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A Look Back At Pocono’s Infield Short Track
A Look Back At Pocono’s Infield Short Track
LONG POND, Pa. — As the NASCAR Cup Series descends on Pocono Raceway for the only doubleheader on the schedule, most in attendance will be unaware that the 2.5-mile track once had a three-quarter-mile asphalt oval in its infield. The track opened in May of 1969, nearly two years before the first event was run […]Premium
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NASCAR’s Gentleman ‘Junie’
NASCAR’s Gentleman ‘Junie’
Wesley Christian Donlavey Jr. was a larger-than-life fixture within the NASCAR Cup Series community, more so for what he didn’t accomplish than what he did.Premium
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Curtis LeMay: A Racing Warrior
Curtis LeMay: A Racing Warrior
Snarling through the countryside around the Finger Lakes of upstate New York, the drivers clawed at the lead, their circuit encompassing public roads in and around the village of Watkins Glen.
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A Look Back At The Last Cup Series Race In Nashville
A Look Back At The Last Cup Series Race In Nashville
The NASCAR Cup Series will return to the Nashville area Sunday for the first time since 1984 when it pays its inaugural visit to Nashville Superspeedway in nearby Lebanon, Tenn. With that in mind, SPEED SPORT turns back the clock to July 14, 1984 when the final Cup Series event was run at Nashville Fairgrounds […]Premium
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King Of The Boards: Frank Lockhart
King Of The Boards: Frank Lockhart
Frank Lockhart’s star blazed ever so briefly at the highest echelon of American auto racing, yet it burned with such white-hot intensity that his legacy remains etched in the sport’s history. Lockhart was an enigma. He was high strung, racked with nervous energy and prone to panic attacks. Yet, when the green flag waved, he […]Premium
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Pancho Carter: A Lifetime At Indianapolis
Pancho Carter: A Lifetime At Indianapolis
Each time the month of May rolled around during the late 1950s, a young Pancho Carter would anxiously await the afternoon bell that signaled the end of the school day. “I remember being in elementary school in Speedway (Ind.),” the now 70-year-old Carter told SPEED SPORT. “When school would let out, I’d jump on my […]Premium
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1996: Buddy Lazier & The Split
1996: Buddy Lazier & The Split
The Indianapolis 500 is an institution banked in more than 100 years of tradition with more than its share of milestone events.Premium
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A.J. Foyt’s Best Medicine
A.J. Foyt’s Best Medicine
It wasn’t often in his career that A.J. Foyt had played the underdog, if he ever had. That all changed on Sept. 23, 1990, the instant the ESPN broadcast of CART’s Havoline 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., cut suddenly to the smoking remains of a black car sitting just beyond a gap […]Premium
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‘No Secret’ To Danny Oakes’ Success
‘No Secret’ To Danny Oakes’ Success
“When I started racing,” recalled Danny Oakes just before his death, “my mother told me, ‘Danny, you’re going to get killed in those damn race cars, just like all the rest of them.’ I told her, ‘Mom, some do and some don’t. I’m going to be one that doesn’t.’” He didn’t. And Oakes didn’t merely […]
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