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Absurd $200K Carl Long Penalty Upheld

If NASCAR was hoping the National Stock Car Racing Commission would bail them out of one of their biggest PR blunders in long while, it failed to do so.The appeals board upheld the 12-race suspension and $200,000 fine against part-time and even smaller-time driver Carl Long after the driver-owner -- one who makes roughly...

NASCAR Docks Carl Long $200K

NASCAR dusted off the ol' penalty paddle Wednesday, and did so in historic form. Carl Long, a part-time driver that has likely sold fewer team T-shirts in his career than Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car number old or new, was slapped with a $200,000 fine after NASCAR found his engine to be too big during last weekend's All-Star...

Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes: All-Star

Musings, rumblings and ramblings from Geoffrey Miller after Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Challenge'Wooooooooo!' to LMS, NASCARI'm not sure who makes the final call on the All-Star race format, but Saturday night's version is about as a good as it gets. That 10-lap finale? Adjectives don't describe that, but honorary...

Bring On Two-Wide Restarts, NASCAR

I can no longer grin and bear it.Never again will I propose a slight substitute or alteration, nor will I pitter-patter around the bush when asked what NASCAR can do to make racing better. Consider this the start of a crusade -- likely a powerless one, but meaningful nonetheless -- to help NASCAR see the ills of its head...

FanHouse Warmup: All-Star Challenge

The Essentials Race: Sprint All-Star Challenge Where: Lowe's Motor SpeedwayTime: Saturday 7:00 p.m./EDTTV/Radio: SPEED, MRN RadioTwitter: Updates at FanHouseRacingForecast: 63 degrees, 80% chance of rainDistance: 4 segments, 100 laps (150 miles)Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson2008 Winner: Kasey Kahne The Storylines The last...

Background on Sprint All Star Challenge

The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston until 2004, then the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge from 2004 until 2007, is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race between race winners from the previous season and the beginning of the current season, as well as the past ten event winners and the past decade's Cup Series champions.

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