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Johnson wins at Darlington:

#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway fior his first win of 2004 and his first win at Darlington. #18-Bobby Labonte finished 2nd. The rest of the top five were #12-Newman, #31-Gordon and #38-Sadler. Pole sitterm #9-Kasey Kahne ...
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Seven Cup Drivers to run Special Chevy Trucks:

The Chevrolet Silverado All-Stars, pairing NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers with superstar musical celebrities in the Truck Series. Michael Waltrip will be the first of seven different drivers to pilot the #47 Chevy All-Stars Silverado in individual races during the 2004 ...
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Testing Cancelled:

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series testing scheduled for tomorrow, March 18, at Kentucky Speedway with Joe Gibbs Racing (Bobby Labonte), Penske South Racing (Ryan Newman), PPI Motorsports (Ricky Craven) and Bill Davis Racing (Scott Wimmer) has been cancelled due to weather.(...
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Testing at Kentucky UPDATE Wed cancelled:

#32-Ricky Craven and #22-Scott Wimmer are scheduled to test at Kentucky Speedway this week, according to the track's calendar. Craven is scheduled to be on hand in PPI Motorsports' #32 Tide Chevrolet on Wednesday and Thursday, and Wimmer, the rookie driving Bill Davis...
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Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

* Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bud Pole for the Golden Corral 500, lapping Atlanta Motor Speedway in 28.640 seconds at 193.575 mph. Geoffrey Bodine holds the track-qualifying record of 28.074 seconds, 197.478 mph, set Nov. 15, 1997. * This is Newman's 20th...
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Seven Cup Drivers to run Special Chevy Trucks:

The Chevrolet Silverado All-Stars, pairing NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers with superstar musical celebrities in the Truck Series. Michael Waltrip will be the first of seven different drivers to pilot the #47 Chevy All-Stars Silverado in individual races during the 2004 ...
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Busch’s Pit Crew Wins Award:

Las Vegas Pit Crew Win Goes To Kurt Busch's Team; Sadler's Crew Moves Into First Place. Three races, three different winners and three different point leaders. That's how the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade has fared at the first three NASCAR...
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NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Atlanta Nuggets:

Bill Elliott [not entered] leads all active drivers with five Bud Poles at Atlanta. The last spring race that was won at Atlanta by the Bud Pole sitter dates back to 1979 (Buddy Baker). The last time a race was won by the Bud pole winner at Atlanta was in November ...
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Qualifying Notes:

Kasey Kahne won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bud Pole for the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, lapping Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 30.874 seconds at 174.904 mph. He broke Bobby Labonte;s track-qualifying record of 31.211 seconds, 173.016 mph, set Feb. 28, 2003. Fifteen drivers posted...
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Special D-Day Scheme for Labonte at Dover:

hearing that #18-Bobby Labonte wil run a D-Day scheme as this year marks the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Labonte and Dover race sponsor MBNA will re-paint the Joe Gibbs NEXTEL Cup #18 with a vintage war plane design. The car will carry the decals and the insignias of...
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Some LVMS Notes:

· 21 drivers have competed in every NASCAR Nextel Cup race at LVMS. Three of those drivers (Skinner, Spencer and Kenny Wallace) are not entered this year. · Michael Waltrip and Joe Nemechek have started every Nextel Cup and Busch race ever held at LVMS...
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Tuesday News Conference to Detail the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge UPDATE:

Officials of NASCAR, Nextel and Lowe's Motor Speedway will unveil the format and other details concerning the 20th running of the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 24, in The Speedway Club at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The NASCAR NEXTEL...
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Race Notes: Rockingham:

Matt Kenseth won the Subway 400 at the North Carolina Speedway, scoring his eighth career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 150th career start. His most recent victory came at Las Vegas last March, 35 races ago. Kenseth is the first repeat winner in the last five races...
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BEN-LA? [not BEN-LO]

Bobby Labonte and actor Ben Affleck met and raced in a Daytona 500 simulator at Daytona USA on Feb. 14, one day before Labonte will compete in the Daytona 500. Affleck will serve as grand marshal for the Daytona 500 and has starred in movies such as Good Will Hunting...
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NASCAR Sponsors Debuting during the Daytona 500:

The Daytona 500, one of the largest and most-watched sporting events of the year, is more than just NASCAR’s richest and most prestigious race. It is a television event used by some of America’s largest and most successful companies to launch new advertising campaigns...
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Newman the Chosen One:

Ryan Newman, who led NASCAR’s premier series in wins and poles last season en route to a sixth-place finish in the championship, has been voted the preseason No. 1 in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series by motorsports media. Newman, the 26-year-old Indiana native who...
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Labonte’s to be spokemen for the Coast Guard:

Labonte Motorsports and the United States Coast Guard will be unveiling their #44 Busch Series car at Daytona International Speedway on February 11th. During the event, the Coast Guard will introduce Terry, Bobby and Justin Labonte as spokesmen for the service's 2004...
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Guard and Reserve Busch Series cars schemes UPDATE:

The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is a government-funded program that enlists the support of America’s corporations to procure employment of American military service men and women. The ESGR will sponsor 5 Busch Series races, with Richard ...
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USA Weekend Special TODAY:

To celebrate the kickoff of the 2004 racing season, USA WEEKEND Magazine's gathered all EIGHT active NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship winners for an afternoon of photos and fun. Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Bill Elliott, Rusty Wallace, Matt Kenseth, Terry Labonte, Bobby...
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Gibson Movie on #18 Hood:

Norm Miller, chairman of Dallas-based Interstate Batteries, replaced his own company's hood-sized logo with an ad for "The Passion" on NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte's #18 Chevrolet. The car will carry the ad during the Daytona 500 race Feb. 15. Miller said he feels "...