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<title><![CDATA[Is Jimmie Johnson the best NASCAR driver ever?]]></title>
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Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and David Pearson are widely regarded as the best drivers in NASCAR history. Jimmie Johnson, writes Marty Smith, just may be the best ever.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 16, 2009 08:03:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smith: Tony Stewart past, present and future]]></title>
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Tony Stewart transcript.]]></description>
<pubDate>August 13, 2008 07:58:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[I didn't necessarily sign up for this]]></title>
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CONCORD, N.C -- It's 10:03 a.m. Sunday before the Coca-Cola 600. I'm standing in front of a camera at the entrance to pit lane at Lowe's Motor Speedwa...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 25, 2008 07:24:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASCAR - for Sprint, Unlimited race sponsorship a no-brainer]]></title>
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Sponsoring the season-opening exhibition race was something Sprint jumped on quickly. Why? It now has an ownership stake in the beginning, middle and end of the NASCAR season]]></description>
<pubDate>February 15, 2013 11:23:03 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Travis Pastrana would be just the guy to help revitalize NASCAR]]></title>
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This is an account of a month-long rambling thought process. I love NASCAR racing and I want it to flourish. But right now it's not. Here's why I beli...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 05, 2010 06:22:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Marty Smith's Door-To-Door: What a difference a year is making for Aric Almirola]]></title>
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Winning solves everything in NASCAR, just ask Aric Almirola. He couldn't catch a break a year ago in his attempt to get a full-time ride. But he's won twice in the Camping World Truck Series this season, and now his phone is ringing again.]]></description>
<pubDate>August 06, 2010 06:56:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Now driving for upstart TRG Motorsports, 2000 Sprint Cup champ Bobby Labonte isn't convinced his best days are behind him]]></title>
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Between 1995 and 2003, few NASCAR racers enjoyed the success Bobby Labonte experienced. Now driving for upstart TRG Motorsports, the 2000 Cup champ isn't convinced his best days are behind him.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 18, 2010 03:51:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What NASCAR needs now is some bad-boy attitude]]></title>
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What built NASCAR -- a rough-and-tumble attitude from the drivers -- hardly exists today. Whether it's the money or the sponsors or something else, this sport needs badasses again.]]></description>
<pubDate>December 17, 2009 05:27:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tony Stewart the owner and driver is a far cry from the man who stormed the sport 11 years ago]]></title>
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Tony Stewart stormed -- nearly literally -- onto the NASCAR stage 11 years ago. How different is he now as an owner and driver from how he was then? His home in Indiana holds some clues.]]></description>
<pubDate>November 27, 2009 09:32:45 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Door-To-Door: Room for improvement in NASCAR's Sprint Cup]]></title>
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There's nothing wrong with the product NASCAR is putting on the racetrack. The Sprint Cup schedule? Now, that's a different story.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 05, 2009 05:22:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biffle among those who see beauty of part-time driver schedule]]></title>
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Greg Biffle wants to race six or seven more years with Roush Fenway Racing but he certainly likes what he sees in Mark Martin's part-time gig at Dale Earnhardt Inc., writes Marty Smith.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 20, 2007 10:02:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Montoya's faithful followers now NASCAR fans, too]]></title>
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They loved him in CART. They followed him in Formula One. And now they adore him in NASCAR Nextel Cup. Where Juan Pablo Montoya goes, so go his fans, Marty Smith writes in Door-To-Door.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 05, 2007 11:39:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From small screen to the big time for McCumbee]]></title>
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Chad McCumbee portrayed Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a made-for-TV movie in 2004. This weekend, he'll make his Nextel Cup Series debut driving for Kyle Petty in the Pocono 500.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 08, 2007 08:54:18 PDT</pubDate>
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