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    Daytona 500 Win Guarantees a Starting Spot in Sprint All-Star Race 

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    Published on 05-17-2012 12:11 AM  Number of Views: 7 
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    Daytona 500 Win Guarantees the Good Sam/Camping World Ford Fusion a Starting Spot in Sprint All-Star Race
    May 16, 2012



    Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race offers NASCAR’s top teams to run a race with the same mindset Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers adopt each time they come to the race track. It offers Bayne and the crew of the No. 21 Good Sam/Camping World Ford Fusion a chance to show up at the race track with the same security that the top teams enjoy each week.

    It might sound confusing, but it’s really not. The All-Star race is a non-points event, allowing drivers and teams to race for the checkered flag without worrying about gaining – or losing – valuable Sprint Cup points. Since Bayne and the Wood Brothers don’t run a full schedule, points aren’t a consideration for them at any event.

    Since they run a limited schedule, they’re not among the top 35 in car owner points, meaning they have to qualify on speed every time or they’ll miss the race.
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    Wingo, Woods Ready to Ride Vegas Momentum Into Texas 

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    Published on 04-12-2012 11:27 PM
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    Wingo, Woods Ready to Ride Vegas Momentum Into Texas
    April 11, 2012

    In Trevor Bayne’s brief, 20-race Sprint Cup career, there are only two tracks where he and his No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion team have raced three times. One is Daytona International Speedway, and everyone knows how that’s turned out.

    The other is Texas Motor Speedway, where Bayne made his first Cup start and where he’s set to compete in Saturday’s Samsung Mobile 500. It’s also the track where last fall Bayne got his first Nationwide Series victory, driving a Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing.

    That track record, combined with the momentum of a strong ninth-place finish in the Wood Brothers’ most recent race – at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 11 – have crew chief Donnie Wingo anxious to get back to the track this weekend.
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    Martinsville Weekend 

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    Published on 03-29-2012 10:50 PM
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    Edwards 5th, Points Leader Biffle 6th At Rain-Shortened Fontana 

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    Published on 03-25-2012 11:09 PM

    MARCH 25, 2012
    By Team Ford Racing Correspondent

    FONTANA, Calif. -- Race fans and most NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chiefs used both eyes Sunday to view the proceedings unfolding at Auto Club Speedway.

    One eye was definitely on the track for the Auto Club 400. The other was fixed on radar that displayed yellow and orange images of a rainstorm rolling in from the west.

    As the race progressed, the skies darken but the green flag stayed out.

    “You never want to wreck, but it sure seems that when rain is coming the race seems to go off pretty smoothly,” said Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion. “You knew they (NASCAR) were gonna do everything they could to try and keep it running, as they should, because everybody wants the fans to see a good race.”

    As it turns out, Mother Nature beat Tony Stewart to the finish line. After a green-lap run of 123 laps, raindrops brought the caution flag out on lap 124, five laps before the red flag came out. NASCAR, with both eyes on its radar screen, called the race 30 minutes later. Drivers and crew chiefs made decisions based on the location of the cells.
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    California Weekend 

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    Published on 03-22-2012 11:30 PM
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    Biffle’s 13th Enough To Maintain NSC Points Lead 

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    Published on 03-18-2012 10:24 PM

    Biffle’s 13th Enough To Maintain NSC Points Lead
    MARCH 18, 2012
    BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The streak of threes ended Sunday for Greg Biffle, but he continues to sit atop the early-season Sprint Cup point standings.

    After finishing third in each of the season’s first three races, Biffle ran into some handling problems during the Food City 500 Sunday at Bristol and finished 13th.

    The run kept Biffle in first in points. Heading into next week’s race at Auto Club Speedway in California, he leads second-place Kevin Harvick by nine points.

    Biffle, who won the Bristol pole and led the first 41 laps of the race, is the only driver in the series with top-five runs in three of the first four races.

    “It wasn’t bad,” Biffle said of Sunday’s run. “We were back and forth, but there at the end I don’t know what happened. It hadn’t been like that all day -- just way, way too tight. We were way too tight at the end, and we were plowing the splitter. It was all I could do.”

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    Bristol Race Weekend Info 

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    Published on 03-15-2012 10:54 PM
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    Bristol Motor Speedway

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