Could new Nationwide car disrupt Cup incursions?
<p>ONCORD, N.C. Some short takes from the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour: NASCAR's Nationwide Series will unveil its version of the Sprint Cup's "car of tomorrow" this season. Just don't call it that. The car will be simply termed "the new Nationwide car" and will be used in four races this season – Daytona (July), Michigan (August), Richmond (September) and Charlotte (October).
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Fans know: Proof is in the NASCAR product
<p>You can't fool NASCAR fans, not the real ones. I'm talking about fans who bow their head every time somebody invokes North Wilkesboro and drop to one knee before they enter Darlington Raceway. I'm talking about fans who drink one brand of beer, buy one brand of motor oil and shop at one home-improvement store because their driver endorses it.
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<b>Hey, they say,</b> Johnson just drives around in circles. Big deal. My dog could do that if he had longer legs and a smaller brain, har, har.
Then came the noise, the vibration, the heat, the claustrophobia. All before the car had moved an inch.
This at a time when I was young and in shape.
Run that past your dog.
<b>How many times</b> has he set the pace winning preliminary races? He has won at Daytona too.
Maybe, just maybe Dale Jr. has a new mindset for 2010. If he wins races during Speedweeks, Jr. Nation will stand in awe and any defectors will return to their driver.
<b>“After starting his</b> own NASCAR team at the beginning of the year Tony has had a very long year and his main focus is to come to Australia to unwind while enjoying some time away from the pressure of racing at the top level,” said Rush.
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4WD crash driver didn't understand training video
<p>he Japanese driver of a vehicle which crashed on Fraser Island earlier this month, killing a tourist, was shown a training video in English which he did not understand, a court has heard. Takashi Nukutou, 29, wore a neck brace and spoke through an interpreter when he appeared at an inquest into the death of Takeshi Sakai, who died when a 4WD Mr Nukutou was driving overturned on Fraser Island's eastern beaches on December 13.
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