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While these three NASCAR drivers—Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Martin Truex, Jr.—have yet to score a victory on the race track in 2009, they surely must feel like they have died and gone to heaven with this cover shoot debuting in this morning’s USA Weekend edition.

With thoughts of fantasies come true, our three intrepid drivers must have had the thrill of a lifetime posing with Sports Illustrated‘s two swimsuit models, Brooklyn Decker and Julie Henderson. 

The first beautiful model, Brooklyn, knows sports as …  More info


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Money is an emotional issue, especially during economic hard times. Social scientists have always warned that once a person’s basic needs are met money doesn’t buy happiness. But if you’re wondering, or maybe even arguing over, what to do with any precious discretionary income these days, a new study suggests how to get the biggest emotional bang for your buck.

Ryan Howell, an assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, found that buying experiences — such as vacations, going to the theater or renting a sailboat — gave people more happiness than buying material things. The study, of 154 people ages 19 to 50, showed that experiences increase happiness …  More info


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Last September, I attended my very first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH.

This was no doubt the most exciting and all-time best weekend of my life, and hopefully I’ll get to go again next year.

Other than just sitting down in your assigned seat in the grandstands and watching the Sprint Cup race, there are so many other things to do during the weekend.

So I am going to share the ten things you must do when attending a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, to make your weekend just that better. If you’ve never been to a race before, I suggest you try the things on my list if you ever get the chance to go some day.

10. Shop ’til you drop!  …  More info

forceRobert Hight is the fastest qualifier in top fuel, with Ashley Force Hood and John Force close behind.

The skies cleared just long enough Saturday for John Force Racing to establish itself as the favorite funny car team in today’s NHRA drag races in Pomona.

In the first and only round of qualifying for the season-opening Kragen O’Reilly Winternationals at Auto Club Speedway, Force driver and defending race winner Robert Hight posted the fastest time of 4.037 seconds down the 1,000-foot track…  More info