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And Now for This Surprise: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins 5th-Straight Most Popular Driver Award

NASCAR fans don't care about wins, poles, or championships for their favorite drivers.Performance on the track? Well, it's kind of important, but not nearly as important as having multiple television commercials, a pretty-darned famous last name, and a down-home attitude and look.For those reasons, Dale Earnhardt Jr. just...

Dale Jr. Gets a Sneak Peak of Future

Is this finally ending?Have we finally reached a point where writers and bloggers won't have to follow Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s every move?It sure seems so -- as Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finally made laps in a Hendrick Motorsports car (and not because a Shrub ditched the track).Junior got his second take of Hendrick Motorsports...

Pepsi: It Was Like Hitting the Lottery

"Six months ago, it seemed like there was no possibility something like this could happen. Then all those dominos began to fall. It was like hitting the lottery."~ Ralph Santana, Vice President of Sports Media and Interactive Marketing for Pepsi Let there be no doubt about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s value to a sponsor:Fans of...

Eury Jr. to Hendrick After 'Dega; Junior Too?

Now that we've got all of the -- um -- important details out the way, the focus of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s voyage to Hendrick Motorsports has reached a point that matters.The competitive side. You know -- the side that Dale Earnhardt Jr. actually left Dale Earnhardt Inc. in favor of Hendrick for in the first place?First off,...

The National Guard Wants A Piece of Junior

People didn't put much stock in the rumor when my internet buddy Greg Engle of Cup Scene Daily wrote the story last week ... maybe they'll pay more attention now that Marty Smith is hearing the same thing from his sources:Split sponsorship package in works for Earnhardt?It is widely speculated that PepsiCo. is the leading...

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03/07/12 Air Force Seeks To Cut 459 Iowa Air Guard Jobs Source: ABC - KCAU 9 - Sioux City IA The Air Force is asking Congress to approve cutting 459 positions at the Des Moines-based Air NationalGuard unit.
01/06/12 RI Guard Members to Receive Service Awards Source: ABC - WLNE 6 - Providence RI Four members of the Rhode Island NationalGuard are being honored for their service and heroism inAfghanistan.
11/13/11 Kidnap catcher's rescue tale Source: New York Post - New York NY His eyes tearing up with emotion, Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos embraced his rescuers and said he had wondered whether he would survive a two-day kidnapping ordeal that ended when commandos stormed his captors' mountain hideout.
05/03/11 Back From Afghanistan, Parkway Dad Discusses bin... Source: Town and Country-Manchester Patch - Town and Country-Manchester MO When Renee and John Benson heard the news ofÂ OsamaÂ bin Ladens's deathÂ late Sunday night, Renee said she was surprised and didn't believe it at first.
01/07/11 Members of 230th deployed to Iraq Source: Weakley County Press - Union City TN Approximately 300 Soldiers from the Tennessee Army NationalGuard's 230th Sustainment Brigade, with elements in Chattanooga and Millington, will leave this week on the first leg of a deployment in support of Operation New Dawn in Iraq. Millington's Early Entry Element (approximately 70 Soldiers) is to depart (today) Thursday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 a.m., and travel to Chattanooga where they join up with the main body of the brigade, approximately 240 soldiers.