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June 1, 2007 | JIM PELTZ
What's new in motor sports heading into this weekend: 1 The Nextel Cup series resumes Sunday at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, a one-mile track known as the "Monster Mile" with high-banked (24 degrees) corners. NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow will be used for the sixth time at Dover, then will be shelved for two weeks before it reappears at its first road-course race June 24 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s decision to leave Dale Earnhardt Inc.
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May 28, 2006 | Jim Peltz, Times Staff Writer
One year after she set auto racing on its ear by nearly becoming the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500, Danica Patrick still draws the biggest crowds of any driver here, fans craning for a glimpse of her. With the 90th running of the legendary race today, Patrick's own promotion machine also remains at full tilt.
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May 30, 2005 | Mike Kupper, Times Staff Writer
Danica Patrick didn't win the Indianapolis 500 Sunday but, gosh, as she would say, she sure dominated it. Just as she had dominated nearly a month's worth of practice as an Indy rookie. Just as she had stolen the show with a near miss on pole-qualifying day. This time, though, everything was for real. This wasn't practice. This wasn't four laps of qualifying, with nobody else on the track.
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May 14, 2001 | LARRY STEWART
What: "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" Where: HBO, tonight, 10:15 A profile of Sarah Fisher, a 20-year-old Indy car driver, is among the stories on the latest edition of "Real Sports." Fisher, a native of Commercial Point, Ohio, and a student at Indianapolis' Butler University, has her sights set on the upcoming Indianapolis 500. Earlier this year, Fisher, who races for car owner Derrick Walker, finished second in the Grand Prix of Miami.
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August 11, 2002 | Tony Solorzano, Martin Henderson
Sarah Fisher climbed from her car, broke into a mile-wide smile and buried her face in her hands. The 21-year-old driver, in her fourth season in the Indy Racing League, became the first woman to win the pole position in a major auto race Saturday when she nudged Billy Boat from the top spot in qualifying for the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Sparta, Ky. "I've never been this excited to race. Just get me in the car!" she said. "It's amazing how much fun you have when things are going right."
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May 30, 2004 | From Associated Press
Sarah Fisher arrived in the pits to take a spin in an old-style roadster, another of those incessant photo ops that must be fulfilled in the days leading up to the Indianapolis 500. Unfortunately, the car stalled before it ever got off the line. Sort of like Fisher's career. Feted when she arrived in the Indy Racing League as a teenager -- and still the most popular driver on the circuit -- Fisher has yet to do much behind the wheel.