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10 from '08: 'Monster Mile' Starts Carnage Early at Dover

With NASCAR's awards banquet on Friday, Dec. 5 (stop by for the live blog!), here's a look at 10 from '08 -- 10 of the NASCAR season's best moments. With 43 cars on track, it's not too often that TV cameras catch a wreck live for the audience at home, but June's Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway was a...

Lap 19 Carnage Takes Several Contenders

Because a wreck like this in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series must be revisited, we'll start with the video:The whole mess started when, as you saw, Elliott Sadler dropped down coming off turn 2 across the nose of David Gilliland in the No. 38. Sadler spun into the wall and stopped sideways across the track in Sunday's Best...

"Monster" No Match for Busch at Dover

Kyle Busch should be sponsored by a lawn mowing company, because he is simply mowing down the NASCAR world.Crappy one-liners aside, Busch took his fourth Sprint Cup series win of 2008 after flat dominating the field during the last half of the race in Sunday's Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway. It also tallied...

Bristol Goes Non-Smoking; Dover Gets Miles

This isn't going to go over well.Bristol Motor Speedway announced this week that beginning with the Food City 500 race weekend in March, all events -- at the speedway and dragway -- will be smoke-free in accordance with Tennessee state law.NASCAR fans will now be limited in their smoking arrangements, with grandstands,...

Mears Takes One for the Team, Hates Himself

As mentioned in a previous post, Nextel Cup Chaser Kyle Busch thanked his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Casey Mears for yielding the 5th position to him in Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400. On the last restart, Mears' Crew Chief Darian Grubb came over the radio to let his driver know that if the #5 caught up to them and the #25...