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Hot under the collar: aggressive driving and quick tempers are heating things up in Winston Cup.
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Auto Racing Digest
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December 1, 2003
- Author:
- Wilner, Barry
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NASCAR HAS PROBLEMS. AS Matt Kenseth was pulling away from the field in the Winston Cup points race during the summer months, the scoring system's flaws were becoming apparent. And those flaws led to some overly aggressive tactics on the tracks, ones that could lead to the type of dangerous driving that gets people hurt.
Simply put, there were so many drivers out of the championship race by early August that any thought of conservative racing went out the window netting. Getting to Victory Lane was primary in their planning, and how they got there didn't make a lot of difference.
We saw it at Watkins Glen, where Greg Biffle spun out pole-sitter Jeff Gordon on the first ...
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November 16, 1997 ;
PETE PISTONE;
574 words
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Rocky Mountain News;
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Jim Benton;
783 words
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
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Fleischman, Bill;
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612 words
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Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
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787 words
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GORDON CUTS IT CLOSE, WINS WINSTON CUP TITLE.(SPORTS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
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448 words
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PR Newswire;
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378 words
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PepsiCo Steps Up Relationship with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports.
PR Newswire;
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624 words
......to Drive in Two Winston Cup Series Races Beginning...agreement with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports...relationship with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports...Chevrolet in the Winston Cup Series and their...of times in the Winston Cup next year. If ...
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Earnhardt Jr. Makes Change In His Winston Cup Schedule
The Washington Post;
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629 words
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Gordon's `Meteoric' Rise Tops Remarkable Winston Cup Year
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PETE PISTONE;
558 words
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Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);
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178 words
...WINSTON CUP POINTS 1. Sterling Marlin ....... 1,369...178 6. Jimmie Johnson ........ 1,172 7. Jeff Gordon ........... 1,168 8. Tony Stewart...tri-oval is one of the newer tracks on the Winston Cup circuit. It opened June 20, 1997. The...
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WINSTON CUP POINTS
Rocky Mountain News;
April 23, 2002 ;
178 words
...WINSTON CUP POINTS 1. Sterling Marlin ....... 1,369...178 6. Jimmie Johnson ........ 1,172 7. Jeff Gordon ........... 1,168 8. Tony Stewart...tri-oval is one of the newer tracks on the Winston Cup circuit. It opened June 20, 1997. The...
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TALENTED STEWART ON THE FAST TRACK; DIRT TRACK ALUM TONY STEWART SETS HIS...
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
July 26, 1997 ;
Long, Dustin;
561 words
......Schrader started it, Jeff Gordon continued it and Tony...track racing to NASCAR Winston Cup. Schrader was among...be slow, Kite said. Jeff Gordon was the same way. But...versatility is what impressed Winston Cup owner Joe Gibbs, who...
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