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Kyle Busch wins, guns for three

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

FORT WORTH, Texas - Kyle Busch continues to extend streaks at the Texas Motor Speedway in search of a NASCAR first.

• Auto racing | Kyle Busch wins NASCAR Nationwide Series event in Texas - Seattle Times
• Chase leader Johnson says he won't let up - Denver Post
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Roy has 16 points to push Portland to 83-74 win

paulinen6liy | yesterday

OKLAHOMA CITY – Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 83-74 on Sunday night to split a two-game road trip. One night after scoring 42 points in a loss at Houston, Roy struggled to get anything going on offense — and so did Kevin Durant, a fellow Rookie of the Year. Roy made just four

Kyle Busch dominates at Texas to close in on NASCAR first

Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

FORT WORTH -- Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas Motor Speedway in search of a NASCAR first.

Edwards still trying to get back to victory lane

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

FORT WORTH, Texas | Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless Sprint Cup season. “I’ve kind of tried to think of it differently,” Edwards said. “It’s not that we haven’t had no wins this season, it’s just that we’ve had nine wins over the last two.”

• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Seattle Times
• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Durant stars in Thunder's 91-83 win over Pistons

chelseap67h8 | yesterday

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. The franchise is 2-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season when it was in Seattle. The Thunder began 1-16 last season, their first in Oklahoma City, and didn't get their second victory until Nov. 29. The poor start

NNS: Busch Wins Fourth Straight At Texas

SPEED (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Kyle Busch is two for two at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend...

Jimmie Johnson's drive toward history makes stop in Texas

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

FORT WORTH – As Jimmie Johnson whizzes around Texas Motor Speedway today in his No. 48 Chevrolet, he'll be closing in on Sprint Cup history. Three races stand between him and a record fourth consecutive title. Texas Motor SpeedwayDickies 5002:15 p.m., Ch. 8Buy:More:None of the sport's drivers, not even legendary ones such as Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, has done that. Johnson has his supporters,...

Edwards believes win can build momentum

TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

Texas Motor Speedway is the real wild card in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Chase

ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday

FORT WORTH, Texas -- From the first lap ever turned at this place, Texas Motor Speedway often has made the unexpected a reality. It began with a multicar crash on the first turn 12 years ago. No one would have guessed Jeff Burton, a fourth-year driver who was winless in his career at the time, would go to Victory Lane in that first race in 1997. And who would have thought 10 years would pass before...

• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Seattle Times
• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Examiner
• Zero Cup wins for Edwards after 9 last year - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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NASCAR trifecta in reach for Kyle Busch at Texas

Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first. Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked track Saturday, a dominating victory a day after winning his fifth truck race in a row this season. He will try to complete an unprecedented trifecta Sunday and become the first driver ever to win all three of NASCAR's national series on the...

Busch moves up NASCAR's all-time win list

Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday

With his Truck and Nationwide victories at Texas, Kyle Busch is nearing a historic trifecta and moving up NASCAR's all-time win list.

Checkpoint 2: Racing Heroes

Checkpoint 10 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Indianapolis 500: The Simulation came with a manual that had pictures of Indy 500 winners, arranged in chronological order, and I remember noticing how the cars would look faster and faster throughout the decades (this made perfect sense, as it kept with the progress of technology). I also remember learning the names Wilbur Shaw and Johnny Rutherford, who seemed to keep popping up as multi-race winners....

Kyle Busch's new crew chief ready for 1st tirade

SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Kyle Busch's new crew chief knows what's coming.

Johnson Has Turned Nascar’s Chase Into a Stroll

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jimmie Johnson, who has won the Cup points title the past three years, has a nearly insurmountable lead as the 10-race playoff winds down.

Roy has 16 points to push Portland to 83-74 win

paulinen6liy | yesterday

OKLAHOMA CITY – Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 83-74 on Sunday night to split a two-game road trip. One night after scoring 42 points in a loss at Houston, Roy struggled to get anything going on offense — and so did Kevin Durant, a fellow Rookie of the Year. Roy made just four of his first...

Durant stars in Thunder's 91-83 win over Pistons

chelseap67h8 | yesterday

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. The franchise is 2-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season when it was in Seattle. The Thunder began 1-16 last season, their first in Oklahoma City, and didn't get their second victory until Nov. 29. The poor start cost...

Roy has 16 points to push Portland to 83-74 win

bennett9f3mc | 11/06/2009

OKLAHOMA CITY – Steve Blake scored 18 points and Brandon Roy made a late push to finish with 16, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 83-74 on Sunday night to split a two-game road trip. One night after scoring 42 points in a loss at Houston, Roy struggled to get anything going on offense — and so did Kevin Durant, a fellow Rookie of the Year. Roy made just four of his first...