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TULSA, Okla. -- Syntroleum Corporation (Nasdaq:SYNM) announced today that its S-2 ultra-clean burning diesel fuel was chosen as the official pace vehi...
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Cherryfield's Andy Santerre will get to race with some of the former giants in auto racing in the new Old School Racing Championships Tour next year.
David Pearson, who has 105 Nextel Cup wins and three points championships; Harry Gant and Geoffrey Bodine, who each have 18 Cup victories, will be among the retired drivers who have signed up to be in the series.
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NASCAR NEXTEL CUP Pepsi 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Fla. Schedule: Today, qualifying (Speed Channel, 4 p.m.); Saturday, race (TNT, 6:30 p.m.). Track: Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles, 31 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 160 laps. Last race: A two-tire gamble for Denny Hamlin paid off with his first Nextel Cup victory of the season at New Hampshire International Speedway. Hamlin edged Jeff Gordon by 0.068 seconds less than a car length. Last year: Tony Stewart was back to his on- track dominance and off-track hijinks, winning his second straight Pepsi 400 by charging to the lead with two laps to go. He then celebrated with his trademark climbing of the fence. Stewart led more than half the event, surged back in front with two laps remaining and held o...
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CONCORD, N.C. - Darrell Waltrip unwittingly helped NASCAR's all- star race earn a frantic reputation in its first year.
He won in 1985 after running down Harry Gant and passing him with two laps left, a victory that gave Waltrip $200,000. As he crossed the finish line, with his arm out the window waving to the fans, the engine in Waltrip's Chevrolet failed in a large plume of smoke.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. - The late Dale Earnhardt, a seven-time NASCAR champion, heads the latest class of inductees to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Earnhardt is joined by team owner Jack Roush, NASCAR ace Harry Gant, female racing pioneer Janet Guthrie and racing executive H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler in the class to be inducted April 27.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
Cale Yarborough's hands bled. Ricky Rudd's vision blurred. Richard Petty's neck broke.
... car owner and crew chief, recalls when Harry Gant suffered rib injuries and was back at the tra...
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...1990 -- Harry Gant, 55, becomes the oldest driver to win a NASCA...
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Cale Yarborough's hands bled. Ricky Rudd's vision blurred. Richard Petty's neck broke.
Such injuries, often hidden from NASCAR officials, didn't sideline those drivers. Really, they had no choice. Miss a race and they didn't get paid. Miss a race and they wouldn't contend for a championship.
... owner and crew chief, recalls a time when Harry Gant suffered rib injuries and was back at the tr...
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June 17
- Rocky Marciano scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles at New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
...1990 - Harry Gant, 55, becomes the oldest driver to win a NASCA...
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NASCAR veteran Kyle Petty led more than 100 motorcyclists, some of them celebrities, into Santa Fe Tuesday for lunch and an event on the Plaza, en route from California to North Carolina.
The 16th annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raises money for Victory Junction, a North Carolina camp for children with chronic or terminal illnesses.
... Car Auto Racing drivers Matt Kenseth and Harry Gant, and model/ editor Mikki Taylor. Petty signed...