Celizic: Castroneves’ big day may just save Indy as well

He is Helio, and Helios to the Greeks was the sun, the brightest light in the firmament. To the Indy Racing League, no name could be more appropriate for the man who could make open-wheel racing important for more than one day a year.

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Celizic: Danica’s not generating buzz at Indy

It’s not that Danica Patrick has disappeared in the four years since she electrified the nation by leading the Indy 500 before finishing fourth in her rookie season. Far from it. Just turn on your television or browse a magazine rack, and you’d be forgiven for concluding she’s got some god-like power to be everywhere at once.

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JT the Brick: Earnhardt quietly becoming a bust

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is at a crucial crossroads in his career. His competitiveness has disappeared and his fans need an explanation on why he is throwing away another year of his career. In May of 2007, he decided to walk away from his late father's company, DEI, because he couldn't come to a long term business agreement with his stepmother Teresa Earnhardt. Hendrick Motorsports signed him to a lucrative deal, where he replaced Kyle Bush in a five-year commitment to become part of the most successful team in NASCAR. A Sprint Cup title is his ultimate goal and he changed race teams to make this happen.

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Benson: After 46 trips, Martin finally will rule Daytona

The 47th time will be the charm for Mark Martin.

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Celizic: Danica gets too much of a free ride

I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I'm going to anyway. Danica Patrick is starting to annoy me.

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Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

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Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

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Toyota is pulling out of Formula One racing.

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Danica Patrick is close to a two-year deal to race for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Nationwide team, ESPN reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed source close to the talks.

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Sporting News: While NASCAR doesn't have the right answer yet, it's hard to blame officials for trying to fix a potentially dangerous situation by not allowing pushing and bump-drafting in the corners.

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Sporting News: After another crazy Talladega race, the drivers were ready to blame the cars, the track, the restrictor plates and NASCAR itself. But very few put blame where a significant portion of it deserves to be placed -- on the drivers themselves.

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The former attorney for Jeremy Mayfield said he has yet to be paid for defending the suspended NASCAR driver.

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Jamie McMurray was the unlikely winner of an uncharacteristically dull race at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting forced most drivers to coast until the end Sunday.

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NASCAR president Mike Helton banned bump-drafting through the turns at Talladega Superspeedway in a stern warning to drivers before Sunday's race.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) -Michael Waltrip pulled up to the back of Jimmie Johnson's car, settled in on his bumper and shoved him all the way around Talladega Superspeedway as the two drivers worked on a strategy for NASCAR's fastest race track.

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It has got glitz, it has got glamour, it has got speed and now Formula 1 motor sport has got a brand new circuit in the United Arab Emirates.

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Sporting News: With the 2009 season approaching its final four races, Tony Stewart is drawing inspiration from one of Bluto's famous quotes: "Nothing is over until we decide it is!"

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Sporting News: There's nothing inherently wrong with NASCAR's 10-race playoff system. There is something wrong when an obsession with the standings blinds you to the action in front of you on the racetrack.

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Sporting News: Mark Martin has said people shouldn't handicap the Chase until after next week's Talladega race, but he admits his team doesn't look as good as it did a few weeks ago.

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) -Juan Pablo Montoya had had it with Jeff Gordon, and when he felt Gordon began crowding him in the turns on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, he got physical. And he made no apologies afterward.

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Denny Hamlin turned a dominant car into a winner at Martinsville Speedway, passing Jimmie Johnson with 138 laps to go Sunday and holding off the Chase leader on a series of late restarts.

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Sporting News: Maybe it's time for Jimmie Johnson to get mean. In a roundabout way, that might get the three-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion the appreciation he deserves.

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Sporting News: Recently Dale Earnhardt Jr. has sounded like a guy with no hope. But Junior fans should take heart, because his comments show he cares about his racing results.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -Nobody is trying to sugarcoat the trainwreck that is Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s season.

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Sporting News: After Jimmie Johnson's latest win, the naysayers started chirping again: This is boring. Wouldn't it be better if someone other than Johnson would win? No, it wouldn't be better. NASCAR needs a new hero. And there's no reason it shouldn't be Johnson.

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With the closest contenders out of his way, Jimmie Johnson cruised into control of the points standings with Saturday night's win at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

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Driver has 51-race drought, hasn\'t finished better than 17th in past 6 races

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -International Speedway Corporation chief executive officer Lesa France Kennedy has been tabbed as the most powerful woman in sports by Forbes.

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Rotoworld: Not only is Lowe's on the front of Jimmie Johnson's car, but it is also the name of the track he dominates. Johnson has finished in the top two in 10 of the last 16 races at the track, making it tough to bet against him in this Saturday's NASCAR Banking 500.

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Petty, Earnhardt and Junior Johnson also to be inducted next year.

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