Doctors are wondering and worrying about the size of NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Kyle Busch head. After reviewing tapes of pre-race interviews with Kyle starting at the 2007 Daytona 500 and ending with the race at Charlotte last weekend, it seems as though his sunglasses were much larger each week. This can […]

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Following on the heels of National Football League (NFL) stars Troy Aikman and Randy Moss, Adam “Pacman” Jones has announced his intention to start a race team to compete in NASCAR in 2009.  The troubled NFL player was suspended from playing for the entire 2007 season and passed the time by competing Total Nonstop Action […]

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Fox is reportedly trying to clear up a serious behind-the-scenes situation when, the Thursday before the Best Buy 400 at Dover, they attempted to preview the Fox Cutaway Driver.
Following on the success of the Cutaway Car and Cutaway Pit Crew Box, Fox Sports executives thought the Cutaway Driver would enable broadcaster Jeff Hammond to explain […]

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Bobby Labonte will make his culinary television debut this week when he comes to the Dover Downs is Cooking studio for a taping of the half-hour television cooking show.  The show’s producers acknowledge, however, that putting the driver of the Cheerios car on a cooking show might raise some branding issues.
“We are taking a big risk here putting […]

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With four of the next five NASCAR races taking place in states that lean to the left and then try to buy you a wine cooler, it’s important for every motorsports fan to be prepared for the shift in social climate. Times have changed since Reagan carried Delaware, Michigan, California, and New Hampshire, and […]

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Brian Vickers led more than 60 laps of Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, but finished too far off the pace to suit the young driver.  Vickers called a post race meeting to discuss what he saw as problems during the race.
NASCAR correspondent Fat Sandy Dirtburger listened to the team meeting with a water glass inverted against the […]

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Amazingly, NASCAR has yet to catch on in some parts of America. Richard E. Twittleberry, “Teddy” to his friends, of the exclusive Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston conveyed his thoughts to blackflaggedonline about this weekend’s race by iPhone (Don’t ask me, I don’t know what an iPhone is, either).

“I’ll be […]

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Brian Vickers has always thought of himself as a pretty good singer.  At karaoke bars, he is the first to take the stage.  He can be heard outside his driver’s coach while singing in the shower.  Even during races, Vickers would communicate to his crew chief and spotter in song.  While reviews are mixed on […]

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Count Roger Penske among those Sam Hornish Jr. fans that would love to see him race in this year’s running of the Indianapolis 500. Hornish, a former Indianapolis 500 champion, is primarily known to race fans as an open wheel racer but made the jump to NASCAR this season driving the #77 Dodge for […]

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Going into the 2008 Sprint Cup season, Kyle Busch was excited about his new car, his new team and most of all, his new sponsor, Peanut M&Ms.  The possibilities seemed endless, Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates would be running Toyotas for the first time and his new sponsor would allow him to make […]

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Jack Roush was not having a good day.  One of his drivers, David Ragan failed to race his way into the All Star Race on Saturday night and another, Greg Biffle seemed to have victory within his grasp when the all too familiar “loose wheel” feeling overtook his car.  On top of all that, Roush’s […]

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Dear Bobby Labonte and Bobby Labonte All-Star Driver Introduction Coordinator:
I know you can hear me, Bobby Labonte and Bobby Labonte All-Star Driver Introduction Coordinator. Well, maybe the coordinator is having a hard time hearing me because, after Saturday night’s Bobbly Labonte introduction, I very seriously doubt anyone on the BL Team is paying close […]

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The entire pit crew of the number two Miller Lite team will be arraigned in Charlotte this Friday following an incident at driver introductions for the Sprint Cup All-Star Race last weekend. The crew of the blue deuce allegedly sprayed nine-year-old Wexley Millstone with their sponsor’s beverage during their entrance, which the city prosecutor […]

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Emboldened by their success at picking Kasey Kahne to race in the Sprint All-Star Challenge, race fans have decided they would like to vote on lots more things at NASCAR races.
“I don’t see why votin’ has to be restricted to exhibition racin’,” lifelong fan and occasional voter Jimmy Britches said. “Ain’t but very few […]

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Inspired by the story of a man who sold Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzales’ chewed bubblegum on the Internet for $10,000, Bingo Jensen eagerly roams NASCAR infields with a track pass and a collection of small plastic containers.
“Care to spit yer dip, Mister Carter?”
When Jamie McMurray’s crew chief obliges by squirting some brown tobacco […]

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