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Bringing the Heat: Jerry Nadeau Talks Life After Racing, Pt. 1

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BSNews! Real NASCAR News That Fits the Headline Title

May 13, 2009
For the last few days, I have been hearing some “busyness” going on in the BSNews room, which happens to be adjacent to my bedroom. There was a lot of thumping and bumping, the occasional “heated exchange” and the ever present “pphhhfffsssttt” of a beverage being opened. I just assumed that the crew was working …

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What’s Vexing Vito: Smokin’ Weed or a Smoke Screen? Mayfield’s Suspension for Banned Substance Provides More Questions Than Answers

May 13, 2009
The biggest story to break in NASCAR over the last few days has been Jeremy Mayfield’s suspension for a positive test of a banned substance following the May 2 race at Richmond. A subsequent follow up “B” test confirmed the original findings, causing the sport to take what they deemed necessary action. There’s just one …

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Driven to the Past: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

May 13, 2009
I’m getting a little tired of hearing Joey Logano referred to as “the best thing since sliced bread” as if it was something new. Understand me right, here – I don’t have anything at all against Logano. He seems to be a pretty darned good race driver who was thrust into the top stock car …

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Did You Notice? NASCAR’s Drug Mistake? (Not Mayfield’s), Keselowski Should Be Cup’s Top Rookie & Johnson Plays Dead

May 13, 2009
Did You Notice? How secretive NASCAR is trying to be with this whole drug thing? There’s two main questions that came up in my head since the positive test, ones I couldn’t answer immediately as a reporter as Darlington was a weekend I’d taken off: 1) Why was Jeremy Mayfield allowed to practice and qualify …

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Top 10 Excuses Jeremy Mayfield Gave for Failing the Drug Test

May 13, 2009
10. “I had dinner at Brian France’s place the other night. I thought the oregano in the spaghetti sauce smelled funny!”
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Mirror Driving: Darlington on Steroids?, the Rookies Rally & NASCAR on Drugs

May 13, 2009
Welcome to Mirror Driving. Every week, your favorite columnists sit down and give their opinion about the latest NASCAR news and rumors. Love us or hate us, make a comment below and tell us how you feel about what we’ve said! This Week’s Participants: Tom Bowles (Editor-In-Chief; Mondays/Bowles-Eye View & Wednesdays/Did You Notice) Beth Lunkenheimer (Tuesdays/Running Your …

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Voice of Vito: The Southern 500 & Darlington – Same as It “Ever Was, Only Different

May 13, 2009
Darlington, S.C. You’d be hard pressed to find it on a map; but say the name and instantly a flurry of iconic imagery comes flooding forward; Cale Yarborough sailing out of the track over the guardrail; Richard Petty hanging halfway out of the window of his battered Plymouth as it tumbles down the frontstretch; Bill …

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Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Southern 500

May 13, 2009
The Track Too Tough to Tame may have a new surface, but she’s that same old fickle girl. The rankings may not have taken a DNF at Darlington, but they certainly earned their stripe with the list all scrambled after 500 miles there Saturday night. Former champions are hogging the top of the charts, but …

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Full Throttle: Why Not Celebrate NASCAR’s Past During All-Star Weekend?

May 12, 2009
After 60 years of racing, Darlington Raceway celebrated this past weekend. Cale Yarborough was the pace car driver. The walls of the track were painted in red and white like the old-school days. David Pearson, Junior Johnson, Buddy Baker, Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty were all there being celebrated during the pre-race ceremonies. The vast …

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The Yellow Stripe: This Bud’s Not for Kasey – After Killer Start, the Only Way for Kahne to Go is Up

May 11, 2009
As the curtain closed on another Southern 500 Saturday night, the Lady In Black shined brightly on three of the four cars at Richard Petty Motorsports. Elliott Sadler, AJ Allmendinger and Reed Sorenson persevered to hard-fought top-20 finishes, battling back from miserable starts as they looked to turn their seasons around. As for their teammate Kasey …

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Is Catching Mayfield Enough? NASCAR Should Have No Restraint When It Comes to Drug Testing

May 11, 2009
Just as Major League Baseball’s new era of drug policing caught perhaps its biggest name yet in Manny Ramirez, just last week NASCAR’s enhanced drug testing policy snared the most notable driver in recent memory for substance abuse in Jeremy Mayfield, a two-time Chase contender and current Sprint Cup owner. After the positive test was …

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Who’s Hot/Who’s Hot in Sprint Cup: 2009 Southern 500 Edition

May 11, 2009
The first-ever springtime version of the Southern 500 was a potent mixture of high speeds on newer pavement that led to the same danger of Darlington Stripes.
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