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Yahoo! News Search Results for auto racing Focus on: Auto racing this week (Lexington Herald-Leader) Focus on: Auto racing this week NASCAR SPRINT CUP Sharpie 500 Where: Bristol, Tenn. Auto Racing (The Columbus Dispatch) Auto Racing NASCAR TRUCKS O'Reilly 200 Yesterday's results at Bristol Motor Superspeedway; Bristol, Tenn. 1. Kyle Busch (Toyota), 203 laps, $50,075; 2. Todd Bodine (Toyota), 203, $32,000; 3. Scott Speed (Toyota), 203, $25,270; 4. Johnny Benson (Toyota), 203, $16,285; 5. Rick Crawford (Ford), 203, $15,610; 6. T.J. Bell Jr. (Chevrolet), 203, $11,510; 7. Mike Skinner (Toyota), 203, $11,360; 8. ... Auto racing notes: Newman gets another new number (Everett Herald) Turns out Ryan Newman won't be driving the No. 4 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing next year after all. It will be the No. 39. Auto Racing: Nationwide to roll into Iowa Speedway? (The Des Moines Register) A national auto racing reporter with roots in this state is convinced Iowa Speedway will host a NASCAR Nationwide Series event next season. AUTO RACING: NASCAR hands out penalties, suspensions to Gibbs (Detroit Free Press) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR has stripped Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano of 150 points each and their crew chiefs have been suspended indefinitely for cheating during Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Auto racing: Gail Hampel, longtime race promoter, to retire (The Des Moines Register) Gail Hampel, who became the lead promoter of auto races at Adams County Speedway in Corning in 1983, announced his retirement today, effective at the end of the 2008 racing season. AUTO RACING: Cheating at MIS leads to penalties (Detroit Free Press) Magnets used to give Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide Series cars the appearance of less horsepower during testing attracted fines, championship points reductions and suspensions from NASCAR. The infractions were discovered after the race at Michigan International Speedway last week. Auto Racing | NASCAR penalizes Gibbs team (Seattle Times) NASCAR's latest attempt to reel in those who break rules aimed at an unfamiliar target: the normally squeaky-clean Joe Gibbs Racing. NASCAR's decision Wednesday to... Auto Racing. Gibbs gets the black flag (Ottawa Citizen) NASCAR lowered the boom on Joe Gibbs Racing yesterday, penalizing drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano 150 points each while indefinitely suspending their crew chiefs for cheating during this past weekend's Nationwide Series race. Dave Rogers, the crew chief for Stewart's No. 20 Toyota, and Jason Ratcliff, the crew chief for the No. 18 Toyota piloted by Logano, also were fined $50,000 U.S. each. ... Joe Gibbs Racing employees suspended (UPI) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Joe Gibbs Racing has suspended crew chiefs Jason Ratcliff and Dave Rogers after both men were cited for cheating at last Saturday's Nationwide auto race.