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ARCA champ Lofton struggles in first Truck season
July 31, 2010So splendid were the fortunes of Justin Lofton last year in the ARCA Racing Series that he doesn't remember hardly anything going wrong.
Iowa Speedway: J.P. Morgan seeks a USAR repeat
July 31, 2010The 2009 Iowa champ wants another win Friday — and the pole, too.
ARCA champ Lofton struggling in rookie truck season
July 31, 2010By Jared Turner Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
July 31, 2010Aug. 1 1936 -- The Olympic Games open in Berlin. The opening ceremony is presided over by Adolf Hitler. 1945 -- New York's Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714 and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more. 1972 -- Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves 9-0 and 11-7 ...
Former Cup champ Bobby Labonte lands ride for next year
July 31, 2010A day after announcing Marcos Ambrose would depart after 2010, JTG Daugherty Racing named 2000 Sprint Cup champion Bobby Labonte to drive its ...
Smoke Signals
July 31, 2010Last June, Pocono was filled with more drama than an episode of All My Children. Joey Logano taught us DeLana Harvick, not husband, Kevin, wore the firesuit in the family while A.J. Allmendinger chose to give Kasey Kahne his going away present for Rick Hendrick next year -- a block-induced flip that nearly launched him outside the race track. For me, though, the lasting spectacle from that ...
Sports competition as pure as the Rockies
July 31, 2010Million-dollar contracts, TV broadcast rights, shoe deals, court dates, two-hour ESPN "Look at Me!" specials. These things aren't sports.
Team USA Scholarship news on new decade
July 31, 2010Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (July 29, 2010) -- Almost 20 years have elapsed since the Team USA Scholarship was founded with the intention of assisting talented, young American race car drivers in the early stages of their careers.
Scribes peg BGSU in middle of pack
July 31, 2010By DONALD EMMONS BLADE SPORTS WRITER DETROIT - Bowling Green State University is a middle-of-the-pack team, according to the Mid-American Conference football preseason poll. BGSU is predicted to finish fourth in the MAC East Division standings, but the Falcons aren't exactly concerning themselves with any preseason ranking. "It is what it is," BG coach Dave Clawson said Friday at Ford Field ...
Haller is home again at Pocono
July 31, 2010The Pleasant Valley High grad is now with NASCAR's championship truck team. Scott Haller grew up in Effort, so close to Pocono Raceway that he could hear the roar of the engines on a race weekend.
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