helps decide controversial Limited Sportsman race           ]]></description>
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CONCORD - Brent Raymer has been inside the Beast of the Southeast before, but never like this.           ]]></description>
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Jimmie Wayne Patterson, a former race car champion at several Central Virginia short tracks, died early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Nottoway County.           ]]></description>
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DARLINGTON (AP)&#8212;If Mark Martin keeps winning like this, even he might have to concede that he&#8217;s racing for a Sprint Cup championship.           ]]></description>
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Jeb Burton finishes second in the Limited Sportsman race           ]]></description>
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Richard Gray violates NASCAR&#8217;s substance abuse policy           ]]></description>
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Defending Late Model champ lands part-time ride           ]]></description>
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NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb committed suicide by a gunshot wound to the head, the Henrico County medical examiner determined yesterday.           ]]></description>
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Kevin Grubb, whose NASCAR career was cut short because of alleged substance abuse, was found dead yesterday morning at a motel in Henrico County.           ]]></description>
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Nearly a third of the way through the NASCAR season, a number of Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series teams are still scrambling to secure sponsors in an effort to make it through the season.           ]]></description>
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They aren&#8217;t quite the Hatfields and McCoys, but Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. aren&#8217;t exactly fishing buddies, either.           ]]></description>
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Winning is supposed to be the name of the game, but if the game is NASCAR, winning is secondary.           ]]></description>
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Danville native will try to qualify for tonight&#8217;s Nationwide Series race           ]]></description>
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Almost everyone is hesitant to question the judgment of Joe Gibbs. His record is proven&#8212;three Super Bowl rings as coach of the Washington Redskins and three Sprint Cup titles.           ]]></description>
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Virginians Eddie Pardue and Joey Cohen have developed a reputation as one of the best crew chief/engineer tandems in the Nationwide Series.           ]]></description>
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Deac McCaskill leads all 156 laps and wins the USG Night 150           ]]></description>
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New VIR simulator provides more efficiency for drivers, engineers

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