After a 2010 season that left NASCAR racing fans with plenty to be thankful for, leave it to Rick Hendrick to absolutely break the bank.
Less than two days before Thanksgiving Day and about two days after current Hendrick Motorsports star Jimmie Johnson clinched his fifth consecutive Cup Series championship, the team owner announced virtually a comprehensive reorganization of every one of his teams except Johnson’s.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans might have the most reason to be thankful … Details
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MIAMI BEACH — She has struggled with reaching the switches on the dashboard of her Nationwide Series car. The rearview mirror offered peripheral vision so limited she couldn’t find her competitors. The method of steering a heavier car left her pectoral muscles and triceps burning, and getting lost going from qualifying to the garage sometimes made her feel “a damn fool half the time because I didn’t know what I’m doing.”
Even the seemingly simple things were hard for Danica Patrick as the … Details
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Rick Hendrick knew the world would be watching when he brought Dale Earnhardt Jr. into his race organization and, before he retires, the championship car owner wants to give NASCAR’s most popular driver every tool he can to try to win races and contend for a championship. This week brings another step in that process, as Earnhardt assumes the crew chief and the team that once supported Jeff Gordon.
As part of a massive personnel swap intended to bolster his entire organization, Earnhardt will now work with … Details
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson wasn’t the best all year. Not even close.
When it mattered, though, he couldn’t be beat.
For the fifth consecutive year.
Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick took the champion all the way to the edge this season, waging the most serious threats yet to Johnson’s reign atop NASCAR. Only the outcome didn’t change, and Johnson maintained his ironclad hold on the Sprint Cup  … Details
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