CONCORD, N.C. - A win last year on the road course at Sonoma has Juan Pablo Montoya locked into the All-Star race, where he'll run for the $1 million grand prize this Saturday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Although it's an all-out dash-for-cash, Montoya isn't quite sure he'll share that mentality. For starters, his Chip Ganassi Racing team will field the weaker of the two cars it has prepared for the two weeks of racing at Lowe's.
"I don't know how to approach it, ...
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An interesting article crossed the wires today from McClatchy News Service that gets Jeff Gordon talking about Kyle Busch and his recent ascencion to the rank of Public NASCAR Enemy No. 1.

Gordon should know, since he is simultaneously loved and hated at just about every track he visits. (We did a reader survey on favorite and least favorite drivers a few years back, and Jeff Gordon won both.)

But is Busch a bigger villain than Gordon? Let's take a look, shall we?

There are certain similarities to the two drivers and the rise to villaindom. Both were young drivers who started winning at a torrid -- if unsettling -- pace. They also both ticked off the followers of drivers named Earnhardt, Gordon for threatening records Dale Sr. owned and Busch for ruining Dale Jr.'s chance of ending a long losing skid.

Fans have reacted similarly to the two, surrendering the pleasure of chugging the last part of their beer for the pleasure of chuc...
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