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Charmin Sponsors Hilarious 'Stop Skidmarks' Billboard At NASCAR Race

Joe Student — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:11:04 +0000

Product placement and sponsorship can be a precarious situation. Companies who spend millions of dollars on a branding campaign can wind up coming across as too pushy or stiff to relate to consumers.

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This Weekend in Sports: The Preakness Stakes and NASCAR All-Star Race

Joe Student — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:08:13 +0000

The second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown and NASCAR's All-Star event highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:

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Hear Dale Earnhardt Sr. & Other NASCAR Stars Sing on Their 1985 Country Music Album

Joe Student — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:00:40 +0000

NASCAR's roots are in the American South. Before its expansion over the past two decades, the racing circuit was thought of as a regional sport, one with a great deal in common with country music. In 1985, some of the biggest names i

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NASCAR's Denny Hamlin Out 6 Weeks With Fractured Vertebra

Joe Student — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:59:46 +0000

Driver Denny Hamlin will miss at least six weeks of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit after suffering fractured vertebra in a crash on the last lap of Sunday's race at Fontana, California.

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Sprint Cup 2013 — Auto Club 400 Preview

Tommy Joe Martins — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:16:46 +0000

Sprint Cup teams have to make a number of adjustments this week as they head back to the west coast for the first and only race at Auto Club Speedway this season.

They’re making their second cross-country trip in 3 weeks time, which is certainly no fun for the folks driving the haulers

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Subway Fresh Fit 500 Results: Edwards Makes a Statement

Tommy Joe Martins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:28:31 +0000

This wasn’t just a win for Carl Edwards. This was a statement.

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Jeff Gordon Wins at Homestead, but Brad Keselowski Takes Sprint Cup Championship

Scott Blaine — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:37:44 +0000

It was Jeff Gordon in the winner's circle at the end of the day at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, but the night belonged to Brad Keselowski, winner of the 2012 Sprint Cup Championship.

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This Weekend in Sports: USC-UCLA, UFC 154 and NASCAR's Chase Ends

Joe Student — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:57:47 +0000

A longstanding college football rivalry, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event and NASCAR's last race of 2012 highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:

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Jimmie Johnson Increases Points Lead With Win at Texas

Scott Blaine — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:21:46 +0000

For the second straight week, Jimmie Johnson found himself in victory lane, as he took the checkered flag at the AAA Texas 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. It was Johnson's fifth victory of the season and the 60th of his impressive career.

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Baby Born at NASCAR Track, Receives Free Tickets for Life

Mike Adams — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:20:41 +0000

In a desperate situation where a man is faced with the decision to either seek out immediate medical attention or watch his pregnant girlfriend give birth in the backseat of his car, the only available option is to -- you guessed it -- pull into a NASCAR Speedway.

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