The Chase is on
On a breezy, overcast Florida day, a teenager stood among a crowd hiding a secret. Nearby was his blue-and-gold race car, massaged by obsessive crew members and decorated by a company lured back to...
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It was a simple text message from his girlfriend, one of many between the couple, but this one struck Brad Keselowski. As he returned home Tuesday from a tire test at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, one...
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DARLINGTON, S.C. — Todd Hardee sits in an upholstered chair accented with a floral design. The owner of Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home chats in a room that dates to 1823. A time capsule, which features a...
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It began like most nights. Bedtime for 2-year-old Hudson Mack meant a story and prayers. She flipped the pages and laughed at the pictures, as Travis Mack read his daughter’s favorite nursery rhyme,...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brian Vickers came to terms last month that his NASCAR driving career could be over. Sunday, he’ll start the Daytona 500. It might also be his last NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The...
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Hope was all they had, and some days it wasn’t enough. So they cried. They cursed. They questioned their fate. No matter how many pleas to God they made or comforting hugs they received, hope could not...
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