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Petty Enterprises merges with Gillett Evernham Motorsports
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERPetty Enterprises and Gillett Evernham Motorsports have come to a merger and will field a four-car Dodge team that will include the famed No. 43 team. The deal will be finalized later in the month and the teams will not release details of the transaction...Tags: Richard Petty, Daytona 500, General Mills Incorporated, National Hockey League, Horse and Harness Racing
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Racetrack smells same, but preseason NASCAR testing much different for Kurt Busch in Texas
AP Sports WriterFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Just like usual in early January, Kurt Busch was back in the cockpit of a car at a track doing testing. "It's just good to have that racetrack smell back in your nose," Busch said Thursday. Except this was different. Busch...Tags: Daytona 500, Vehicles, Speedway, Walt Disney World Resort, NASCAR
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No. 43 will race on as Petty Enterprises and Gillett Evernham agree to merge
AP Auto Racing WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Richard Petty's famed No. 43 Dodge was rescued from near ruin Thursday when Gillett Evernham Motorsports agreed to merge with Petty's slumping organization to create a new team. GEM had been in exclusive negotiations with...Tags: Richard Petty, Daytona 500, Vehicles, National Hockey League, General Mills Incorporated
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Speedway Motel Closes - Say it Ain't So, Tony
MotorTrend MagazineThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway has evolved a lot over its near 100-year history. Other than its 2.5-mile oval layout and a few bricks, it's not the same old place -- it's way, way better, in every possible way. One of the Vaticans of Motorsport, if you'... -
Race driver Ryan Briscoe becomes engaged
IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe and ESPN host Nicole Manske are engaged to be married. The 27-year-old Briscoe, who won three races and finished fifth in the IRL standings last season, popped the question during a vacation with Manske in his native...Tags: ESPN
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Leo Burnett USA settles Army fraud suit
Tribune reporterFive years ago, Greg Hamilton didn't think it would take until 2009 to settle things when he and a co-worker decided to act as whistle-blowers on their employer at the time, Leo Burnett USA Inc. But Tuesday, as a federal whistle-blower lawsuit related to...Tags: Advertising, Leo Burnett, Contracts, Government, Interpublic Group of Companies Incorporated
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Highlight reel: Gershberg shines at charity fishing tourney
Forum Publishing GroupAric Almirola routinely pushes his No. 8 Army Chevrolet to the limit, reaching speeds close to 200 miles per hour while competing on the NASCAR circuit. A professional angler, Royal Palm Beach's Mike Gershberg leisurely fishes the local waterways almost...Tags: Injuries, Therapies, Fishing, Bars and Clubs, Lake Okeechobee
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Athletic Shorts: Gasquet, Dent Advance
The Hartford CourantSeventh-seeded Richard Gasquet of France recovered to beat countryman Marc Gicquel 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Sunday at the new Queensland Tennis Centre in the first round of the Brisbane International in Australia. In other men's matches, American Taylor Dent beat...Tags: Soccer, Marat Safin, Jump Skiing, World Cup, Multi-Sport Events
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Todd Bodine, Lucas win bobsled event
Boris Said is no longer king of the mountain. Todd Bodine and Morgan Lucas have taken his place. Bodine laid down a fast first run, then held on to edge Joe Gibbs Racing phenom Joey Logano on Sunday and capture the first race at the fourth annual Geoff...Tags: Hartford Wolf Pack, World Cup, Joe Gibbs, Schools, Death and Dying
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Josh Grant wins supercross race
Josh Grant of Riverside won a wild season opener in supercross Saturday night after favorites Chad Reed and James Stewart crashed into each other on the Angel Stadium track. Stewart, the 2007 champion who missed most of last season because of a knee...Tags: Injuries, James Stewart, Motorcycling, Vehicles, Motocross
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Todd Bodine qualifies fastest in brother's race
Larry Gunselman stared at the timing board in disbelief. ''Dang!'' Gunselman said. ''He got me by a hundredth. We were up by 15 hundredths for a while. Sandbagger!'' Former Craftsman truck champion Todd Bodine and brakeman Kenneth Stout, of Ogdensburg,...Tags: 10 km and 15 km Combined Skiing, Altria Group, Vehicles, World Cup, Luge Doubles
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Keefe, Genuario, Thabeet Are Names To Watch In 2009
The Hartford CourantMost would agree that it's good to have 2008 in our rear-view mirror. But the accompanying belief that 2009 and its grim economic prospects will be just as bad may be far too pessimistic. America, that great engine of contradiction, often surprises us,...Tags: Major League Baseball, A.J. Burnett, NCAA Tournament, Theater, Madonna
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