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• Switching gears

  - 2007-02-14

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs a new contract and is battling his stepmom. Nextel Cup drivers and crew chiefs are trying to tame a bigger, boxier model developed to race safer. A foreign manufacturer Toyota with unproven teams and a foreign-born driver (Juan...

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• Carlos Contreras Joins ESPN Deportes' NASCAR Team

  - 2007-02-12

  Contreras to Make His Debut at the NASCAR Busch Series: Stater Bros 300 Saturday, February 24

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• Daugherty to analyze racing on TV shows

  - 2006-12-06

  NASCAR's drive to bring more minorities to its race cars and grandstands may receive a huge assist from a former NBA star. Brad Daugherty has joined the team of racing analysts at ESPN and ABC to provide what he described as a "fan's perspective" during the network's coverage of NASCAR...

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• NBC's TV coverage of the Presidents Cup runneth over

  - 2005-09-21

  The Presidents Cup, which starts Thursday, was created in 1994 partly to create something similar to the Ryder Cup's odd appeal -- fervently nationalistic golf. The Ryder Cup, contested since 1927, pits Europeans vs. Americans. The Presidents Cup pits Americans against golfers from outside Europe. And while that gives...

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