NASCAR sent Mayfield sample to independent lab

June 30, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Rain, competition shrink cutoff margin for Chase

June 29, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Like double-file restarts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the race for the final positions in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup tightened considerably following Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301.

Busch, Gordon settle for top-fives in wild Cup race

June 29, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Once defending Lenox Industrial Tools 301 champion Kurt Busch accepted that a rain shower that was expected all day Sunday had forced him into third place at New Hampshire Motor Speedway behind Joey Logano and Jeff Gordon he was able to celebrate the day's positives.

For Logano, an imperfect victory at the perfect place

June 29, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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They crowded atop the No. 20 pit box, and waited for the inclement weather to arrive. "There's the rain, right there," Joe Gibbs Racing vice president Jimmy Makar said as he pointed to a gray blob looming over the backstretch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Crewmen on other teams didn't need the dark clouds to know what was on the horizon. They wasted no time in breaking down equipment, knowing the inevitability that was to come.

Logano wins first as rain shortens New Hampshire

June 29, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Another rainstorm. Another first-time winner.

No. 3 Chevrolet to be part of ‘09 Goodwood Festival

June 29, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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The Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet that seven-time Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt earned his 76th and final victory with will participate in this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed in England on July 3-5.

Truex brothers on display this weekend at Loudon

June 28, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Life couldn't have been much better Saturday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for local favorite Martin Truex Jr., whose No. 1 Chevrolet was fastest in final practice for Sunday's Sprint Cup Lenox Industrial Tools 301.

Weber will not call race for TNT at New Hampshire

June 28, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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Bill Weber will not be part of TNT's NASCAR coverage of the Sprint Cup Series from New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend, Turner Sports announced in a statement.

At New Hampshire, Chase already is looming large

June 27, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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It's not quite accurate to call what will happen Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway a 300-mile test session. But given the raised stakes that will be present when the Sprint Cup Series returns to the Granite State three months from now, it's not altogether erroneous, either.

Sorenson looks to pick up the torch lit by Kahne

June 27, 2009 by NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines  
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After spending what he described as a whirlwind, hectic week in the wake of Richard Petty Motorsports' lead driver Kasey Kahne's victory last weekend at Infineon Raceway, the team's namesake saw more of the same Saturday morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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