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Stewart and Gordon poised for victory celebration (AP)

A road course race couldn't come at a better time for Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon.
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ALMS fueler's condition improves from pit burns (AP)
An injured American Le Mans Series crewman was upgraded to fair condition at an Indianapolis burn center as he recovers from burns he suffered in pit fire. De Ferran Motorsports said Thursday that fueler Keith Jones is continuing to make good progress after he was critically burned during a race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last month.
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Woman suing NASCAR has spotty background (AP)
The former racing official who has accused NASCAR of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in a $225 million lawsuit had a restraining order filed against her by a former boyfriend and was arrested for driving under the influence, The Associated Press has learned.
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Indy Racing announces new TV deal (PA SportsTicker)
The Indianapolis 500 will be televised by ABC Sports through 2012 as part of a contract extension announced Thursday by the Indy Racing League.
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IRL announces new TV package (AP)
The Indianapolis 500 and four other IndyCar Series races will be televised by ABC Sports at least through 2012 in a contract extension announced Thursday by the Indy Racing League.
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Fisher prepping for return at Kentucky (AP)
There are five offices at the home of Sarah Fisher Racing in Indianapolis. Yet you won't find the company's founder, office manager, accountant, marketing head and star in a massive wood-paneled room with a dutiful assistant parked outside the door.
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Yeley out, Coleman in at Hall of Fame Racing (AP)
Twenty-year-old Brad Coleman will replace J.J. Yeley in the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Toyota beginning at the Aug. 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Roush says Edwards ready to win title (AP)

Jack Roush isn't one to keep his opinions to himself.
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Carpentier not worried about '09 Cup status (AP)
Patrick Carpentier couldn't help but laugh.
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Truex agrees to stay at DEI through 2009 (AP)
Martin Truex Jr. finally agreed to a contract extension with Dale Earnhardt Inc. on Wednesday that keeps him in the No. 1 Chevrolet at least through 2009.
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Coleman replaces Yeley at Hall of Fame Racing (PA SportsTicker)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- J.J. Yeley has been replaced at Hall of Fame Racing by 20-year-old Brad Coleman, who will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 17.
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Former Indy driver Greg Weld dies at 64 (AP)
Greg Weld, who won 21 U.S. Auto Club sprint car races and was the series national champion in 1967, died Monday. He was 64. The cause of death was not immediately known. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Weld died in Kansas City, Mo., where his company, Weld Racing Wheels, is based. Weld passed his Indianapolis 500 rookie test in 1965, when he was the USAC sprint car runner-up to Johnny Rutherford,...
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Rossiter to drive for Andretti Green in ALMS (AP)
Englishman James Rossiter, a former test driver for the Super Aguri Formula One team, will drive for Andretti Green Racing in at least the next two races in the American Le Mans Series. Rossiter will team with AGR's Franck Montagny at the Road America track in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Aug. 9, his first start in the United States, and at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, on Aug.
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2008 Indy Racing League schedule and standings (AP)
March 29 -- GAINSCO Auto Insurance 300, Homestead, Fla. (Scott Dixon)
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Lightning hits 91 spectators at racetrack (AP)
A lightning bolt struck 91 auto racing fans at a racetrack in Norway Sunday, and 45 people were taken to hospital with minor burns, police said. "No one was seriously injured," police officer Hans Eng told the Associated Press. "But some of them will stay in the hospital for observation." The lightning hit a hill where spectators at the rallycross were sitting.
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NASCAR races in the rain in Montreal (AP)
The show went on in the rain at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
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Sebastien Loeb wins his 1st Rally Finland (AP)
Four-time world champion Sebastien Loeb of France won the Rally Finland on Sunday for the first time, closing in on the overall championship lead. Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, the overall leader, finished nine seconds behind in second place after 211 miles of special stages. "It was a great fight all week," Loeb said.
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Pit strategy gives Edwards win at Pocono (PA SportsTicker)
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NASCAR uses rain tires in Montreal (AP)
NASCAR drivers raced in grooved rain tires for the first time in a major points race Saturday after showers at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve made it impossible to run on regular slick tires.
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Final practice rained out (AP)
The final practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway was rained out Saturday.
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