NASCAR Considering Changes to All-Star Format
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NASCAR's annual All-Star race is being examined by series officials for tweaks to its format.
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After two consecutive years of declining TV ratings, NASCAR may put the brakes on change and focus on reclaiming its bond with core fans.
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NASCAR&#39;s complex new championship format is filled with point differentials and reordered standings and tiebreaking scenarios.
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Now that Kurt Busch has the lead in the Chase for the Championship, what will he do with it? Especially since it&#39;s beginning to look as if being atop the standings may be a jinx.
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Fox and ESPN will be vying for racing fans' attention this weekend when the NASCAR season kicks off. ESPN will cover tomorrow's Busch race, and Fox will cover Sunday's Daytona 500, the first race in the Nextel Cup series.
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Start with this: The major league baseball All-Star Game will never be what it once was. It never can mean what it once meant. That time has come and gone.
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NASCAR is not expecting any immediate changes to its top-tier racing series following the merger between telecommunications giant Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.
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No more mulligans. When Nextel Cup leader Kurt Busch was hit by engine failure at Atlanta Motor Speedway and finished 42nd last Sunday, the mishap tightened NASCAR's new 10-race championship format. It also meant each of the 10 drivers in the title chase has had at least one finish of 30th or worse in the first seven events.
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The Daytona 500 was supposed to be a celebration of all that's right with NASCAR &#151; the debut of Toyota and much-heralded rookie Juan Pablo Montoya, and a new format that emphasizes winning.
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Q: Given the pressure on drivers to become eligible for the NASCAR postseason, will the racing at short tracks Bristol and Richmond International Raceway be even rougher than usual?
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By DAVE KALLMANN  Longtime ABC/ESPN motorsports broadcaster Jerry Punch will begin his first season as the networks' lead voice for NASCAR broadcasts. The networks will carry 17 Nextel Cup races, plus the entire Busch Series schedule, on ESPN2.
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Now that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has switched his team, his number, his sponsors and his car colors, Nascar waits and watches with anticipation.
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The new 10-race playoff instituted this season has done all that Nascar officials had hoped, turning the droning fall stretch into a manic scramble.
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NEW YORK  - NASCAR and DirecTV will pair up next season to bring racing fans closer to the action than ever before.
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Updated NASCAR team reports as the Nextel Cup&#39;s championship chase turns to Dover (Del.) International Speedway, site of the second race in the 10-race shootout series.
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NASCAR implemented a new system for crowning its Nextel Cup series champion after abandoning the traditional points system used since 1975.
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Ryan Newman isn&#39;t giving in to the notion that the first five races of NASCAR&#39;s 10-race championship playoff have essentially turned the last five into a three-way race for the title.