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Drive for Diversity Gets on Track at South Boston:

Nineteen aspiring NASCAR drivers put their best foot forward Monday [Oct 16, 2006] at South Boston Speedway, as the Drive for Diversity testing and evaluation combine got underway. Drivers were evaluated during an all-day test session at the famous short track, in ...
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Commercial Breakdown of the Bank of America 500:

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:04pm/et End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09pm/et Total minutes: 245 Minutes of race broadcast: 174 Minutes of commercials: 71 (8.7 minutes per 30 total minutes) Total number of commercials: 142 Total number...
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Charlotte Race Notes:

• Kasey Kahne won the 2006 Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, scoring his seventh career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 103rd career start. • This is Kahne’s sixth victory in 2006, the most of all drivers. • Kahne scored his second victory in six races...
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Charlotte Rookie Notes:

#1-Martin Truex Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 8 UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Truex Jr. finished fifth, his best finish in 39 Nextel Cup Series races and the best by a Raybestos Rookie on a restrictor plate track this season. Truex...
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Kahne wins at Charlotte:

#9-Kasey Kahne won the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his 6th win of the 2006 season and 7th or his career, leading 134 of 334 laps and getting himself back into The Chase. #48-Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd, followed by #31-Jeff Burton, #8-Dale Earnhardt...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Charlotte [31 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5763 #17-Matt Kenseth 5718 -45 #29-Kevin Harvick 5674 -89 #6-Mark Martin 5661 -102 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5657 -106 #11-Denny Hamlin 5626 -137 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5617 -146 #9-Kasey Kahne 5603 -160 #5-Kyle Busch 5568 -...
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Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

• Scott Riggs won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Bank of America 500, lapping Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 28.203 seconds at 191.469 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005. • This is Riggs’ third...
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Dale Jr. and Gordon featured in Wind Tunnel:

SPEED expects the phones to light up on Sunday, Oct.22 as four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon co-hosts Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain at 9:00pm/et. Despain and Gordon's featured interview will be with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.(10-11-2006)...
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Bruton Smith Assigns Extra Security to Assist Brian Vickers during Bank of America 500 Week:

In the aftermath of the controversial finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway Chairman Bruton Smith has assigned extra security for driver Brian Vickers during this week's Bank of America 500 activities at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Monday, the ...
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Rumblings – Talladega:

When you have 63 lead changes amongst 23 drivers, an unbelievable finish with a first-time winner emerging, and the "Big One" on lap 139 (this one had 13 cars involved) we can only be at one place....Talladega Superspeedway. Today was everything we love and everything...
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Talladega Race Notes:

• Brian Vickers won the 2006 UAW-FORD 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, scoring his first career Nextel Cup victory in his 107th career start. • Vickers became the second first-time winner in 2006 joining Denny Hamlin, who swept both races at Pocono. • Vickers has scored...
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Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

...the old way, not the Chase after Talladega: 1) #17-Matt Kenseth 4327 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4125 -202 3) #29-Kevin Harvick 4006 -321 4) #31-Jeff Burton 3905 -422 5) #6-Mark Martin 3904 -423 6) #11-Denny Hamlin 3865 -462 7) #20-Tony Stewart 3824 -503 8) #8-Dale Earnhardt...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Talladega [30 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5598 #17-Matt Kenseth 5592 -6 #6-Mark Martin 5588 -10 #29-Kevin Harvick 5565 -33 #11-Denny Hamlin 5547 -51 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5492 -106 #24-Jeff Gordon 5451 -147 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5442 -156 #9-Kasey Kahne 5413 -...
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WOW! Wild Day at Talladega; Vickers Wins:

#25-Brian Vickers won the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on the final lap after pulling out with 'teammate' #48-Jimmie Johnson to pass #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap, got into Johnson, who was along side with Earnhardt Jr, Johnson turned when he got...
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Johnson DID serve penalty:

#48-Jimmie Johnson DID serve the pass-thru penalty after getting caught speeding on his final pit stop at Kansas Speedway [on the final lap as the checkered flag fell]. On Speed's Victory Lane it was mentioned Johnson had not served the penalty, no place else was it...
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Kansas Race Notes:

• Tony Stewart won the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, scoring his 27th Nextel Cup victory in his 277th career start. • This is Stewart’s third victory in 2006. He also won at Martinsville and Daytona in July. • This is Stewart’s first victory in six races at Kansas...
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Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

...the old way, not the Chase after Kansas: 1) #17-Matt Kenseth 4162 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4029 -133 3) #29-Kevin Harvick 3856 -306 4) #31-Jeff Burton 3818 -344 5) #11-Denny Hamlin 3760 -402 6) #6-Mark Martin 3757 -405 7) #20-Tony Stewart 3722 -440 8) #24-Jeff Gordon...
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Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

after Kansas [29 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5511 #11-Denny Hamlin 5442 -69 #6-Mark Martin 5441 -70 #17-Matt Kenseth 5427 -84 #29-Kevin Harvick 5415 -96 #24-Jeff Gordon 5391 -120 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5388 -123 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5346 -165 #5-Kyle Busch 5278 -233...
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Dale Jr’s “Back in the Day” show to return in 2007:

SPEED is bringing back Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Back in the Day for another season, signing a deal with the Nextel Cup Series star's production company, Hammerhead Entertainment, for another 13 episodes of the 30-minute homage to NASCAR races of the 1960s and '70s. New...
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Stewart buys into Paducah:

Recently, provisions were made to welcome Stewart as a fourth partner in Paducah International Raceway along with Ken Schrader, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Bob Sargent. This expansion will only benefit the track, local community and dirt racing industry and we look forward...