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Pocono Notes & Quotes - Qualifying

Rookie driver Denny Hamlin, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, has swept pole positions for both NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races at Pocono Raceway this year. Here, thanks to assorted team and manufacturer sources, are the collected notes and quotes after qualifying Friday afternoon: DENNY HAMLIN: Well, our car was really good today in practice for sure. When we did our mock qualifying run in June, I think we were in the mid 20s or so. I just went out there and made, you know, a crazy lap or something like that. I told Mike that I know how good our car is this time around. I didn’t know how good it was that time around. So I was going out there and if I wrecked it, I wrecked it; if I didn’t, I didn’t.

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Hamlin on Pocono Pole (Again)

Rookie Denny Hamlin won his second Pocono fast qualifier trophy and third career Busch pole, beating out Ryan Newman’s time by 0.128 sec. Hamlin won pole for the June 9 Pocono 500 with a lap of 53.054 sec/169.638 mph, then came back in July and bettered that lap with a clocking of 52.995 sec/169.827 mph.

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Brickyard 400 Fan Festival Friday Fortnight

Photo: Allan Brewer

Driver autograph sessions and interviews highlight activities for fans of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Indianapolis

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Bobby Cleveland’s Mad Mower Mile at Bonneville

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Locust Grove, Georgia speed fanatic sets the World Land Speed Record for Riding Lawn Mowers at the Salt Flats

Taking the drudgery from every husband’s weekend and turning it into sport morphs everyman Bobby Cleveland into a hero on the famous Utah speed run.

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Driving Force: Episode #1 First Impressions

The debut of the NHRA reality series that focuses on John Force and his strained relationship with his wife and three daughters was last night with much fanfare and hype. I had a chance to catch the first episode and there were some good and bad things to take away from it. The best news is that this show will expose a brand new demographic to the sport of drag racing that possibly never even considered going to a drag strip.

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Bridgestone Revival Continues In Michelin’s Backyard

Everyone who knows anything (or in my case, nothing) about tires and F1 had predicted that Bridgestone’s performance at the U.S G.P. was a flash in the pan. Michelin and Renault would reassert their dominance at the next race. Michael Schumacher and Ferrari proved otherwise at the French GP at Magny Cours today.

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Giant-Killers in the Rockies

Todd, Scelzi, Connolly and Hines shake it up and take the wins at Mile-High.

The NHRA points leader apple cart was all kinda upset today at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals in Denver, Colorado. Doug Kalitta in Top Fuel, Jason Line in Pro Stock and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle are now sitting atop the drag racing heap based on their Colorado performances.

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Nashville Firestone 200: Southern Delight

The stars aligned as a sell-out crowd, a safe yet competitive race, and Danica Patrick sparkled in the Tennessee twilight.

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Kyle Busch Lasts at Loudon

Kyle Busch returned to Victory Lane and moved up to fourth in the Chase for the Cup by winning an overtime decision in the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Eleven cautions slowed the race for 49 laps after 21 lead changes saw 11 different drivers leading the race. Dale Earnhardt Jr’s DNF after an engine failure placed him 43rd in the results and dropped him four places in the points, to seventh.

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Dyson to Open Wheel Racing?

I had an interview with American Le Mans Series driver, Chris Dyson earlier this week. We talked about vague topics, but one of his answers really surprised me. It just goes to show you how bad a merger between IRL/CCWS is needed.

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