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Mark Martin earns second consecutive pole at Bristol

Mar. 20, 2009
Mark Martin has won the pole at Bristol Motor Speedway. He turned a lap at 125.773 mph to earn the top starting spot for Friday's race.
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Mark Martin wins second straight pole

BRISTOL, Tenn., March 20 (UPI) -- Mark Martin, plagued by bad luck throughout the 2009 season, won his second straight pole Friday for Sunday's running of the Food City 500.

Keselowski wins Nationwide race at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Unheralded Brad Keselowski captured the Food City 250 Nationwide auto race Friday night at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

Burton wins 300 Busch race in Atlanta

HAMPTON, Ga., March 17 (UPI) -- Jeff Burton won Saturday's Nicorette 300 Busch Series race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Kurt Busch on the pole at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Kurt Busch Friday won the pole position for Saturday's Sharpie 500 Nextel Cup race at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.

Earnhardt Jr. wins Busch at Michigan track

BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun Carl Edwards out with two laps remaining Saturday to win the Carfax 250 at the Michigan International Speedway.

Speedway, partner buy Action Performance

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Speedway Motorsports Inc. and a partner will pay $245 million in cash for licensed-merchandise company Action Performance Cos. Inc. of Tempe, Ariz.

Sadler wins NASCAR pole

BRISTOL, Tenn., April 1 (UPI) -- Elliott Sadler, whose first NASCAR victory came at the Bristol Motor Speedway, won the pole at that track Friday for the Food City 500.

Greg Biffle won NASCAR Michigan race

BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Greg Biffle won the GFS Marketplace 400 Sunday at the Michigan International Speedway as he finished 8.216 seconds ahead of teammate Mark Martin.

Newman wins NASCAR pole

BRISTOL, Tenn., March 26 (UPI) -- Ryan Newman fell short of his own qualifying record Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway but still took the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Food City 500.

Harvick wins Busch Series at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn., March 22 (UPI) -- Winston Cup regular Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag in Saturday's Channellock 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway for his ninth career Busch Series victory.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler