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Highlights from Rick Hendrick’s teleconference:

[#5, #24, #25, #44, #48] Car owner Rick Hendrick says his entire organization is excited about having Casey Mears on board beginning next season. Mears will take over the #25 GMAC Chevy for Brian Vickers who has decided to seek a fresh start [in 2007]. Vickers’ decision...
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Kurt Busch’s Team Scores Pit Crew Challenge Win in Pocono:

By spending the least amount of time on pit road during Sunday's NEXTEL Cup event at Pocono Raceway, Kurt Busch's team earned its first Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge win of the season. The #2 Miller Lite crew spent 193.228 seconds on pit lane, helping...
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Truck Series News & Notes–Michigan:

Father's Day is doubly special for many NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competitors. Without racing fathers, nearly half the starting field in Saturday's Con-way Freight 200 might be doing something other than competing in a race. At least 15 competitors taking the green...
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Pocono Race Notes:

• Denny Hamlin won the Pocono 500, scoring his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 21st career start. This was Hamlin’s first race at Pocono. • Hamlin became the first rookie to win a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race since Kyle Busch won at Phoenix in November 2005. • Hamlin...
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Unofficial Driver Points Standing

after Pocono [14 of 36 races]: #48-Jimmie Johnson 2145 #17-Matt Kenseth 2097 -48 #6-Mark Martin 1907 -238 #20-Tony Stewart 1888 -257 #9-Kasey Kahne 1866 -279 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1850 -295 #31-Jeff Burton 1758 -387 #29-Kevin Harvick 1591 -420 #11-Denny Hamlin 1682...
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Carquest scheme on #5 at Pocono:

Kyle Busch's # Chevy will carry the colors of Carquest Auto Parts this weekend at Pocono Raceway. It will mark the second outing of 2006 for the Carquest paint scheme, which will appear later this season at Chicagoland Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway...
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Cup Drivers Complete Test at Infineon Raceway:

Four Nextel Cup drivers completed a two-day test session on Wednesday at Infineon Raceway in advance of the upcoming Dodge/Save Mart 350 weekend, June 23-25. #99-Carl Edwards, #5-Kyle Busch), #41-Reed Sorenson and #07-Clint Bowyer traversed the twisting 10-turn, 1....
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Two Cup drivers to test West Series cars at Infineon UPDATE make it 4:

Infineon Raceway will host a test for the NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series. A few NASCAR NEXTEL Cup regulars, #99-Carl Edwards and #41-Reed Sorenson will participate in the West Series test session in advance of the upcoming Dodge/Save Mart 350 ...
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Teams have Substitute Drivers Lined Up for Nasvhille:

With eight full time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers entered in Saturday's race, substitute drivers will be on call to accommodate the back-and-forth schedules between Nashville and Pocono. In addition to Hank Parker Jr. sitting in when necessary for Carl Edwards, the following...
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News & Notes from Texas Motor Speedway:

The Truck Series is in its 12th season and no speedway has hosted more truck events than Texas Motor Speedway. The Sam's Town 400 on Friday evening will be the 17th truck series race since "The Great American Speedway!" opened in 1997. The Sam's Town 400 is the third...
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Dover Race News and Notes:

• Matt Kenseth won the Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America at Dover International Speedway, scoring his 12th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 233rd career start. • It is Kenseth’s second victory in 2006. His other victory came at California Speedway...
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Kenseth wins at Dover:

#17-Matt Kenseth won the Neighborhood Excellence 400 at Dover International Speedway for his 2nd win of 2006 and 12th of his 12th win of his career [ties with Newman for 30th overall]. Kenseth passed teammate #26-Jamie McMurray with 3 laps to go to gain the victory...
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Rumblings – Dover:

Matt Kenseth passed teammate Jamie McMurray with four laps to go today at Dover International Speedway and went on to win the Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America for his second win of the season. This was Matt's 12th career victory (he's tied for...
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Martin wins the AAA Insurance 200:

For the third time this season, Mark Martin brought home the checkered flag in the Truck Series. Martin swapped the lead with front-runner Kyle Busch a couple of times, but Busch lost a lap after being black-flagged and had to return to the pits because of a loose ...
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Reutimann wins the pole for the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover:

(Top five) 1) #17-David Reutimann, 153.905 2) #16-Mike Bliss, 153.780 3) #51-Kyle Busch, 153.374 4) #14-Rick Crawford, 153.224 5) #18-Bobby Hamilton Jr., 153.224 1st Rookie (12th) #20-Marcos Ambrose, 151.892) Going home: #1-Robert Richardson, #40-Ryan Moore For complete...
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Two drivers doing triple duty at Dover:

two drivers are entered to run all three NASCAR races at Dover: Nextel Cup, Busch Series and Truck Series: #5/5/51-Kyle Busch #99/60/50-Carl Edwards.(6-2-2006)...
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Final Practice Results for the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover Int’l Speedway:

(Top five) 1) #17-David Reutimann, 150.823 2) #51-Kyle Busch, 150.811 3) #10-Terry Cook, 150.647 4) #16-Mike Bliss, 150.194 5) #14-Rick Crawford, 149.800 1st Dodge (7th) #4-Timothy Peters, 148.982 1st Rookie (6th) #46-Kraig Kinser, 149.982 For complete final practice...
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Busch returns in #51 at Dover:

Kyle Busch returns to the #51 National Land Liquidations/B&G General Store/Peavey Electronics Chevy for the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway. Competing in the Truck Series for the second time this season.(billyballewmotorsports.com)(5-31-2006)...
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Busch/Mayfield Penalties to be announced Wed?

NASCAR typically issues penalties on Tuesday, but today they delayed action on possible sanctions for both Kyle Busch and the Evernham Motorsports #19 Dodge driven by Jeremy Mayfield. #5-Busch, who drew NASCAR’s ire earlier this year at Phoenix for ramming #42-Casey...
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Kyle Busch Fined, Placed on Probation by NASCAR; Mayfield Penalized:

NASCAR announced that Kyle Busch, driver of the #5 Kellogg's Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports, has been fined, penalized points and placed on probation because of a rule infraction this past Sunday during the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Busch was in violation...