Many have made history at Daytona - Lexington Dispatch
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Many have made history at Daytona Lexington Dispatch From 1968 through 2003, the distance was increased to 125 miles. Starting in 2005, the qualifying event distance was increased to 150 miles. A total of 46 drivers have won qualifying races leading up to the 500. Earnhardt leads that list with 12, ... |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
Super Bowl 2012 Erases Indianapolis Image As Naptown - Huffington Post
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 Fox News | Super Bowl 2012 Erases Indianapolis Image As Naptown Huffington Post TOM COYNE 02/ 5/12 02:12 PM ET AP Native son Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to it in 1970 as "the 500-mile speedway race, and then 364 days of miniature golf, and then the 500-mile speedway race again." People used to roam city streets on Sundays, ... No more Naptown: Super Bowl boosts Indy's image |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
TxDOT ponders RR 12 compromise - KVUE
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TxDOT ponders RR 12 compromise KVUE The accident happened along Ranch Road 12. It is a road that Vickrey said went from bad to worse. “It's dangerous,” she said. “We actually try to avoid it as much as possible.” Late last year, TxDOT repaved a seven-mile stretch as part of a routine ... |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
Danica Patrick likens career, scrutiny to Tim Tebow's - USA TODAY
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 USA TODAY | Danica Patrick likens career, scrutiny to Tim Tebow's USA TODAY She's so good in the mid-1990s that she goes national — one of her rivals as a teen is eventual Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. — and heads off to Europe at 16 to race formula cars against some of the world's best young drivers. |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
Sports Briefs - Chapel Hill News
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Sports Briefs Chapel Hill News A record 7700 runners entered the annual insanity - and some 3700 ran the 2.5 mile course, wolfed down 12 Krispy Kreme doughnuts and then ran 2.5 miles back to the finish line - helping to raise more than $100000 for patients at NC Children's Hospital. |
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NASCAR: Speed plans 100 hours of coverage from Daytona in February - AutoWeek
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 FOXSports.com | NASCAR: Speed plans 100 hours of coverage from Daytona in February AutoWeek Fox Sports will televise the Feb. 18 Budweiser Shootout, Daytona 500 qualifying on Feb. 19 and the Daytona 500. ESPN and ESPN2 will handle all of the Nationwide Series coverage, including qualifying on Feb. 24 and its 300-mile race the next day. Feb. The Super Bowl of NASCAR Stewart-Haas Racing Alignment Gives Patrick Guaranteed Daytona Start |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
NASCAR's Waltrip: Why It 'Will Never Be The Same' - NPR
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NASCAR's Waltrip: Why It 'Will Never Be The Same' NPR This is the Daytona 500, isn't it? WALTRIP: Don't tell me it isn't. MARTIN: That was Darrell Waltrip in 1989 as he won the Super Bowl of stock car racing, the Daytona 500. Wins like that cemented Waltrip's status as a NASCAR legend. Twelve years after ... |
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 03:44:00 AM
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