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NASCAR fans can pick start time for California race

Sep. 25, 2009
NASCAR fans will get to decide when gentlemen can start their engines for next winter's Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.
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Mayfield a no-show at Daytona

Mayfield a no-show at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 2 (UPI) -- NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield, given the go-ahead by a federal judge to resume racing, missed the qualifying deadline Thursday for this week's race.

DirecTV discontinuing NASCAR 'Hot Pass'

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- DirecTV says it will not offer the "Hot Pass" pay-per-view package to NASCAR fans across the United States next season.

Talladega offer race fans gas cards

TALLADEGA, Ala., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Talladega Superspeedway is offering auto racing fans a $45 gas card in an effort to help them save on gas purchases.

Jacobs to build NASCAR wind tunnel in N.C.

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A unit of Haas Automation has hired California's Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to design and build a wind tunnel.

Scientology becomes NASCAR sponsor

IRWINDALE, Calif., June 7 (UPI) -- A Church of Scientology ad has been spotted on a NASCAR vehicle in Southern California.

NASCAR changes tune on suspensions

CONCORD, N.C., March 23 (UPI) -- NASCAR officials announced Wednesday that the two-race suspensions given crew chiefs Chad Knaus and Alan Gustafson had been rescinded.

NASCAR fines Wallace for bumping teammate

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Driver Rusty Wallace was fined $10,000 for intentionally bumping his car into a teammate's car at the Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR announced Tuesday.

Starr wins NASCAR race

MADISON, Ill., July 18 (UPI) -- David Starr won the NASCAR Ram Tough 200 truck race Sunday at the Gateway International Raceway in Illinois.

Two NASCAR drivers fined

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 16 (UPI) -- NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth each were fined $25,000 on Wednesday for a bumping incident in Sunday's Pocono 500.

Bush to attend Daytona 500 NASCAR race

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush will be among the tens of thousands of spectators at Sunday's Daytona 500 auto race in Florida.
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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