1. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch and More Left Chasing the Chase

    NASCAR’s final regular season event, The Federated Auto Parts 400 on the .75-mile oval with 14 degree banking at Richmond International Raceway, commences September 8 at 7 p...

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  2. FYI WIRZ: NHRA's Big Go in Indy Fires Up Force, Capps, Bubble Boys and More

    The NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana, has tradition and significance on its side. This week is the 58th annual drag racing event in a city known around the world for speed and motorsports excellence...

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  3. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Greg Biffle Powers to Top of Tight Chase Point Battle

    Ever since NASCAR switched to their version of playoffs—the Chase for the Championship in 2004 and then tweaked it with wild-cards and reduced points—the Chase for the Sprint Cup has added intensity to the first 26 races of the long season...

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  4. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Winners Chasing Jimmie Johnson into Fast Michigan

    The 26-race regular NASCAR Sprint Cup season has only four more races remaining before the Chase for the Sprint Cup 10-race playoff, but leaders are already chasing five-time NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson...

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  5. FYI WIRZ: Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski Thrive After Watkins Glen Drama

    Jimmie Johnson vaulted three spots to take the NASCAR Sprint Cup lead and Brad Keselowski stepped up two positions to join the elite top-five. Both have three wins so when the points are reset after Richmond they will likely occupy familiar top turf...

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  6. FYI WIRZ NASCAR Chase Math: 8 Points Between Top 4 Drivers, 5 Races to Go

    The spread between the top four NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers in the points lead is a mere eight points. With 13 different drivers having wins in 2012 going into race No. 22 at Watkins Glen this race weekend, points and wins have become gold...

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  7. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Jeff Gordon Leaps Forward, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Grips Lead

    Thirteen different drivers have won out of 21 NSCS races in season 2012, and if that first number increases with drivers who have not yet gotten to victory lane in the next five ...

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  8. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon Take Momentum into Pocono

    Jimmie Johnson and team have overcome a dismal start in NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 season by accumulating three wins among 15 top-10 finishes...

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  9. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rides Point Lead over Fast Dozen

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. took over the NASCAR Sprint Cup point lead after Indianapolis largely due to 15 top-10 finishes with a single win. Only Jimmie Johnson, with three wins, has matched his top 10 results...

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  10. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Rest Before Indy

    The long NASCAR Sprint Cup season starts in cool temperatures of normally warm winters common to Daytona Beach, Florida, and ends nine months later in Homestead, Florida as temperatures drop again in the fall...

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  11. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Point Race Tightens with Wins by Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart

    Twelve drivers have won in 19 of 36 races in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season. Only five have multiple wins— Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski own three wins and Kasey ...

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  12. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Top Heading into Loudon

    The LENOX Industrial Tools 301 marks the 19th race of the long 36–race NASCAR Sprint Cup season in Loudon, N.H. this Sunday, July 15 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 1...

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  13. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Matt Kenseth Leads, Tony Stewart Leaps, Others Steady

    It’s been a good week for Tony Stewart . The winner of the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona was also voted as “Best Driver” in the Espy Awards on ESPN...

    Dwight Drum Written by Dwight Drum about 11 months ago 318 reads 2 comments

  14. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Historic Daytona Brings Fireworks, Speed and Volatility

    When Daytona International Speedway was being built by the France family prior to its opening in 1959, construction crews piled the sand as high as gravity would allow. That created 31 degree banking on the 2...

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  15. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Clint Bowyer and More Rock and Drop as Points Get Precious

    After NASCAR’s Sonoma road-course 16 of 36 races are in the books and 10 races remain before the final dozen contenders are set for the Chase for the Sprint Cup...

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  16. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. Takes Big Win into Right Turns at Sonoma

    Junior Nation fans are likely to be still singing winning praises or at least humming occasionally after of the long drought of Dale Earnhardt Jr. ’s visit to victory lane ended in Michigan last week...

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  17. FYI WIRZ: NHRA's Summer Stretch Drives John Force Racing and More to Countdown

    All motorsports sanctions head into the summer stretch with the season underway and the championship on the line...

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  18. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins but Season Is Still Up and Down

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. and fans endured four years and two days or in NASCAR time—143 winless races—before winning at Michigan International Speedway Sunday...

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  19. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Talk Fast Michigan

    Matt Kenseth’s consistent finishes boosted his team to the top spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings this week with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in second, just 10 points behind...

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  20. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth Take Lead to Shortened Pocono

    The top-five join other teams in the next event, the Pocono 400 presented by NASCAR June 10 at Pocono Raceway. All will face a freshly repaved track. Fans not in the stands at the 2...

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  21. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. Advances While Kyle Busch Drops

    After every point event, Sprint Cup drivers and teams move up as others slide. That’s normal in motorsports—but it is worthy of a race-to-race focus. Dale Earnhardt Jr...

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  22. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Others Take on FedEx 400 at Dover

    The top five point leaders in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series seek good results and point buffers as they head into race 13—halfway to the Chase playoffs. This week’s fender contest is the FedEx 400...

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  23. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Top Drivers Rock and Drop into Lucky 13 at Dover

    After two weeks of racing the home track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it’s time again to analyze 12 of the top 24 drivers in Sprint Cup points...

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  24. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Point Hogs Dig Home Turf at Charlotte for Sprint Points

    For most of the 11 races in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, top point leaders have been steady and resilient performers. Only Jimmie Johnson seems to have started at the bottom after Daytona and worked his way into the top five...

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  25. FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Sprint All-Star Race Is Pointless but Powerful

    One of NASCAR’s most popular races does not count for points, but it certainly scores speed, thrills and bragging rights. The Sprint Showdown and Sprint All-Star Race on the 1...

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