Joey Logano wanted a top-five. The 18-year-old rookie had to settle for sixth. “It ain’t much on my book,” he said. Don’t worry, kid. There’s plenty of time to drive your way into victory lane.
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Rumors that have surfaced recently about a possible alliance between Chip Ganassi and Roger Penske in NASCAR racing, or of a possible Penske buyout of Ganassi’s stock car team? Both men field Dodges in Sprint Cup racing, and at the recent Indianapolis 500, won by Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, the two pillars of the sport [...]

The crowd at Dover was an estimated 25,000 short of a sellout. The speedway seats about 140,000. Nine fan-less sections each in Turns 2 and 3 were covered with advertising banners.
Rising gas prices and food prices are seen as the reasons for the smallest crowd in years.
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Kyle Busch almost had to go to a backup helmet this weekend. His helmet was stolen from the garage Friday night, but track security officers caught the culprit. “Somebody snuck in the garage with the cleanup crew and stole it,” Busch said. “Somebody saw it happen, I guess, and they told security guards outside.
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Scott Riggs believes NASCAR blew the call. Riggs said the penalties levied against Haas-CNC Motorsports for alterations to its new car were too steep. The penalties crippled Riggs’ No. 66 Chevrolet in the points standings and put him in serious danger of falling outside the top 35 and losing his guaranteed spot in the field.
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Formula One driver David Coulthard visited the garage before the race and chatted with Sprint Cup’s Red Bull drivers Brian Vickers and A.J. Allmendinger.
Coulthard, who drives for Red Bull, said top NASCAR drivers could probably adapt to an F-1 car easier than an F-1 driver switching to NASCAR.
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