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Anderson Sets NHRA Single-Season Wins Record With 14th Victory

Kalitta, Scelzi and Ellis also earn victories at ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals

LAS VEGAS - Pro Stock dominator Greg Anderson set the NHRA single-season wins record by racing to his 14th victory Sunday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

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Jimmie Johnson Salves Hendrick Wounds

Jimmie Johnson put a cap on the most painful week in the history of Hendrick Motorsports with a win at the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Sunday.

Following his win last week at Martinsville, the HMS teams were notified of the airplane crash which claimed the lives of team president John Hendrick and his twin daughters; owner Rick Hendrick’s son Ricky and six more, including the plane’s pilot and copilot, putting a pall on the entire week. Sunday afternoon, Johnson claimed his third-consecutive win, following victories at Charlotte and Martinsville, to begin the healing process for the Hendrick organization.

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Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 Notes & Quotes

Notes & Quotes from the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500. Jimmie Johnson won his third consecutive race, this one a week after an airplane crash took the lives of ten members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization. “It is all preparation. The way Rick has prepared all of our race teams. It is preparation. It was tough but it was this guy (Chad Knaus) and all those other guys over there and those two guys named Vickers and Gordon over there with their hats on backwards. I just want to thank everyone at home and here for supporting the Hendrick family during all of this.”

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Papis & Pruett Take Rolex Series Championship In Fontana

FONTANA, Calif. (October 31, 2004) — No. 01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley co-drivers Max Papis and Scott Pruett wrapped up the 2004 Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype driver and team titles with their victory in today’s Lexus Grand American 400k at California Speedway.

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Hunter-Reay Still Hunting For F1 Career

GrandPrix.com reports that Champ Car driver Ryan Hunter-Reay has a new management deal with CSS Stellar Management plc. CSS Stellar Management has handled the careers of such F1 legends as Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.

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John Force Clinches 13th World Championship; Kalitta, Worsham, Line and Hines On Pole in Vegas

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LAS VEGAS — John Force clinched the $400,000 NHRA POWERade Funny Car world championship while David Grubnic won the $100,000 Budweiser Shootout Saturday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

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David Grubnic wins the Budweiser Shootout; Team Kalitta dragsters take top three qualifying spots in Las Vegas

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Saturday Notes & Quotes - Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500

Collected notes & quotes from Saturday’s session and press conferences at Atlanta Motor Speedway. One of the highlights is the announcement that Jeff Burton will step into the No. 31 Cingular Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, replacing Robby Gordon, who leaves to form his own team.

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TV Package, Part Two

Back on October 16th we posted a story on the impending announcement of the new Champ Car TV package. We titled it “Cautious Optimism”. Mike Sulka of PaddockTalk does an extensive analysis of the proposed package, pro and con.

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CGR Sweeps Cali Qualifying

Chip Ganassi Racing took the top three qualifying spots today for tomorrow’s Grand Am race at Fontana. This is Max Papis and Scott Pruett’s 11th Rolex Series pole in 2004. Ganassi IRL driver Darren Manning put the #8 CGR car in the second starting spot while the #02 car, driven in qualifying by Jimmy Morales was a mere 0.340-seconds behind.

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