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Greg Biffle |
He signed a new long-term contract extension with Roush. Mainly because he aspires to be Matt Martin’s teammate. |
| 2 |
1 |
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Jeff Gordon |
He called it “Wrigley Stadium” while visiting Chicago to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Then he went out and competed at Lowe’s Raceway Park in the No. 24 Dupont Dodge, which was crew chiefed by Bobby Loomis. |
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10 |
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Ryan Newman |
He has qualified in the top 10 for every race this season. And for the first time this season, we avoided saying something with Rusty Wallace in it. Dang. We did it again. |
| 4 |
7 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
He didn’t try to knock that big Coke bottle off the car. That thing looked like it weighed more than Danica Patrick. |
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4 |
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Tony Stewart |
He is coming up on a year without a victory. And a shave. |
| 6 |
9 |
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Jamie McMurray |
He was chewing gum during his exhibition tennis match with Anna Kournikova. You know, in case she wanted a kiss. |
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11 |
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Carl Edwards |
“I'm glad to see that he (Dale Jarrett) finished eighth,” said Edwards. If he hadn’t, Edwards was planning of backflipping off the car to escape Jarrett, who would have been sprinting full-blast towards him. |
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5 |
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Mark Martin |
In case you missed it last week, this is Mark Martin describing his first Cup start:
"I was freaked out that they were going to turn us green while the track was still wet, so I never turned on the rear-end cooler. And so when they did go green, my rear-end burned up in about 40 laps." |
| 9 |
12 |
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Kyle Busch |
A fan wrote us and said Kyle looked like Bugs Bunny with the teeth and ears. Fans can be cruel. But funny. ‘Ol Bugs is about to get that first win real soon. |
| 10 |
3 |
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Elliott Sadler |
His Chewbacca impression was dead-on. He sounded just like him. If he hadn’t cut his hair a few weeks back, he would have looked like him too. |
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6 |
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Kasey Kahne |
Everhnam Motorsports is doing a nice thing to benefit the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by auctioning off Kahne’s Victory lane hat from Richmond on eBay. The team says the hat “is in excellent condition,” with “adjustable sizing.” Which means it’s not beer-strained. And a 12-year-old girl can wear it. |
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8 |
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Kurt Busch |
He is really mired in a slump. Kind of like our jokes. |
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14 |
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Jeremy Mayfield |
He thinks The Olive Garden is fine Italian dining. Seriously. We didn’t make that up. If you’re going to Dover, there is one on that main highway in front of the track. He’ll be there this weekend. His head is shaved and he’ll have on a red shirt. And he’ll take a take-home bag for his dogs. |
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12 |
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Kevin Harvick |
You have got to wonder how hard he laughed when he saw Nemechek’s tire explode. Or sighed with relief, since he called Nemechek all but washed up. |
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16 |
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Jeff Burton |
He has some cool videos on his website, but he really needs some Ward updates on there. |
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20 |
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Brian Vickers |
Brian Wreckers. |
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18 |
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Michael Waltrip |
Tony Eury Sr. vowed that he would settle any problems on Monday between Earnhardt Jr. and Waltrip. The shop was closed for the holiday, but fortunately, they had something called a family get-together. |
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21 |
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Bobby Labonte |
His six-word in-car interview “Yeah. I am gonna try. Yeah,” was probably the second most uncomfortable on-air moment of the year, followed closely by the time Jeff Hammond wore a tux. |
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19 |
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Dale Jarrett |
Report: Jarrett to retire after 2008 season, last season to be called the "Last Crew Chief Tour." |
| 20 |
17 |
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Rusty Wallace |
Come on, Rusty, split the car in 2006 with Mark Martin. You can even be your own crew chief. |
| 21 |
15 |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
So it’s clear he needs to talk to Michael Waltrip and get everything sorted out. When’s their next commercial shoot? Can they get it done then? |
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25 |
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Ken Schrader |
Funny thing you didn’t see at the racetrack this weekend – Schrader was actually presented with a wheelchair for his 50th birthday. |
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22 |
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Ricky Rudd |
That blue-and-white car was pretty sharp, but when the engine blew, it put Rudd back into a position where he has to keep an eye on that top 35 in points again. |
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24 |
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Matt Kenseth |
This is starting to get ridiculous. It is going to be hard for him to make the Chase now. His luck is officially the worst on tour. If it wasn’t for the hot wife, he’d be going crazy. |
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Joe Nemechek |
Man, that sucked. That was straight out of Super Mario Kart. Except the red shell was fired by Kevin Harvick. |
