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Kurt Busch back on track

Kurt Busch missed the first three races of the NASCAR season because of a suspension related to domestic violence accusations. He returned Sunday at Phoenix and challenged teammate Kevin Harvick for first place before finishing fifth.

Six hours of sights and sounds from NASCAR Race Day

With no competition yellow flags or pickup trucks with mud flaps and big No. 3 decals on back to slow me down, I was able to spend 6 hours, 4 minutes taking in the sights and sounds of NASCAR Race Day.

Kyle Busch is happiest when racing

They tried it the other way. They sat down with him and the sponsors and everyone else with a say in the matter before the 2012 season and agreed to back off. They did what Kyle Busch would regard as sacrilegious. They asked him to race less.

Gotta love those back-of-the-pack drivers

A couple of years ago in this space I wrote about David Gilliland, one of the back-of-the-pack NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers for whom I’ve always had admiration and affinity.

Good times had knack for following good guy Brian Hilderbrand

He was such a fixture at Las Vegas Motor Speedway they gave him space No. 1 in the media parking lot. Then when Brian Hilderbrand took a position in the LVMS public relations department before last year’s NASCAR weekend, I inherited his parking spot.

Outlaws driver could be auto racing’s next big thing

Rico Abreu, 4 feet 4 inches tall and 95 pounds, is making a big name for himself on the short-track circuit. “Pretty badass,” said fellow driver Joey Saldana.

Grand Canyon University grows up, flexes its muscle

On Tuesday night, little (but perhaps not for long) Grand Canyon skunked the UNLV baseball team down at 35th and Camelback in Phoenix, the bustling city corner upon which the university sits. The final score was 7-0. Beyond the left-field scoreboard at Brazell Stadium, outfielders could hear the rumble of Valley Metro buses.

Tire testing leaves NASCAR offseason weirdness behind

Cars were back on the track Monday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Monday. That’s good news for NASCAR, which has had its offseason hijacked by the stories coming out of the trial of driver Kurt Busch and his ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll.

NASCAR gets kick to the head

Sprint — whose new boss is a soccer guy — is latest sponsor to defect from NASCAR. The turmoil continues as many tracks are downsizing the great speedways, so TV viewers don’t see empty seats.

Harvick’s racing roots run back to Bakersfield

NASCAR champ Kevin Harvick grew up wanting to be Rick Mears, the four-time Indy 500 champ from Bakersfield. “I was fortunate to have grown up in a racing town,” Harvick says. “It’s a place that has dirt tracks, asphalt, ovals, go-kart tracks, drag strip … always well supported.”

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