| Are they still racing stock cars?It seems
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| | When looking for comparisons, I like
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| like a loooong time since Daytona,
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| | Loudon as the most direct resemblance,
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| doesn't it? When the Smokeless Set takes
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| | but I'll take a look at patterns from all
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| the checkers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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| | three other "flatties," too: Phoenix,
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| this Sunday afternoon, it'll have been a
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| | Martinsville and Richmond. None of these
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| full three weeks since the 500, a span
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| | tracks are as big or as wide as Vegas,
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| during which the boys held a boring
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| | however; this place is its own
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| Fontana race that saw the stands
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| | entity.Matt Kenseth won the 2003 and 2004
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| half-filled, and then took a week off to
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| | events, and was a heavy favorite to
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| celebrate, uh, some Christian holiday I
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| | three-peat before finishing eighth here
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| probably don't understand. And it's not
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| | last spring. Jimmie Johnson was king in
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| exactly the time of year that's going to
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| | the desert a year ago: he led five times
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| make the public rush out and think
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| | for a total of 107 laps, and put an end
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| "NASCAR." A mere few hours after the race
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| | to Kenseth's streak. The Smokeless Set
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| on Sunday, the NCAA will announce its
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| | has only been running here since 1998,
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| March Madness brackets, sending stock-car
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| | and has only featured six winners:
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| racing toward the kind of anonymity it
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| | Kenseth, Johnson, Mark Martin ('98), Jeff
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| experiences only one other time each
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| | Burton ('99 and '00), Jeff Gordon ('01)
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| year: when the NFL kicks
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| | and Sterling Marlin ('02). Burton's
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| off.Nevertheless, Nextel Cup racing is
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| | dominance here came at a time when he was
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| about to get good. The flattish-tracked
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| | lapping the field at both Phoenix and New
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| Vegas race has the potential to be a bit
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| | Hampshire, which gives those track
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| strung-out and boring, but there have
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| | comparisons even more credence. So who'll
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| been several good events here. Even
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| | roll nothing but sevens on Sunday? Read
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| better, the boys head down to
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| | on.Two weeks ago: Greg Biffle dominated
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| ridiculously fast Atlanta next week, and
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| | the first Fontana event, but blew up
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| then comes Thunder Alley in Bristol.
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| | late, and when he did, I threw stuff
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| Three more different driving experiences,
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| | around my apartment. However, Biffle's
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| you're not likely to find.What can we say
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| | loss was my gain: his teammate Kenseth,
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| about Vegas? (I mean: what can we say
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| | whom I'd also selected and at more
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| about the track. I know what we can say
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| | favorable odds, took the lead after The
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| about the city. It's fun. And where's my
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| | Biff failed, and won the event outright.
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| wallet?) The 1.5-miler in the desert
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| | Considering I also had Kenseth over Tony
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| doesn't drive anything like the
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| | Stewart, it was a double-win for me:
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| high-banked 1.5-milers in places like
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| | +4.44 units for the week. That puts me at
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| Texas, Charlotte or Atlanta. Its corners
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| | +1.44 for the season.Christopher Harris
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| are banked a mere 12 degrees, which puts
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| | is a featured writer for the Professional
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| it on par with venues like New Hampshire
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| | Handicappers League.
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| and (believe it or not) Martinsville.
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