NASCAR Is Simply, Uh… Awesome

June 19, 2009 by Nascar Motor Racing  
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By Guest Column By Cathy ElliottPublished:19 June 2009 5:17 PM EDTPosted in: NASCAR News Comments [0]Print This PostEmail This Post To A FriendLike different types of music, conversations can have a distinctive rhythm.I learned this from experience. In any given conversation, the moment the other person knows you have an affiliation with NASCAR, the same two things invariably happen.First comes the driver question. There’s a small amount of wiggle room on this one, but ninety-nine percent o

NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity: “Overhyped” or Neccessary?

June 19, 2009 by Nascar Motor Racing  
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By Jen Preston, FanZone SportsPublished:19 June 2009 4:24 PM EDTPosted in: NASCAR News, OpinionCONCORD, NC - JANUARY 21, 2008: NASCAR 2008 Media Day at the NASCAR R&D Center on January 21, 2008 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images) Comments [0]Print This PostEmail This Post To A FriendNearly sixty years ago, Wendell Scott became the first African American to receive a NASCAR license. He won his first and only race in 1963, but wasn’t declared the winner or allowe

On This Day In NASCAR: June 19

June 18, 2009 by Nascar Motor Racing  
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By Bill Marx, Sporting News NASCAR Wire ServicePublished:19 June 2009 12:00 AM EDTPosted in: On This Day In NASCAR History Comments [0]Print This PostEmail This Post To A FriendJune 191988: Nineteen cars take the green flag of the Nationwide Series race at Lanier Speedway in Gainesville, Ga. It is the last time fewer than 20 cars start a Nationwide race. Tommy Houston gets the win in the Big Star/Coca-Cola 200, winning by three seconds over Jimmy Hensley on the three-eighths mile trackComme

Dads and NASCAR

June 18, 2009 by Nascar Motor Racing  
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By Kyle Ocker, FanZone SportsPublished:19 June 2009 3:13 AM EDTPosted in: Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR News, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup Series, Tony StewartTony Stewart and his father, Nelson, on the starting grid of last Sunday’s LifeLock 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. (Photo credit: CIA Stock Photography) Comments [0]Print This PostEmail This Post To A FriendThe Darlington Raceway weekend is on Mother’s Day. There is no doubt t