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Steve's NASCAR Racing Blog November 2004 Archive

By Steve McCormick, About.com Guide to NASCAR Racing since 1997

Champions Week Only Celebrates One NASCAR Champion

Monday November 29, 2004
Kurt Busch kicked off Champions Week in New York City with an appearance on Regis and Kelly this morning. Traditionally the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champion spends the week on ... Read More

Black Friday NASCAR Shopping

Friday November 26, 2004
Today is the busiest shopping day of the year. NASCAR fans love their toys and gadgets. I'm certainly no exception as I love my technology, especially NASCAR technology! ... Read More

Kurt Busch Claims NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship

Sunday November 21, 2004
NASCAR Chase For The NEXTEL Cup paid off today with an exciting finale during Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson traded the ... Read More

Bobby Hamilton Wins Truck Title

Friday November 19, 2004
He didn't do anything fancy but just enough all day long as Bobby Hamilton ended up sixteenth in today's race in Homestead. His challenger Dennis Setzer managed tenth but ... Read More

Points Leader Starts Up Front

Friday November 19, 2004
Kurt Busch has a good shot at earning five bonus points for leading a lap on Sunday. He drew the very last qualifying spot out of the 56 ... Read More

Ford Championship Weekend Is Here!

Friday November 19, 2004
It all starts today as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series will crown a new Champion. Going into today's race Bobby Hamilton leads the points by 70 markers over Dennis ... Read More

Last Race In The 2004 Chase

Monday November 15, 2004
Now only Homestead looms as there is only one race remaining in the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season. Five drivers mathematically still have a shot but fewer realistically are still ... Read More

End Of Yet Another NASCAR Era

Sunday November 14, 2004
Darlington Raceway put on another great display of NASCAR racing at the Southern 500 today. Yet, in the name of progress NASCAR has decided that today's race will be ... Read More

Martin Truex Jr Clinshes Busch Title

Saturday November 13, 2004
Finishing fourth in Darlington today was plenty for Martin Truex Junior to clinch the Busch Grand National series championship for car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jamie McMurray won ... Read More

The Lady In Black

Friday November 12, 2004
Mother Nature dominated qualifying for both the Busch and NEXTEL Cup series drivers so both shows will start based on points. So the Top Ten Chasers will start ... Read More

NASCAR Allows Hard Liquor Sponsors

Wednesday November 10, 2004
It's not much of a surprise given that NASCAR teams had taken a sudden interest in courting the long-banned hard spirit sponsors but NASCAR President Mike Helton made it official ... Read More

Chase For The 2004 NEXTEL Cup Nears Its End

Monday November 8, 2004
With ten races to go the top ten drivers in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup points were eligible to compete for the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series championship. Now only two races ... Read More

How Far Are They Going?

Monday November 8, 2004
Which is longer, the Sharpie 500 at Bristol or the Aarons 499 at Talladega? How does NASCAR know how many laps to race each weekend? Is it laps, miles or ... Read More

Early Start To Today's Race?

Sunday November 7, 2004
What's with NASCAR starting the race early today? Everything I had showed a 3:30 Eastern start time but when my ReplayTV kicked in at 3:30 the race was already ... Read More

... And The Chase Tightens

Monday November 1, 2004
Points leader Kurt Busch entered Sunday's race with a comfortable lead in the points with only four races remaining. However a blown engine early in the race has made ... Read More

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