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Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

Tony Stewart dominated the second half of today's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway and pulled away from Matt Kenseth on the final restart (with 12 to go) for his first win of the season and the 30th of his Cup career (he's in 20th on the all-time win list). ...
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Chase Notes/Stats after Daytona:

Just when we thought The Race to the Chase might become a snoozer, 12th-place #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets caught up in a wreck in the Pepsi 400, limps home 36th, and loses big points to the field of contenders. #26-Jamie McMurray's photo-finish win propelled him 135...
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More on Hornish to NASCAR:

Sam Hornish Jr. is pondering a move from his Penske Racing's open wheel to its Nextel Cup outfit, where he could join #2-Kurt Busch and #12-Ryan Newman next season. Testing his stock car skills in the ARCA and Busch Series, he is expected to wait until his team's September...
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Closest Cup Race Finishes:

Margin Winner Runner-up Track Date .002 Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch, Darlington, March 16, 2003 .005 Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, Daytona, July 7, 2007 .005 Dale Earnhardt, Ernie Irvan, Talladega, July 25, 1993 .006 Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Atlanta, March 11, 2001 ....
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Rumblings – Daytona Race Notes:

Jamie McMurray edged Kyle Busch tonight at Daytona International Speedway and took the Pepsi 400 by all of .005 seconds....and it really was closer than that! With the lead changing hands at least three times from turn 4 to the line, McMurray captured his second career...
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Fast Facts Pepsi 400:

.. Jamie McMurray won the Pepsi 400, his second Nextel Cup victory in 168 races. .. McMurray's last win took place at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Oct. 13, 2002. .. The margin of victory “ .005 second “ ties Talladega in July of 1993 (Dale Earnhardt over Ernie Irvan) as...
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Penske may soon feature a brother act: UPDATE:

Roger Penske may be considering adding Kyle Busch to the Penske Racing South NASCAR operation, which includes older brother Kurt Busch. "Penske would be stupid not to look at Kyle, so that talk is under way," Kurt Busch said during a national teleconference. But, he...
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Blaney wins pole at New Hampshire:

#22-Dave Blaney won the Budweiser Pole for the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway with a speed of 129.437mph for his 2nd career pole and the first pole for Toyota in Nextel Cup. #2-Kurt Busch qualified 2nd with the rest of the top-10...
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Ramblings…New Hampshire:

We witnessed a first today....Dave Blaney became the first Toyota driver to capture a Bud Pole today at New Hampshire International Speedway for Sunday's LENOX Industrial Tools 300. His time of 29.426 (129.437 mph) bested Kurt Busch over half a tenth for his second...
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New Hampshire Qualifying Notes:

...Dave Blaney won the Bud Pole for the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 with a lap of 29.426 seconds, 129.437mph. This is his second Bud Pole in 250 career Nextel Cup races. ...This is his fourth top-10 start in 2007. ...This is Blaney's first Bud Pole and second top-10...
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Tryson Takes Over as Kurt Busch’s Crew Chief:

Pat Tryson will become crew chief effective immediately of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge driven by Kurt Busch. Tryson replaces Troy Raker who has served as interim crew chief of the team since Texas. Troy will return to his previous role within the Penske engineering department...
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Yates interested in Kyle Busch…and Kurt too: UPDATE:

Add Robert Yates Racing [#38 and #88] to the list of teams interested in signing Kyle Busch to drive next season. "I've sent word through his agent [that I would like to talk to him]," RYR co-owner Robert Yates said on Thursday during a Ford function. "I'm very interested...
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Kurt Busch going “blogging”

#2-Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch will begin a weekly blog on ESPN.com this weekend. The 2004 NASCAR champ's written "musings and opinings" will be featured on Fridays for the remainder of the racing season. "My own blog; that's cool," Kurt said as he was beginning...
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Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

Aaron Fike was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 8 Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Fike finished 11th and claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time in nine races this season. Fike leads Tim Sauter by 30 points (101-71) in the Raybestos Rookie ...
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Penske says Busch has his support despite incident:

Roger Penske certainly didn't condone driver #2-Kurt Busch's temper tantrum last weekend at Dover International Speedway, and he acknowledges Busch let his emotions endanger a competitor. But Penske's a racer, he understands and respects the emotional overload on-track...
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Kurt Busch penalized, not suspended: UPDATE 2:

NASCAR announced today that Kurt Busch, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge in the Nextel Cup Series, has been penalized 100 championship driver points, fined $100,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31, 2007 for violating Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental...
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Stewart/Busch Tangle; Busch almost hits #20 crewman UPDATE 4 Suspension and more?:

been asked why no penalty announced for #2-Kurt Busch on Tuesday [when penalties are usually announced], two reasons: 1) the Dover race was postponed from Sunday to Monday, so things got pushed back a day too; 2) the death of Bill France Jr. So we could see some sort...
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Pocono Rookie Notes:

#6-David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 4 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa at Dover International Speedway. Ragan finished 14th and took top rookie honors for the sixth time in 13 races. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya leads David Ragan by five points...
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NASCAR stars say goodbye to France in simple ceremony:

NASCAR stars paid respects to former chairman Bill France Jr. on Thursday in a short, simple funeral service that was far more fuss than he would have wanted. About 2,000 people filled the Performing Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman University to say goodbye to France...
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Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

after Dover [13 of 36 races]: 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 2059 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 1907 -152 3) #17-Matt Kenseth 1869 -190 4) #11-Denny Hamlin 1842 -217 5) #31-Jeff Burton 1704 -355 6) #99-Carl Edwards 1584 -475 7) #20-Tony Stewart 1573 -486 8) #07-Clint Bowyer 1525 -534 ...