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In honor of the "Famous Martinsville Speedway Hot Dog," 13 bun facts about the wiener, frankly speaking:
The speedway will serve up more than 50,000 hot dogs on a typical race weekend.

In 1957, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce officially designated July as National Hot Dog Month. Close to 150 million hot dogs are consumed on July 4, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.

Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs and beer to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England at a picnic during a White House visit in 1939.

New York is No. 1 when it comes to hot dog consumption. In 2004, New Yorkers consumed $112.7 million worth of hot dogs, according to Information Resources Inc. No. 2 was Los Angeles, followed by Washington, D.C.

However, the biggest hot dog seller in the country is Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Travelers passing through purchase more than 2 million hot dogs a year.

On July 15, 2011, the world's largest hot dog was constructed and eaten to celebrate the 2011 Expo in Paraguay. It measured 222 yards long and weighed nearly 600 pounds.

Every second of every day, 450 hot dogs are eaten in the United States. That's about 70 hot dogs per person, per year.

The most popular hot dog topping among adults is mustard (87.6 percent). Among children, it is ketchup. Among race fans at Martinsville, it is chili.

Before Jayne Mansfield hit it big on the silver screen, she won acclaim by winning the Miss Hot Dog Month beauty contest in 1950.

A regular meat hot dog with mustard, ketchup, onions and relish checks in at 191 calories -- and 835 milligrams of sodium.

The Texas Rangers will sell a one-pound, two-foot long hot dog at Arlington Stadium this season. The Champion Dog, topped with onions, cheese, jalapenos and chili, will cost $26.

My favorite "South of the Border" billboard: "You never sausage a place!"

The additive that gives Jesse Jones hot dogs their distinctive shocking pink color is called Red 40, which has petroleum as its original base. However, most synthetic chemicals are so highly refined that you won't find any residual petroleum in the product.

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TALLADEGA - Week 10 of 36 - By: Mark Aumann

Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week: Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 6th to 1st
New This Week : Kasey Kahne

Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week: Martin Truex Jr.: 2nd to 7th
Dropped Out : Ryan Newman

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
If Junior were to win Sunday, I guarantee there will be fans still nursing hangovers when the parking lots open again for the race in October.

Denny Hamlin
Denny on Saturday night's finish: "Everyone
was just going to go for everything they had knowing that they weren't going to pay a price for tires." And if you've recently shopped for tires, that's a pretty steep price.

Jimmie Johnson
"What goes up, must come down
Spinning wheel got to go round
Talk about your troubles, it's a cryin' sin
Ride the painted pony, let the spinning wheel spin."

Greg Biffle
Greg said his car ran "like Jack the bear" at times Saturday night. Which is apparently better than jack squat, which would have resulted in needing the jack stands.

Matt Kenseth
To say Matt and Talladega don't seem to get along well might be an understatement. His last top-10 finish was a fourth ... in 2006.

Tony Stewart
Broken-down karma: Somewhere in Indiana, one retired school bus driver who put up with Tony singing "99 Bottles (Of Beer On The Wall)" on every single field trip just got his payback.

Martin Truex Jr.
After a disappointing night at Richmond, Talladega would seem the perfect place for Martin to bounce back. He's finished no worse than 13th there in the past four trips.

Carl Edwards
Imagine if Willy Wonka was officiating Saturday night's race: "Wrong! It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You jumped the restart, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"

Kevin Harvick
DeLana tweeted that if Kevin didn't agree to get a haircut soon, she might have to take a Flowbee to it. Flowbees are scientific proof that yes, it is possible to cut hair in a vacuum.

Kyle Busch
Want a perfect illustration of the inherent randomness of a Talladega finish? Mike Bliss has as many top-10 finishes (one) as Kyle in the past six races there.

Clint Bowyer
Want another one? Of the 12 drivers with five or more lead-lap finishes at Talladega since 2009, Clint's the only one to have won -- and he's done it twice.

Brad Keselowski
Fun with numbers -- Brad's best five finishes in 2012 have been all odd: first, fifth, ninth, ninth and 11th. His worst four? All even: 18th, 32nd, 32nd and 36th.

Kasey Kahne
Kasey's put together three consecutive top-10 finishes for the first time since he ended 2011 with a third, a first and a seventh.

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http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/feat...ear/index.html



Champ gets the nod

Ron Hornaday had plenty of history on his side, but it took one dissenting vote for him to edge Kyle Busch and be NASCAR.COM's 2009 Truck Series Driver of the Year.

Shop: Hornaday championship gear!
Also: Busch launches Truck team

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Complete washout

The only thing to hit the track Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway was rain, and it stayed well past its welcome. Both Cup practices were canceled and the Nationwide Series race postponed, rescheduled for 9 p.m. ET Sunday following the Cup race.



Will one of the double-duty drivers win the Nationwide race after competing in the Cup race just prior.



Montoya hoping rain turns into positive
Spent Friday focused on race trim while others worried about quals.



Rain washes out both practices at Texas
Despite lack of track time, most unconcerned about racing with spoiler.



Baby steps back to competitiveness
Compared to 2009, Earnhardt Jr. clearly going in right direction.

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Races postponed

The pit boxes remained covered and the cars never left the garage Sunday as for the second day in a row rain trumped racing at Texas. The Cup Series race has been rescheduled for noon ET Monday, with the Nationwide race to follow at 5 p.m. ET.

Crew members try and wait out the rain at Texas, but to no avail. The race was postponed.

More rain at Texas pushes races back another day
Forecast better for Cup, Nationwide events on Monday

It was the fan-friendly thing to do in terms of allowing our fans with either ticket to stay for both races. ...
We expect to accommodate all of those ticketholders.
- Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage

The Samsung Mobile 500 will be broadcast live by FOX while the O'Reilly 300 will be shown live on ESPN2.

Bill Elliott, who dominated the Cup Series' Most Popular Driver award standings for more than a decade from the 1980s through most of the '90s, said:

"There's nothing more boring than watching it rain at a race track because the [hauler] doesn't normally have enough food on it if it rains. That's the first thing that goes. You can go on just about every hauler in this garage area when it's raining and everybody is either telling lies or eating -- if not both [laughing]."

Fans looking to purchase tickets for this unique NASCAR doubleheader can do so at the TMS ticket office, starting as low as $91.

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Next: Cup Series race

It's been a rainy weekend at Texas Motor Speedway but the skies are finally clear for the Samsung Mobile 500. Green at 12:17 p.m. ET. FOX's coverage begins at noon.

This is just the 2nd Cup race to move to a Monday at Texas -- Matt Kenseth won the 2002 race.

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Texas tangle

Two champions racing hard for the same thing. Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon will discuss it and move on. There's nothing more to it than that, they insist. It just goes to show, as Dave Rodman points out, even the best can get frustrated.

Texas: Results | Standings | Video: 24, 48 make contact
http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010...car/index.html



Who has more of a reason to be upset at the other person after Texas?
#24 Jeff Gordon --- #48 Jimmie Johnson


Samsung Mobile 500 | Texas


Hamlin holds off Johnson at Texas
Victory comes less than 2 weeks after having knee surgery.


Stewart shoulders blame for crash
Late-race incident took out lap-leader Gordon among 9 cars total.

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Busch rolls to 5th win in row at Texas
Matches Nationwide record for consecutive victories at one track.


Busch, JGR thinking about title defense
After winning race at Texas, JGR rethinking plans for No. 18.


Final Laps: Busch cruises to victory
Pulled away from teammate Logano to continue hot streak in Nationwide Series.


Results - Texas
POS. DRIVER
1 Kyle Busch
2 Joey Logano
3 Reed Sorenson
4 Brad Keselowski
5 Kevin Harvick

Standings as of: Texas
POS. DRIVER
1 Kyle Busch
2 Brad Keselowski
3 Kevin Harvick
4 Justin Allgaier
5 Carl Edwards

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Every week, Junior takes out his Magic 8 Ball, shakes it, flips it over and it says, "Reply Hazy, Try Again Later." Maybe he should switch to a Magic 88 Ball.



Junior working his way to the front
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finding consistency in 2010 according to data.

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Kevin Harvick
First, Kasey Kahne winds up in the ride Kevin wouldn't have minded having. Then Kurt Busch takes his sponsor. And you wonder why they call the guy "Happy."



Jeff Burton
Would you like sprinkles with that?: This might not be a good week for the person behind the counter at Dairy Queen to ask Jeff if he wants it in a cup or a cone.

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New sheriff in town

With his second victory in three weeks, Track Smack debates whether or not Denny Hamlin has done enough to assert himself as Jimmie Johnson's top contender.