Monday, November 1, 2010

Track Smack | Given its somewhat random, calamitous nature, should Talladega be in the Chase? What do you think?

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Valentino Rossi interview after the Phillip Island GP

Valentino Rossi looks back on Sunday's IVECO AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
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MotoGP Paddock Girls in Sepang 2010

The glamour of the MotoGP Paddock Girls, at the fifteenth race of 2010 in Sepang.
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It was an action-packed weekend at 'Dega! Check out the Weekend Top 5 Video below and let us know what your favorite racing moment was from the weekend.

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FanHouse: Dale Jr. sees glimmer of hope

FanHouse: The legions of fans of Junior Nation rose as one on lap 285 of the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway Sunday.

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Casey Stoner interview after the Phillip Island GP

Casey Stoner looks back on Sunday's IVECO AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
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Denny Hamlin Gets Serious as Chase Crunch Arrives

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Making eye contact with reporters, speaking in a strong voice,gesturing for emphasis, Denny Hamlin all but declared the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship was his to lose in the hour after he won the final regular season race Sept. 11 at his home track in Richmond, Va.

His body language seemed to challenge anyone to believe differently. And five races into the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, Hamlin is every bit on track to back up the words.

He felt he could win or contend on every single of the 10 Chase tracks and, in the past, it might have seemed more bravado than measured confidence from the NASCAR "young gun."

But this is a different Hamlin. The 2010 Hamlin model says the proper championship mindset has at last matched his considerable talent. And he is doing everything he needs to do to give four-time defending series champ Jimmie Johnson a real run for a fifth.

Johnson holds a 41-point edge over second place Hamlin entering Sunday's race at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, where the Tums Fast Relief 500 is being billed as mano y mano -- a heavyweight fight of sorts between Hamlin and Johnson, who have combined to win every race there in the last four years.

"People would think so, I would think so,'' Hamlin said of comparing the race to a title fight. "I feel like if it is mano y mano, we've been in a lot of green-white-checkers where we've been on the front row together, so it should be interesting.''

 

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