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Rubbin' is Racin': Lapped Cars Get to Fight, Too

I'll set the stage.Ryan Newman, with a good car, was three laps down after a flat tire. Jeff Green, also not on the lead lap, was sitting in the beneficiary position, ready to get a lap back on the next caution.NASCAR drops the green flag after a caution for Juan Pablo Montoya's crash on lap 75 with Jeff Gordon in the...

The Mother of All Wind Tunnels

The most technologically advanced wind tunnel in the world is coming to Concord, N.C. It arrives at a speed of 180 mph and with a price tag of $40 million--NASCAR owner Gene Haas is footing the bill. Specs from the company magazine: The distinctive "rolling road" is actually a 1-millimeter-thick continuous steel belt...

From An Owner's Standpoint: On the Bubble

They're inside the Top 35, but barely ... which means they're guaranteed a starting spot for Martinsville, but could find themselves qualifying for Texas if they don't perform well.Robert Yates: Driver turnover hasn't done much to improved their situation. Both teams in--the #38 in 24th and the #88 in 33rd.Gene Haas: The...

Bristol By the Numbers

$5,551,106 - Size of the Food City 500 purse160,000 - Bristol Motor Speedway capacity - Sunday's race will be its 50th consecutive sell-out 2,429 - # of laps led by Jeff Gordon, the most of any active driver 2004 - Last time a driver won three consecutive races. That was Jimmie Johnson. Can he do it again?1992 - Year Food...