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02:59 PM ET 06.18 | Greg Biffle's win of the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Sunday not only marked the driver's first win of the season and the 13th Cup-level victory at MIS for Roush Fenway Racing, it was the 1,000 victory for Ford across the three national levels of NASCAR -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck. Trevor Bayne claimed NASCAR win 999 just a week prior in the Pioneer 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Bayne's Iowa win also marked the 200th win for Ford, specifically, in the Nationwide Series. The win total includes 100 from Lincoln-Mercury and 900 from various Ford models including the current model, Fusion, and others like Taurus and Thunderbird. A Lincoln took the the checkered flag in the first NASCAR-sanctioned top-tier NASCAR race in June 19, 1949, in Charlotte, N.C. It was driven by Jim Roper. The first victory for the Ford brand came in 1950, courtesy of Jimmy Florian at Dayton (Ohio) Speedway.

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11:56 AM ET 06.03 | Tony Stewart cracked the top 10 for the third time this season, but he did something that he has been unable to do with those finishes so far this season by making his way to the winner's circle after the race was over. That's right, Stewart won the FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway. With the win, Stewart jumped up four spots to No. 16 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings. It was his third career win at Dover. The awards for Stewart didn't end there. Stewart and his team won the Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver Award for their impressive work all weekend long, with Stewart's Crew Chief Steve Addington winning the Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race.

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12:03 PM ET 05.25 | On the eve of Charlotte Motor Speedway's premier race, track officials are prepping for their chance to land the nation's biggest extreme sports event: ESPN's X Games. The Charlotte area -- and Concord in particular -- hope to impress the network's decision-makers on their June 4-5 site visit to the speedway, which is a finalist to host the event for three years beginning in 2014. Beating out three other cities would mean topping Detroit's strong fan support, Chicago's large media market and the younger demographic of Austin, Texas. But both speedway and Cabarrus County tourism officials see a practical advantage to hosting the extreme sports event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The facilities are in place, and the speedway has experience operating big events.

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06:20 PM ET 04.24 | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch climbed into a ride of a different kind on Tuesday as part of a media event to promote the V8 Supercars Series race May 17-19 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. As part of the promotion, Busch made a 20-minute run around the road course in a V8 Supercar, while Supercar driver James Courtney took Busch's No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup car for a spin. "It was sure a thrill to get into a car that I have watched and admired for many years during all those Supercar road races," Busch said. "It was also a little weird driving the Supercar and watching my car stretch its legs down the straightaway." Before getting into the Supercar, though, Busch acclimated himself with the track by driving his familiar ride, his Sprint Cup car. "I had a blast driving my car on the road course and even more of a blast in the V8 Supercar," Busch said. "The Circuit of The Americas is an awesome track with a lot of interesting and fun turns." When it came time to climb into the V8 Supercar, Busch had a few things to get used to. Opening a door to get into the car, as opposed to climbing in the window, was the easy part. Busch had to get used to a car with the steering wheel on the right side and the shifter to his left.

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10:18 AM ET 04.20 | Brad Keselowski's take on the penalties NASCAR slammed his Penske Racing team with earlier this week? "We're in an 'agree to disagree' stage," he said Friday after he finished qualifying for Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. "There's, thankfully, a third panel to settle those disagreements." Keselowski was referring to the appeal process that will settle the issue that cropped up before last Saturday's race at Texas, when he and teammate Joey Logano's cars were found to have illegal rear-end parts. Keselowski and Logano were both docked 25 championship points for the infractions, while their respective crew chiefs -- Paul Wolfe and Todd Gordon -- were fined $100,000, suspended for six races and put on probation until Dec. 31. Friday was the first time Keselowski spoke extensively about the penalties. He was in a much calmer mood than he was after the Texas race, when he said the way NASCAR was treating his team was "absolutely shameful."

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