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Atlanta Throws Stewart Out of the Chase

Don't expect the the No. 20 Home Depot driver to be opening up and talking candidly with the media a whole lot any time soon.That is, though, unless he wants to start talking about the 2008 Sprint Cup campaign.Tony Stewart finished 30th Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway after some motor troubles during the middle section of...

DEI-RCR Engines Fail 'Dega Reliability Test

Dale Earnhardt Jr. may have lost what was his best remaining chance at a Nextel Cup race victory Sunday after blowing his engine with 52 laps to go in the UAW-Ford 500. But his teammate Martin Truex Jr. and engine program partner Jeff Burton might have lost so much more. The Dale Earnhardt Inc.-Richard Childress Racing...

Gordon Leads One Lap, Scores 80th at 'Dega

Jeff Gordon's 80th victory didn't look like it would happen Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway with 30 laps to go. It didn't even seem possible with 10 laps to go.But a few aggressive moves and a bunch of luck later, Gordon found himself leading just one lap in the UAW-Ford 500. That lap, though, was the only one that...

Chasers Glad To Not Be in Kansas Anymore

One-fourth of the Chase for the Nextel Cup population had a good day (and night!) at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.The remaining three-fourths would have gladly taken Dorothy's trip to Oz instead of their 210 travels around the 1.5 mile circuit Sunday.The disparity was pretty clean cut as Jimmie Johnson left with the point...