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Spotter's Stand: At Slumping Hendrick Motorsports, Last Top Five Was July 10

Jimmie Johnson took home top honors for the Hendrick Motorsports camp in Sunday's Carfax 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. That's not surprising, Johnson being a four-time defending champion of the series and all. What is surprising, though, is that Johnson took best-of-Hendrick honors at...

Spotter's Stand: What's the Perfect Race Length?

How did you fancy the length of Sunday's race? After two weeks of races lasting nearly four hours or more -- the 600 in Charlotte went just over four hours and last week's race at Pocono timed in at three hours, 44 minutes -- the Sprint Cup race at Michigan finished up much, much quicker. It took just two hours, 33...

Sprint Cup N's & Q's: CARFAX 400

There's no car foxes -- see the commercial -- around this Michigan edition of Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes.Brian Vickers seems to be a polar opposite of Kyle Busch in that he doesn't let things stick to him. He said as much during his post-race press conference Sunday night when asked about his run-in during Saturday's...

Bet on Fuel Pays Big for Brian Vickers

The tone in Brian Vickers' voice over the in-car radio was all crew chief Ryan Pemberton needed to know."I think he yelled at me, told me not to give him lap times any more," said Pemberton of the closing laps in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway while Vickers stalked leader Jimmie Johnson....

FanHouse Warmup: Carfax 400

The Essentials Race: CARFAX 400 Where: Michigan Int'l SpeedwayTime: Sunday 2PM ETTV/Radio: ESPN, MRN RadioTwitter: Updates @ FanHouseRacingForecast: Sunny, 91 degrees, 30% rainDistance: 200 laps (400 miles)Pole Winner: Brian Vickers2008 Winner: Carl Edwards The Storylines 'Hot! Hot! Hot!' has long been the opener to a...

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Pure Michigan 400: NASCAR Race Sponsorship At Michigan International Speedway Continues

Pure Michigan has teamed up with the Michigan International Speedway (MIS) to bring more excitement to area racing fans by continuing to support last year's popular Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

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Report: Red Bull to pull out of NASCAR after 2011 season

While Red Bull continues to dominate in Formula 1 â defending its title with five wins out of seven races so far this season â its (quite literal) track record in NASCAR hasn't been nearly as spectacular.

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Automotive X Prize: And the winners are ... (spoiler alert)

Of the 136 vehicles that were initially registered for the X-Prize back in 2007, only 41 received design approval and took part in the grueling four-month long on-track testing at the Michigan International Speedway this spring.

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Report: Jack Roush loses sight in left eye after plane crash, still aims to fly

They say that statistically speaking, flying is safer than driving.

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Automotive X-Prize: Finalists announced, X-Tracer now last team standing in Tandem class

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition to inspire a new generation of super fuel efficient vehicles, announced today the Finalist teams who have survived all on-track testing at Michigan International Speedway (MIS), and who now move into a Validation stage before prize money will be...

Michigan International Speedway News From the Web

06/19/11 Relive the best NASCAR moments from Michigan. Source: FOX Sports NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Heluva Good!
12/03/10 DIS competes against MIS in holiday food drive Source: Hometown News - Fort Pierce FL In the spirit of competition off the racetrack, Daytona International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway are having a contest to see which track can collect the most food items this holiday season.