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Countdown to the Cup: Caught in traffic jam last year, Dick Gabriel,...
In my Sunday newspaper column, I told the stories of some fans who had bad experiences trying to enter Kentucky Speedway last year for the Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 amidst the ‘Car-maggedon’ traffic...
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Countdown to the Cup: A traffic-impacted fan who is not going back to...
A retired school teacher from the Washington, D.C., area who now lives in Georgetown, Joe Rhinehart has long attended NASCAR Sprint Cup races. As a veteran stock-car spectator, Rhinehart contacted me...
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Countdown to the Cup: NASCAR to honor soldiers from Fort Knox
As part of a program called “NASCAR Unites – An American Salute,” NASCAR will honor soldiers stationed at Fort Knox before Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. Master Sgt....
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Countdown to the Cup: Lexington native changes front tires for Clint Bowyer
Jason Gay only lived in Lexington two years after his birth before an IBM transfer caused his family to move west to Colorado, then back east to North Carolina. But Gay, 39, still has some Kentucky...
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Countodwn to the Cup: How drivers running a national-championship paint...
Kentucky native Michael Waltrip is scheduled to drive a Kentucky Wildcats national championship paint scheme on his No. 55 Toyota in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400. It will be the fourth time in...
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Countodwn to the Cup: Earnhardt Jr., Kenseth & Jimmie Johnson on Kentucky...
As always, much of the talk leading up to the second Quaker State 400 Saturday at Kentucky Speedway is about the bumpy racing surface here. Some quick hits from drivers on the bumps: Dale Earnhardt...
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Countdown to the Cup: Tony Stewart holds court
A Tony Stewart news conference is always worthwhile. A few highlights from Friday at Kentucky Speedway: What’s your view of the track? Stewart: “The interstate out there is a lot smoother than this...
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Countdown to the Cup: Jeff Gordon discusses Kentucky Speedway racing surface...
At last year’s Quaker State 400, Jeff Gordon did not express much enthusiasm for the famously bumpy Kentucky Speedway racetrack. On Friday, he was asked about the track’s condition this year. Gordon:...
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Countodwn to the Cup: A UK fan carries front tires for Duke hoops fan Jeff...
Whitesburg product J.D. Holcomb is a die-hard Kentucky basketball fan. He also spends his weekends as the front-tire carrier for Jeff Burton’s No. 31 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. What...
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Countdown to the Cup: Ex-PLD football player Sturgill looking forward to...
William Sturgill, the former Paul Laurence Dunbar football standout, was slated to work as a jackman in a Sprint Cup in his home state for the first time ever in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400. “I’m...
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