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Busch can tie record with win at Talladega
By Amanda Brahler,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, April 26

In 1983, Sam Ard won four consecutive races in what is now known as the Nationwide Series. Two years later, Kyle Busch was born.

Kyle Busch, right, talks with reporters before practicing for Sunday's Aaron's 499 auto race at Talladega Super Speedway in Talladega, Ala., on Friday April, 25, 2008.(AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

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Stewart Takes Aarons 312 Pole: Stewart meets with the media at Talladega Friday
STARTING LINEUP AARONS 312

On Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, Busch, who turns 23 on May 2, will attempt to tie Ard's record that has been challenged seven times but never equaled.

The past three Nationwide races have showcased Busch's driving ability; his victories have come on an intermediate track, a short track and a road course. Now comes a 2.66-mile restrictor-plate track. Busch must defy history if he is to tie Ard with a victory in the Aaron's 312.

"We've never really had great luck at Talladega, and I'm hoping we can change that this weekend," Busch said. "It's my worst racetrack as far as catching a break. I was third there one time in a Nationwide Series race and that's about it."

Last year he ended up on his roof after contact from Tony Stewart sent his car into the retaining wall before flipping multiple times. He was running second at the time of the crash but finished 39th. In four Nationwide starts at Talladega, he has two top-five finishes and two DNFs because of crashes. He has fared worse in Cup races -- six starts, no top 10s, three cashes, four DNFs.

This Weeks Sprint Cup Race:

What: AARON’S 499
Where: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
GREEN FLAG: 2:30 p.m. ET April 27
TV: Fox, 2:00 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128.
Distance:188 Laps 500 miles
Track layout:2.66 paved track
2007 Winner: Jeff Gordon

Todays Headlines:

-- Stewart drama parallels Earnhardt's

--Hamlin Hopes Stewart Stays at Gibbs

--Edwards Working on New Deal

--Allmendinger Says Layoff Helped Him

-- Speed Scores First Stock Car Win

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Dale Earnhardt Junior meets with the media at Talladega Friday

Stewart drama parallels Earnhardt's
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service,April 26

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. can empathize with Tony Stewart.

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Hamlin Hopes Stewart Stays at Gibbs
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, April 26

TALLADEGA, Ala. --If Stewart's career path takes him away from Joe Gibbs Racing, teammate Denny Hamlin, for one, would hate to see him go. But Hamlin doesn't plan to let the frenzy surrounding Stewart distract his own team.

Edwards Working on New Deal
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, April 26

TALLADEGA, Ala. --In three full seasons of Cup racing, Carl Edwards has moved from the status of promising driver to established, charismatic star. Accordingly, his market value has escalated during the final year of his current contract with Roush Fenway Racing.

Allmendinger Says Layoff Helped Him
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service, April 26

TALLADEGA, Ala. --AJ Allmendinger hopes to make his 2008 Cup debut on Sunday, and to the 26-year-old Californian, it's a case of better late than never.

Speed Scores First Stock Car Win
CSD Staff, April 26

Former Formula 1 driver Scott Speed earned his first stock car win with an ARCA RE/MAX Series victory Friday at Kansas Speedway.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 26

42: Lead changes in both Cup races last year at Talladega, tying for the most in 2007. The first Cup race at Atlanta, the Kobalt Tools 500, was next with 31.

This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 26

1998: Bobby Labonte starts from the pole for the only time at Talladega and goes on to pick up his only Talladega win in 30 Cup races, beating Jimmy Spencer to the checkered flag by .167 seconds in the DieHard 500.

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