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The second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown and NASCAR's All-Star event highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:

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Richard "Dick" Trickle died Thursday at the age of 71. His body was discovered next to his pickup truck at a cemetery in Lincoln County, North Carolina, after the longtime NASCAR and short-track driver shot himself, according to police.

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NASCAR's roots are in the American South. Before its expansion over the past two decades, the racing circuit was thought of as a regional sport, one with a great deal in common with country music. In 1985, some of the biggest names i

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Driver Denny Hamlin will miss at least six weeks of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit after suffering fractured vertebra in a crash on the last lap of Sunday's race at Fontana, California.

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Sprint Cup teams have to make a number of adjustments this week as they head back to the west coast for the first and only race at Auto Club Speedway this season.

They’re making their second cross-country trip in 3 weeks time, which is certainly no fun for the folks driving the haulers

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Contenders emerge early in the NASCAR season.  Make no doubt about it, Kasey Kahne is a contender.

After finishing second last week at Las Vegas, when it seemed as though he had the fastest car on the track, Kahne was able to avenge his runner up finish with a victory in Tennessee

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In all sports, I love conflict. I especially love it in NASCAR. And no place is prone to cause more conflict than Bristol Motor Speedway.

I’ve been there. The atmosphere is unbelievable. It’s rare in this new NASCAR world full of mile-and-a-half tracks where most fans can only see portions of the racetrack that a spectator can get a full, unabridged view of a speedway

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I can only imagine what it's like when you work at an auto dealership, schmoozing potential customers, hoping to land that all-important sale. Part of the pitch is the test drive, in which the customer has a chance to see what the car is like on the road, in the hopes that they fall in love with it.

Here's the setup. The salesman had no idea that this customer is NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon in disguise, who plans to give the poor guy a run for his money. Check it out below.

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This wasn’t just a win for Carl Edwards. This was a statement.

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The unmistakeable shade of bright blue named after racing legend Richard Petty will return to NASCAR tracks during select Sprint Cup Series races in 2013.

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Daytona is a magical place. During the final laps of the Daytona 500, we completely forget about the first 490 miles. And during this season’s Great American Race, the first 490 were pretty easy to forget.

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Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500.

With two laps left in the race, Johnson led Greg Biffle and Patrick, with Earnhardt in fourth, when the final charge began. Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, was able to dash away while Earnhardt made his m

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