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NASCAR Issues Fines And Probation For Violations At Darlington Raceway

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 15, 2012) – NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 51 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, $50,000 and placed him on NASCAR probation until July 25 for his actions during the May 12 race at Darlington Raceway.

Kurt Busch violated Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; reckless driving on pit road during the race; involved in an altercation with another competitor after the completion of the race) of the 2012 NASCAR Rule Book. Additionally, Craig Strickler, a crew member for the No. 51 team, has been fined $5,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for violating Section 12-1 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing; interfering with a member of the broadcast media).

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Joey Logano pulls away at Darlington for second straight Nationwide win

May 11, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Joey Logano drove away from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin after a green-white-checkered-flag restart and won Friday night’s VFW Sport Clips 200 Nationwide Series event at Darlington Raceway.

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1 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Cargill Beef Ford 28.336 173.546
2 18 Denny Hamlin(i) SportClips Toyota 28.461 172.784
3 3 Austin Dillon # Advocare Chevrolet 28.483 172.650
4 54 Kurt Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 28.528 172.378
5 20 Joey Logano(i) Dollar General Toyota 28.532 172.354
6 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 28.604 171.920
7 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 28.641 171.698
8 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 28.698 171.357
9 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 28.788 170.821
10 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 28.884 170.253

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For Tony Stewart, it’s one track down and two to go.
The three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion entered the 2012 season winless at just three tracks on the current schedule: Darlington Raceway; Kentucky Speedway, which ran its inaugural event in 2011, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Scratch Las Vegas; Stewart won there in March leading a race-high 127 laps.

Darlington remains an uphill climb. Stewart owns just three top-five finishes in 19 previous starts. His Driver Rating of 88.1 is 11th best. He finished seventh, however, a year ago.

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