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      <title><![CDATA[Turkmen president wins on racing track]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1337425541" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[5/19/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader has proven he doesn't only win elections easily, coming first in a car race he wasn't even supposed to take part in.President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov drove to the racing track in a Bugatti sports car Saturday morning ostensibly to give his blessing to the former Soviet Central Asian nation's maiden automotive competition.While an event presenter introduced the president, he received a request nobody in ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="18984">
      <title><![CDATA[Top-35 rule unfair and unnecessary]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1337425386" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[5/19/2012]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Take a quick visit to my fantasy land of make-believe -- the place where the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway this Saturday night has no guaranteed spots.That's right. This racing wonderland is a track where you post one of the fastest 43 qualifying laps or it's off with your head -- as in pack up and head off to the next race.Now wouldn't that be a glorious little ...]]></text>
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    <article id="18519">
      <title><![CDATA[TBC gives Jeff Burton's race car to high school]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1320515572" delta="28 weeks ago"><![CDATA[11/5/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[TBC Corp. recently donated its Tire Kingdom NASCAR show car, formerly driven by NASCAR driver Jeff Burton, to Northwest Caburrus High School in Concord, N.C. "We are thankful to have the opportunity to invest in the education of our youth as it lays the foundation for their career in the tire and automotive repair industry," said Bob Crostarosa, senior vice president of marketing for the TBC Retail Group, at the ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17861">
      <title><![CDATA[Earnhardt Jr. the pick at Talladega]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1306235879" delta="51 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/24/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[I always tell you when we go to Talladega Superspeedway that it is one of those wild-card races, and it really is.When the green flag falls Sunday, every single one of those 43 drivers has to be considered as your possible race winner.Think about the last restrictor-plate race we went to. Who would have ever picked Trevor Bayne in February to be the winner of the Daytona 500? Go back ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17657">
      <title><![CDATA[Bobby Labonte looks for rebound]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1305561989" delta="52 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/16/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Bobby Labonte doesn't want to talk about last season. It was one of his most difficult ones, driving for four owners, and he failed to record a top-10 finish.Instead, Labonte is focused on this season and has a rejuvenated energy with his new team, JTG Daugherty Racing. He opened the season with a fourth-place run at the Daytona 500, and has had a competitive car in every race since, including ...]]></text>
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    <article id="17462">
      <title><![CDATA[Neal wins Brands Hatch finale]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1305283455" delta="53 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/13/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Matt Neal secured victory in the final Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship race of the weekend at Brands Hatch to bounce back well from his retirement from race one earlier in the day.Starting from pole, Neal led from start to finish for his first victory of 2011 although earlier double race winner Jason Plato is the man who leaves Brands Hatch with the points lead.Neal headed Andrew Jordan's Vauxhall ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16875">
      <title><![CDATA[Rolex 24 Notebook: Jimmie Johnson's team fastest in practice]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1299786654" delta="62 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/10/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Today's Rolex 24 at Daytona will be Jimmie Johnson's seventh attempt at winning sports car racing's crown jewel. Based on Friday's final practice session, it might be his best.The Chevrolet-powered Riley sports car for Johnson, Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty was the fastest in the 49-car field. It posted a quick lap of 127.044 mph on the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course, perhaps signaling the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16389">
      <title><![CDATA[Lotus Returns To F1, Heads To Le Mans With Evora GTE And Creates Type 125 Racecar]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1298505232" delta="64 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/23/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The event hosted the much anticipated unveiling of Lotus' motorsport line-up including F1, GP2/GP3, IndyCar and GT2/GT4The Iconic Black & Gold Lotus livery, made famous in the '70s by the John Player Special branding, is returning for the 2011 F1 season. The new livery made its public debut as the Lotus Motorsport family was unveiled at the Autosport International racing show in Birmingham, UK. The event also hosted the much ...]]></text>
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    <article id="16226">
      <title><![CDATA[Cadillac Plans A Return To Racing.]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1298225700" delta="64 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/20/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Cadillac says it will return to sports car racing in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge series this year with a specially prepared Cadillac CTS-V coupe. One reason the company is pushing its motor sport program is because its biggest rivals are also fielding factory-supported racing teams.If Cadillac is to compete with BMW, Volvo, Porsche and other makers of luxury performance cars in the retail market, the car ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15902">
      <title><![CDATA[Fernandes applauds F1's move to &#34;green&#34; engines]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1297545176" delta="66 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/12/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Team Lotus chief Tony Fernandes has hailed the 2013 engine regulations as a huge step forward for Formula 1's image.The next-generation rules will see the current V8s replaced by four-cylinder, 1.6-liter engines, with a reduction in fuel compensation and increased use of energy recovery systems designed to improve the sport's environmental credentials. Fernandes believes the 2013 regulations go a long way to answering criticisms of F1's impact on the environment, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="15739">
      <title><![CDATA[People to watch in 2011: Moffitt speeding off to car racing fame]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1297111079" delta="66 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/7/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[With each passing winter, The Legend of Brett Moffitt grows a little larger, a tad ornerier. As the calendar turns to 2011, the beast is actually starting to show a few teeth."I was actually sitting at El Rodeo a couple weeks ago," recalls Moffitt, the 18-year-old NASCAR wunderkind from Grimes, one of The Des Moines Register's People to Watch for 2011. "And some girl was there with her family - ...]]></text>
    </article>
    <article id="15576">
      <title><![CDATA[Dirt Knights: Local race car driver creates TV reality series]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Race Car Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1296671123" delta="67 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/2/2011]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Life on the racing circuit can generate adventures both on and off track.Mike Spaulding of Bemidji and his partner, Corey Dripps of Waterloo, Iowa, who race under the name Barnyard Nation, have captured both the thrills of the races and the joys, frustrations and, sometimes, silliness, of drivers, pit crews and their families in a new reality docudrama series, 'Dirt Knights,” to premiere on the Versus cable channel at 5 ...]]></text>
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