Looking for more fireworks between Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch? Too bad. Stewart is focused on bigger things, Lee Spencer says.

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After 12 years working with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Eury Jr. returns to the track as a new man with a new team, Lee Spencer says.

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Brian Vickers has won his fifth pole of the season, running a lap of 184.162 mph at Chicagoland Speedway.

Red Bull Racing teammate Scott Speed qualified second on Thursday at 182.958. Three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was third.

Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer round out the top five.

Vickers hasn’t had those poles help him drive to Victory Lane. He hasn’t finished higher than fifth this season.

He has 10 career poles in 191 Cup races.

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Jeremy Mayfield is considering selling his race team, because he can’t find any funding since his suspension for failing a random drug test.

His wife, Shana, says the team is considering all options and selling the remaining inventory is a possibility. Mayfield transferred ownership of the No. 41 Toyota to his wife following his May 9 suspension.

A federal judge issued an injunction last week that lifted the suspension and allowed Mayfield to return to competition.

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Kyle Busch says Tony Stewart caused him to wreck on the last lap at Daytona International Speedway last week, and questioned if drivers should be allowed to win if they cause an accident that lets them take the lead.

Busch says a driver should be black-flagged if he triggers a wreck late in the race and goes on to win. Busch says he has no problems with a driver bumping the one ahead of him out of the way if it doesn’t cause an accident.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. says he would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.

Rain washed out his plans for a ride in a two-seat Indy car on Thursday. Instead, he strapped himself behind the wheel and received a 10-minute driving lesson from former 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

Earnhardt said he “picked his brains as hard as I could.

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There are plenty of Chase spots up for grabs in this competitive season, which is why Jeff Hammond is ready for the second half.

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Nationwide Series crew chief Randy Hood was fined $2,500 for using a non-standard transmission at Daytona International Speedway.

Hood, the crew chief for the No. 01 Chevrolet driven by Danny O’Quinn Jr., was penalized on Thursday because the transmission did not meet the minimum weight specifications for the July 3 race at Daytona. The infractions were discovered during post-qualifying inspection.

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