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Kasey Kahne is in the Chase.  Entering the Oral-B USA 500 directly on the bubble of the Chase for Sprint Cup on Sunday night, the 34-year-old was able to enter Victory Lane after an absolutely wild finish, effectively booking his spot in the top 16 and saving his season.  NASCAR’s Twitter feed provided a look at the celebration: Winner! https://t.co/Ni82demQqI — NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 1, 2014 It has been a…

Atlanta Motor Speedway’s slot in NASCAR’s schedule is going from Labor Day weekend to late winter. The move, however, does not leave AMS President Ed Clark cold. The track’s final Labor Day weekend Sprint Cup race is Sunday night. Next year, Atlanta racing shifts to the second week in the schedule, right behind the Daytona 500. It looks like a demotion for the track and a gamble with Atlanta’s unpredictable…

Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a hug from teammate Kurt Busch and Busch’s girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Aric Almirola gave Stewart a thumbs up before climbing into his car for the first of two practice…

Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a hug from teammate Kurt Busch and Busch’s girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Aric Almirola gave Stewart a thumbs up before climbing into his car for the first of two practice…

Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a hug from teammate Kurt Busch and Busch’s girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Aric Almirola gave Stewart a thumbs up before climbing into his car for the first of two practice…

Tony Stewart will return to competition at this weekend’s NASCAR event at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Stewart-Haas Racing announced Thursday. A three-time NASCAR champion, Stewart has missed three consecutive races since his involvement in the Aug. 9 death of Kevin Ward Jr. during a sprint car race at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. More on Tony Stewart More on Tony Stewart …

Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a hug from teammate Kurt Busch and Busch’s girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Aric Almirola gave Stewart a thumbs up before climbing into his car for the first of two practice…

The NASCAR rule book has always been filled with great ambiguity with plenty of room for interpretation by teams and officials alike. And even when a rule may seem clear-cut, there is a term noted in the fine print that overrides any seemingly absolutes. That term is “except in rare instances,” which is NASCAR speak for allowing officials to modify a rule on a whim or to best fit…

Poughkeepsie High School junior wide receiver Jovan Atkinson goes high in the air to make a catch during his team’s second day of football practice.(Photo: Spencer Ainsley/Poughkeepsie Journal) In the nearly 250 columns that have run each Friday in this space since we first created this “Sideline Talk” weekly feature in November 2009, we’ve gotten some things right, and some things wrong. Take for instance that very first column, from…

Tony Stewart will be allowed to participate if he qualifies for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR president Mike Helton said Friday. “This has been a very unique set of circumstances to Tony and to our sport,” Helton said. “… After evaluating the circumstances around this occurrence, we’ve come to the conclusion that Tony would be eligible to participate in the Chase if he were to earn a…

Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a hug from teammate Kurt Busch and Busch’s girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Aric Almirola gave Stewart a thumbs up before climbing into his car for the first of two practice…

Tony Stewart will qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup if he wins this weekend at Atlanta or next weekend at Richmond.(Photo: Kevin Liles, USA TODAY Sports) NASCAR officials never like to get too specific about their rules, lest they back themselves into a corner about decisions like the one they made Friday. Thanks to a NASCAR wavier, Tony Stewart will now be eligible for the Chase for the…

NASCAR president Mike Helton(Photo: Jerry Markland, Getty Images) HAMPTON, Ga. — NASCAR president Mike Helton said Friday that Tony Stewart will be granted a waiver to participate in the Chase for the Sprint Cup if he were to win one of the final two races before the cutoff. “This has been a very unique set of circumstances to Tony and our sport,” Helton said. In clearing a return for Stewart,…

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart will return to competition this weekend for the first time since being involved in a crash that killed another driver. A schedule on Stewart’s website says the driver will compete in the ORAL-B USA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway this Sunday. Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president, said Stewart “has received all necessary clearances required to return to all racing activities, and therefore is eligible…

(CNN) — Tony Stewart, who hasn’t raced since his car struck and killed a fellow driver during a dirt track race earlier this month, will return to NASCAR racing at Atlanta, his team announced on its Twitter feed. Stewart opted out of three races after his car hit Kevin Ward Jr., who was walking on the track during an Empire Super Sprints series race August 9 in New York. “NASCAR…

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The investigation into the death of driver Kevin Ward Jr. is coming to an end. Once the investigation wraps up Tony Stewart and the rest of the NASCAR Universe will find out whether or not investigators believe that Stewart was legally responsible for the incident. The tragedy that took place a few weeks ago in Upstate New York has rocked the NASCAR world and evoked great emotion from many NASCAR…

The 2015 NASCAR race schedule was announced Tuesday evening. If you got a chance to watch NASCAR Race Hub on FOX Sports 1, I was on there weighing in with my thoughts to Steve Byrnes, Jeff Hammond and Adam Alexander. After reviewing the schedule and thinking about it, I’m pretty excited with what NASCAR has done. When you include all the non-points events our NASCAR on FOX broadcast team does,…

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NASCAR went with tradition, moving the Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway back to Labor Day weekend.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) Darlington Raceway’s return to its traditional Labor Day Weekend date after an 11-year absence is the highlight of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule, which was unveiled Tuesday. As part of Darlington’s move from April to Sept. 6, Atlanta Motor Speedway’s date moves to March 1…