NASCAR Podcast
The Final Lap – David Ragan
Kerry talks with David about his Nationwide Series win at Talladega, the upcoming All-Star weekend at Charlotte, acting in his UPS TV commercials, NASCAR’s drug policy and more.
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Year Winner Car Comment
2008 Kasey Kahne Dodge Sprint Fan Vote winner claims all-star win for Dodge.
2007 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Daytona 500 winner holds off Jimmie Johnson over final 16 laps.
2006 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Recovers from pit-road speeding penalty and survives ‘Big One’ that claims almost half the field.
2005 Mark Martin Ford Martin passes Elliott Sadler, leads final 19 laps
2004 Matt Kenseth Ford Passed Ryan Newman with three laps to go
2003 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Went on next week to win Coca-Cola 600
2002 Ryan Newman Ford 2nd rookie to win all-star event
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NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race memories: 1996, Michael Waltrip
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
To call Michael Waltrip’s win in the 1996 all-star race a surprise would be a major understatement. Before joining Wood Brothers Racing to start the 1996 season, Waltrip had suffered through 10 years of futility in the Sprint Cup Series, and he arrived at Lowe’s Motor Speedway that May with no wins to show for his 309 Cup starts to that point.
Waltrip had to race his way into the main event, and he did so in the Open by claiming the last of five transfer positions into the all-star race. Accordingly, he started last (20th) in the first 30-lap segment, after which there was a full inversion of the field before the second segment of 30 laps. In the final 10-lap run to the finish, Waltrip took the lead for the first time after Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte made contact ahead of him and slid up the track in Turn 2 before regaining control.
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Mercury Recording Artist Jessie James to Sing National Anthem At NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXV Verve recording artist Kenny Lattimore to sing “God Bless America”
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (May 7, 2009) ¯ Sprint (NYSE: S) announced Mercury recording artist Jessie James will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” for the 25th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on May 16 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
James, 20, recently released her hit single “Wanted,” which she co-wrote with American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, Mitch Allen and David Hodges. James also is known for the song “Blue Jeans,” a song featured in the Touchstone film and Hollywood Records album soundtrack of the film “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” This petite powerhouse will release her debut album this summer, which she has been recording in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville.
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Tony Stewart continued his impressive first season as a driver/owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by finishing a solid third in Saturday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. It was Stewart’s best Sprint Cup finish in 17 career starts at Darlington, besting a pair of fourth-place efforts earned in March 2000 and September 2001.
“That’s the best finish I’ve ever had at a Southern 500,” said Stewart, whose Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) team is co-owned with Oxnard, Calif.-based Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. “It’s a tough race – one of the toughest physically we run all year.
“I’m just proud of our guys. We had phenomenal stops all night, and that made the difference. I bet they passed 12 guys in the pits today. An amazing night for the pit crew.”
The Darlington result also marked Stewart’s eighth top-10 finish of the season and his fifth top-five in the last six races, which allowed the driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala SS to inch ever closer to the championship point lead. Stewart gained one spot to climb to second in the standings, just 29 points behind series leader and four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon.
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