When NASCAR expanded the Chase for the Cup to 12 drivers in the 2007 season the reactions were mixed.  Some applauded the decision as a way to make the Chase more competitive while others decried the move as a shining example of NASCAR’s favorable treatment of star drivers like Dale Earnhardt […]

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Three weeks ago, Kyle Busch’s mother Verna made a little room on the mantle above the fireplace in the family’s living room.  The place of honor was expected to hold the younger Busch brother’s Sprint Cup trophy and would be proudly placed next to big brother Kurt’s championship trophy.  But Sunday […]

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For NASCAR drivers few things are more special than returning home and racing in front of the fans that have watched them since they began racing.  This weekend, Clint Bowyer will get to enjoy the experience of racing for the win in front of the most loyal fans of his, the […]

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Some might say that Dale Earnhardt Sr. was one of the roughest, toughest, meanest, most hard-bitten NASCAR drivers of all time.  Too bad the same can’t be said about his son, the driver of the #88 National Guard Chevy, Dale Earnhardt Junior. 
After clinching a spot in the Chase at […]

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Dear Kyle,
Rough year.  Scratch that, great year, bad couple of weeks.  Do the math on that and it all equals out to a rough year.  I know how you love those movies where the nerds triumph in the end but this ain’t one of them.  There ain’t no summer camp Olympics […]

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Kyle Busch entered the Chase with a healthy point lead, banked 10 points at a time during each of the eight races he won during the regular NASCAR season.  But with wild market fluctuations and questions about the security of all kinds of assets, Busch is very concerned about maintaining the […]

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