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NASCAR Scene: Suprise winner in Montreal; Busch wins again in Trucks

With the Sprint Cup teams taking the weekend off, the featured NASCAR race this past weekend was the Nationwide Series’ NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, the only race in one of NASCAR’s top series contested outside the United States.

NASCAR, Courting Minorities, Is ‘Changing Lanes’

A new reality TV show called "Changing Lanes" promises to find the next face of NASCAR. But not just any face. The production is part of an initiative to bring more minorities and women into the good-ole-boy sport of auto racing.

Auto racing results

NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 RESULTS (Yesterday at Montreal , Canada) (Starting pos.), Make Laps 1. (5) Boris Said, Ford-------------------------77 2. (9) Max Papis , Chevy-------------------------77 3. (2) J. Villeneuve, Toyota-------------------------77 4. (8) Brad Keselowski , Dodge-------------------------77 5. (7) Paul Menard , Ford-------------------------77 6. (3) Joey Logano , Toyota ...

Atlanta II: Toyota teams qualifying notes, quotes

Denny Hamlin's pole today marks the 50th Sprint Cup Series pole for Joe Gibbs Racing and 22nd for Toyota. Did you know your lap was good enough for the pole? "It wasn't perfect, but I knew it was a good lap. My heart was racing going down the backstretch because I knew I hit turn one pretty good.

RiverCom dispatcher brings calm to a crisis

WENATCHEE — At the RiverCom dispatch center, things can be quiet one minute and mind-bogglingly busy the next. Such was the case at 12:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2009, when rookie dispatcher Jeremiah Johnson took a call from an off-duty firefighter. Rex King had been driving by the Fontanelle condominiums and spotted fire. In the dispatch center, Johnson could hear King pounding on doors, trying to get ...