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Tony Stewart recently made the announcement that his racecar next year, as part of his buy-in to the current Haas-CNC team, will be number 14.

The reason Tony went with this number was his connection to one of his racing heroes, legendary racer A.J. Foyt.
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Make it win number 14 for Joey Love, as the Maysville native beat Shane Howington in a last-lap showdown at Lanier National Speedway Saturday night. Love beat Howington to the finish line by mere inches in the Open Wheel Modified division.

Braselton’s Shane Sawyer finished third in the Pro Late Model division at Lanier Saturday. Shawn Simpson took the win, his eighth of the season.

Commerce’s Ty Lowe found victory lane again this weekend, this time in the Fastrak Crate Late Model event at Toccoa Speedway Saturday.

For more on this story, read Wednesday's edition of The Commerce News, The Jackson Herald, The Braselton News.

After reading several of the reports and opinions about Saturday’s Nationwide series race in Montreal, which was run as a steady rain fell, one supposed “fact” was stated several times.

The offending item was the notion that Saturday’s event was the first ever NASCAR race run in the rain.

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Several area racers found their way into victory lane at area racetracks over the weekend.

Commerce racer Ty Lowe added some hardware to his trophy shelf by winning the Crate Late Model division at Lavonia Speedway Friday night. It was his second win on area dirt tracks in as many weeks.

Paul Kelley of Pendergrass and Braselton’s Shane Sawyer put on a late-race duel at Lanier National Speedway Saturday, swapping the lead three times in the last five laps before Kelley took the lead for good. Sawyer made a late charge, but Kelley was able to just stay ahead at the finish line for the win in the 100-lap Pro Late model event. [ Full Story » ] 

There’s no way to sugar coat it. Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was painful to watch.

That was because tire issues on Sunday caused drivers to tip toe around the storied 2.5 mile track, and caused NASCAR to throw several competition caution flags to allow teams to change the quickly worn out tires for new.
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It’s been an interesting week, as many of the NASCAR pundits are already calling Kyle Busch the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion.

True, that after picking up win number seven at Chicagoland Speedway, young Mr. Busch is very much a favorable candidate for the title once the tour reaches Homestead in November.
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