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Jim Hunter

NASCAR king Petty a living legend

JOLIET, Ill. — Richard Petty is nearly deaf now. Questions to him often need to be repeated. When he's talking to the vertically challenged, the angular Petty sometimes has to lean over and aim an ear toward the source of the...

Stewart brings old-school owner's mentality to the table

Tony Stewart will bring 10 years of racing experience with him as he becomes co-owner of newly named Stewart Haas Racing. JOLIET, Ill. — The newest team owner in the Sprint Cup Series arrived at his first news conference...

Penalty puts Truex Jr. in deep hole

Martin Truex Jr.'s chances of making the Chase for the Sprint Cup took a severe blow Tuesday when NASCAR fined him 150 points for a rules violation discovered at Daytona International Speedway.The roof of the No.1 Chevrolet did...

To some, the race will always be the Firecracker 400

By Jim Pedley / McClatchy Newspapers Thursday, July 3, 2008 - Greg Sacks will be there Saturday at Daytona International Speedway, seeing the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars circle the track. What Sacks, the 1985 winner of NASCAR’s...

Cumberland Times News, Md., Mike Burke column: Why I never made it to Madison Ave.

This is Birdland? That's what we have to be reminded of every night during this very exciting, very surprising and very interesting Baltimore Orioles season? "This is Birdland," the slogan goes, and that this is all the...

Mr. Excitement: No place for punks in NASCAR

LOUDON, N.H. — There’s a reason why Jimmy Spencer earned the nickname Mr. Excitement during his days racing Modifieds in the northeast. After being honored by NASCAR for being a two-time Modified champion (1986-87) at New...

ASBO for man after revenge bid on noisy neighbour

THE victim of a noisy neighbour cracked after years of disturbance and created a machine that made a noise "like a jet engine" to get revenge. Omar Makdad rigged up a device consisting of a timer, a vacuum cleaner, television,...

Big Ten blitz for Comcast; MASN to combine crews for O's-Nats

Comcast deal with league's network to create access to Penn St. football Spilling out the weekly sports media notes, then quickly trying to sop them up before they permanently stain the carpet: • If you are ... Penn State, good...

Citrus Co. government building may be unsafe in a storm

CITRUS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- An inspection of a Citrus County government building may have revealed problems that could make the building unsafe in a storm. Engineers found hairline cracks in the cement floor that connects to...

Humpy Wheeler: Ahead of the curve

The one regret that H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler had after a 33-year career running Lowe’s Motor Speedway was that he let his wife talk him out of the flying saucer.“People laugh, but it’s true,” said Wheeler, whose attempt years ago...