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Concord NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danica Patrick revealed on Monday that she will forgo this year's Indianapolis 500 and will instead compete in the 600-mile Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 -- NASCAR's longest race of the season -- are scheduled on May 27.

 

Last November, Patrick and her team owner, Tony Stewart, who is the reigning Sprint Cup champion, announced eight of her 10-scheduled races, beginning with the February 26 season-opening Daytona 500. She is also slated to compete at Darlington (May 12), Bristol (August 25), Atlanta (September 2), Chicagoland (Sept. 16), Dover (Sept. 30), Texas (November 4) and Phoenix (Nov. 11).

 

Patrick has competed in the Indy 500 in each of the last seven years, finishing in the top-10 six times. Her best finish in that race is third, which came in 2009. She posted a fourth-place run at Indy during her '05 rookie season in IndyCar.

 

Regarding this year's race at Indy, Patrick noted "It was just something that didn't quite work out on the business side of things."

 

Pocono is the only remaining family owned-and-operated track on the current Sprint Cup schedule.

 

Mattioli is survived by his wife, Rose, daughters, Louie and Michele, and son, Joseph Mattioli III, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

 

Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Unlike 2011, NASCAR will not make any major alterations in its rules for the upcoming season. Officials from the sanctioning body, including NASCAR chairman and chief executive officer Brian France and president Mike Helton, held a press conference Thursday to address the "state of the sport."

 

NASCAR made such drastic changes to help improve track attendance and television ratings, which had both slumped in recent years.

 

The 2011 season in NASCAR's premier series -- now known as the Sprint Cup Series -- featured the closest battle for the championship. Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards ended the season in a points tie (2,403 each), but Stewart captured his third title by virtue of his five wins -- all of them in the Chase -- compared to only one for Edwards.

 

"The way to top that is to have three drivers or four going for the championship if that's possible," France said in regards to the upcoming season.

 

"We're pretty confident in what we've chosen; it's been tested pretty carefully - that we will be in good shape," France said. "If we're not, if there's some change, then we'll look at that. But we're pretty confident that we've got the right package on that."

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•    Maybe some of you don't know this, but I have Phonophobia, fear of loud sounds, that's why I hate chinese new year's firecrackers.

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•    sorry to hear of the passing of "Doc" Joe Mattioli. AKA #3. heavy hearts and condolences to the entire Mattioli family

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•    Anna Meares in action tonight in sprint QFs as the fastest qualifier. Come watch the 8 x World Champion fly at the #tracknats.

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•    Omg, it breaks my heart seeing my family go through this. :'(

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