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Jimmie Johnson on triathlons, 48, his beard
ESPN (blog)
Jimmie Johnson, who won Sunday's Brickyard 400 for the fourth time, stopped
by ESPN's offices on Tuesday to talk about NASCAR's Sprint Cup race and
what's ahead. Johnson is in fourth place in the overall standings with six
races remaining until the start ...
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Will Danica Patrick Be Ready for Cup in 2013? Fan's View
Yahoo! Sports
In a way, the question is rhetorical in that come 2013, Danica Patrick will
be racing full-time in NASCAR Sprint Cup for Stewart-Haas Racing. She will
be in the #10 Chevrolet with GoDaddy.com as the primary sponsor. But on the
other hand, the question is an ...
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DW: In A League Of Their Own
Fox News
It's a race track that has never really lent itself to side-by-side racing.
It doesn't lend itself to dramatic finishes. I can see their point, but if
you go into the garage area you will find that going to Indianapolis every
year is a big deal. It's actually a very big deal.
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In a league of their own
FOXSports.com
Legendary stock car driver Darrell Waltrip — winner of 84 career NASCAR
Cup Series races and a three-time champion — serves as lead analyst for
NASCAR on FOX. He was selected for induction into the prestigious NASCAR
Hall of Fame as part of the ...
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Jimmie Johnson adds to his legacy
ESPN (blog)
In the major races that have been held at Indianapolis (Indianapolis 500,
Brickyard 400 and U.S. Grand Prix), only six drivers have come away with
four or more wins, and they are all legends across all of motorsports
(check out the sweet chart). Venue aside ...
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Debate: NASCAR's burning questions
ESPN
The racing's better there, too. Far better. Breaking the weekend up when
there was no Cup activity until Saturday made it harder from the media
perspective to create buildup with stories. Grand-Am was cool. Enough said
on that. If you take a positive from this, ...
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Kristin Armstrong Wins Second Straight Gold Medal In Olympic Time Trial
NPR (blog)
Armstrong was the subject of an Olympic profile by NPR — and she was
asked about the difference between riding in the desert of her native Idaho
and racing in London, which can be wet. "If I go in with a mindset that
it's going to be a wet rain day it's ok," she ...
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Each man for himself when "Beast" races Bolt
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Four years ago, Yohan Blake was just out of school and
watched at home in Jamaica as Usain Bolt set the sporting world alight at
the Beijing Olympics. A few weeks later, the teenager joined Bolt's
training camp, where he turned his ...
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USA's Kristin Armstrong wins second gold in her last ride
USA TODAY
"This is an amazing moment for me to come back four years later," Armstrong
said after winning the same Olympic time trial race she won in 2008 in
Beijing. "I read about things like Michael Phelps (19 Olympic medals in
swimming). But I always feel like I'm ...
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Kristin Armstrong racing to defend Olympic gold in time trial
SI.com
At the Exergy Tour in May, racing before a hometown crowd in Boise, Idaho,
Armstrong fell during the opening prologue and broke her collarbone. She
had surgery almost immediately, and her doctors allowed her to resume
riding after only a couple weeks.
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