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In a race delayed by rain for almost half an hour, then held up another twenty minutes due to a major accident, Johnson all but clinched the 2008 Sprint Cup
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We didn't like , that was not what we had anticipated but we have talked to them . There were lots of circumstances that we have to consider, had their own issues to manage around. Unfortunately, we got the short end of that. They did not like the idea of having to pull out of ABC and operate the
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Other broadcast networks since 2001 (when the national television contracts took place) had previously broadcast races to the conclusion, even in rain delay cases. The 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Motor
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370:& others. Nevertheless, Allmendinger managed slide across the line to finish 16th, get his car back straight & move on, while Montoya also slid across the line & finish 17th. However, he lost his back-end bumper cover & his car came to rest against the fence.
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