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Stewart-Haas Racing Bank of America 500 Race Report

Stewart-Haas Racing Bank of America 500 Race Report

Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by finishing eighth in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart started from the pole and led three times for 94 laps before posting his 12th top-10 finish in 26 career Sprint Cup starts at Charlotte. It was also his 14th top-10 finish this season and his sixth top-10 … Read entire article »

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Stewart Gets Hard-Earned Top-10 at Charlotte

Stewart Gets Hard-Earned Top-10 at Charlotte

Tony Stewart dominated the first half of Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by starting from the pole and leading three times for 94 laps. Through no fault of his own, however, the second half of the 334-lap race didn’t go nearly as well, but Stewart persevered to rally his way to a hard-earned eighth-place finish. “We were good off the front there, just when we … Read entire article »

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Much-Needed Top-10 for Newman at Charlotte

Much-Needed Top-10 for Newman at Charlotte

Baby steps may not be quite what Ryan Newman and the No. 39 Cookies for Kids’ Cancer/Gene Haas Foundation Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team were looking to take as they tried to vault themselves back into Chase for the Sprint Cup contention during Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. But after soldiering home with their first top-10 finish since the opening Chase race four weekends … Read entire article »

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Tony Stewart Wins the Pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Tony Stewart Wins the Pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway

CHARLOTTE – For 13th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) career, Tony Stewart will lead the 43-car field to the green flag. With a lap of 28.131seconds, 191.959 mph behind the wheel of his No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet, the two-time NSCS champion captured the pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500. Team Chevy will have four drivers starting in the top-10. Ryan Newman, No. 39 Cookies for Kid’s … Read entire article »

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Stewart-Haas Racing Bank of America 500 Qualifying Report

Stewart-Haas Racing Bank of America 500 Qualifying Report

Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in time trials Thursday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by qualifying on the pole for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Stewart turned a lap of28.131 seconds at 191.959 mph on the 1.5-mile oval. It was Stewart’s 13th pole in 459 career Sprint Cup races, his first of the season, his … Read entire article »

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Charlotte Fits the Core Curriculum

Charlotte Fits the Core Curriculum

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – That “curriculum” stems from the Latin word for “race course” is appropriate considering that the core curriculum of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup is 1.5-mile ovals. Intermediate tracks are the bread-and-butter of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Chase, where half of the venues are 1.5-mile ovals. Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., kicked off the Chase, and its 1.5-mile D-shaped layout is a near … Read entire article »

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Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Sweetens the Pot at Charlotte for Newman

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer Sweetens the Pot at Charlotte for Newman

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Ryan Newman has always started really well in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. But he’s never scored a victory in a points-paying race at the 1.5-mile oval and would love nothing more than to change that in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500. Not that his finishes have been bad, by any means. Twice (October 2003 and May 2009), the driver of the No. 39 Cookies for Kids’ Cancer/Gene … Read entire article »

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