The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Auto Racing

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  • NASCAR IN THE PITS Stewart needs to practice what he preaches

    LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Tony Stewart is many things, but the Emily Post of NASCAR etiquette is most certainly not one of them. Stewart wants to preach a give-and-take attitude on the race track. Yet when it comes time to practice it, NASCAR’s champion only wants to take as much as he can get.

    July 25, 2006 1 Photo

  • images_sizedimage_200183113 Childress team is surging

    By MIKE HARRIS

    AP Motorsports Writer



    Richard Childress never got to the point where he hated coming to the race track, but there were times in the past five years when he rather would have been hunting or fishing.

    July 20, 2006 1 Photo

  • Stewart suddenly in Chase trouble

    Tony Stewart once said he should be fired if he failed to make NASCAR’s Chase for the championship.

    July 17, 2006

  • NASCAR PEPSI 400 AUTO RACING 5 ways to make The Chase better

    By Jenna Fryer

    AP Auto Racing Writer



    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Less than three years into the Chase for the championship, NASCAR chairman Brian France wants to tweak his title-crowning format.

    July 8, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR PEPSI 400 AUTO RACING NASCAR format to be changed

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR chairman Brian France promised slight changes to the sport’s championship format, hoping to add more drama to the 10-race title hunt.

    July 3, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR BUSCH AUTO RACING Gilliland enjoys Busch competition

    By Jenna Fryer

    AP Auto Racing Writer



    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There have been times this year that David Gilliland couldn’t help but wonder if he was in over his head, that leaving California for a NASCAR career was maybe a bad idea.

    June 19, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR POCONO AUTO RACING Hamlin practiced with video game

    By Jenna Fryer



    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When Denny Hamlin opened the season by winning an exhibition race at Daytona, he made it clear that it wouldn’t take long for the rookie to score a victory that counted.

    June 13, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR POCONO AUTO RACING Grubb ready for return to the track

    GLADEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Grubb has his second chance with NASCAR, and the driver who lost more than two years of his career after failing a drug test doesn’t plan on blowing this opportunity.

    June 10, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR DOVER AUTO RACING Auto racing notebook: Stewart needs help from Rudd

    DOVER, Del. (AP) — Tony Stewart said he’s ready to go 500 miles at Pocono. Driving only 38 achy laps at Dover International Speedway because of soreness in his broken shoulder blade Sunday.

    Ricky Rudd relieved him and drove the car to a 25th-place finish.

    June 5, 2006 1 Photo

  • NASCAR YATES' MESS Yates team continues to slide

    By Jenna Fryer

    AP Auto Racing Writer



    CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Jarrett could have been home cooking steaks before the halfway mark of the Coca-Cola 600. A wreck on the first lap of the race ended his night before he even settled into the driver’s seat. Elliott Sadler, his teammate, wasn’t much luckier. It was yet another disappointing night for Robert Yates Racing.

    June 1, 2006 1 Photo