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Danica Patrick’s pole position should not increase expectations, team boss says


Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick's team boss, has warned that her historic pole position for the Daytona 500 should not increase expectations for her first full NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver became the first female pole winner in Cup and Daytona 500 history, with the former IndyCar driver holding off four-time champion Jeff Gordon to secure the top spot ...
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NASCAR: Danica Patrick takes historic pole for the Daytona 500
Danica Patrick secured her first ever Daytona 500 pole and became the first woman to capture a pole in NASCAR's top series. 30-year-old Patrick had already set several historic benchmarks for ...
Scott Pruett takes pole position for the 24 Hours of Daytona
Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Pruett has taken pole position for the Rolex 24 at Daytona and is aiming for a fifth-overall victory at the Florida race. Pruett set the fastest time ...
Danica Patrick eyeing Daytona 500 pole position
Danica Patrick believes she can take pole position for the season-opening Daytona 500 race. Her confidence comes from the strong testing form she sowed ahead of her first full NASCAR Sprint ...
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Jimmie Johnson, the five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion posted a lap of 181.818 mph during Friday's qualifying and took the No. 1 spot for Saturday's Quaker State 400 at Kentucky ...
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The Japanese based automaker Toyota, with its motorsport division, has just announced it would come back to compete in the 2012 Le Mans 24-Hour race with a hybrid sports car ...
German F1 Qualifying: Mark Webber nr1
Today in Germany, Mark Webber upstaged his Red Bull teammate at the Nurburgring to take pole position for the German Grand Prix. This was comfortably faster than his pole time of ...
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24 Hours LeMans: qualifications – results
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2011 Le Mans: Allan McNish will start from fifth position
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