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<h1 style="font-size: large; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">inside-line nascar-today</h1>
<h2>[previously 2013-03]&nbsp;</h2>
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<li>] check out the previous weeks story's -&nbsp;] our daily entries for the week, view the top articles, video's and quotes from the nascar world at a glance,&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=338" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-17</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=339" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-24</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=340" target="_blank">week ended 2013-03-31</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=341" target="_blank">week ended 2013-04-07</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="articles?id=342" target="_blank">week ended 2013-04-14</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[today 2013-04-08]&nbsp;</h2>
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<li>] RACE RECAP -&nbsp;<a href="task?id=1505#content" target="_blank">STP GAS BOOSTER 500</a>&nbsp;@&nbsp;<a href="location?id=233#content" target="_blank">Martinsville Speedway(MS)</a>&nbsp;"event page" for&nbsp;all the stories related to this RACE&nbsp;including ...&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] pre race -&nbsp;*] experts pick for this race, *] whos fast? - IN *] qualifying results, *] practice 1, ] practice 2 ] practice 3 (final)&nbsp;&nbsp;*] Starting Line Up &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] race -&nbsp;x] lap by lap breakdown of what happened in the race and when, x] links to VIDEO highlights of on track action and x] race highlights videos packages and more ...</li>
<li>] post race -&nbsp;x] race results x] new points standings ]&nbsp;press conference, ] interview transcripts from some driver interviews, ] post race reports from some teams</li>
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<li>] Running - UP FRONT&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="person?id=114#content" target="_blank">Jimmie Johnson</a>&nbsp;- WINS - takes the points lead,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2013/04/Eight-is-Great-for-Johnson-at-Martinsville.aspx" target="_blank">captures his 8th Martinsville victory</a>,&nbsp;Johnson led 346 of 500 laps, the most he has ever led,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2013/04/07/Jimmie-Johnson-wins-Martinsville-from-pole-Gordon-Kahne-in-top-four" target="_blank">Post Race Team Report</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jimmiejohnson.com/recaps/515b199f46d52248252dc262-STP-Gas-Booster-500" target="_blank">Driver Recap</a></li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="person?id=118#content" target="_blank">Clint Bowyer</a> - 2nd place, 8th in standings,&nbsp;Clint was 1 of the drivers caught up in an early accident (LAP#180 - Caution 4)&nbsp;&nbsp;and sustained fairly heavy damage ,Bowyer managed to race back and at the end of the race was in a position to race for the lead. Several restarts in the final laps saw Bowyer/Gordon and Johnson lining up nearly identically to the way they did in the 2012 race which ended with all 3 crashing out.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.michaelwaltripracing.com/news/race-reports/1943/martinsville-race-report" target="_blank">Post Race Team Report</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=114#content" target="_blank">Jeff Gordon</a> - 3rd place, 12th in standings,&nbsp;+6 spots - a good day for Gordon who needed a strong finish to move back into points contention. Gordon admitted to making a mistake on a pit stop that cost him a bunch of positions- <a href="http://jeffgordon.com/news/news.php?uid=4539" target="_blank">Post Race - Press Conference Transcript</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2013/04/07/Jimmie-Johnson-wins-Martinsville-from-pole-Gordon-Kahne-in-top-four" target="_blank">Team Report</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffgordon.com/news/news.php?uid=4538" target="_blank">Driver Recap</a></li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=152#content" target="_blank">Kasey Kahne</a> - 4th place, 5th&nbsp;in standings, a solid day for Kahne continueing his fast start to the 2013 season. The top 5 finish was only his 3rd after 19 starts at the track.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2013/04/07/Jimmie-Johnson-wins-Martinsville-from-pole-Gordon-Kahne-in-top-four" target="_blank">Post Race Team Report</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="person?id=143#content" target="_blank">Kyle Busch</a> - 5th place, 4th in standings - another strong finish from Kyle,&nbsp;fourth top-five of the year.&nbsp;lead for 56 laps - and beating Brad Keselowski to the start/finish line by .006 one thousands of a second to capture the top 5 <a href="http://joegibbsracing.com/2013/04/08/race-report-for-martinsville-speedway/#more-6268" target="_blank">Post Race Team Report</a></li>
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<li>] Under dogs &amp; Over Achievers&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="person?id=101#content" target="_blank">Danica Patrick</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;12th place,&nbsp;26th in standings&nbsp;as a rookie this was her first race ever at Martinsville and expectations were not high. An early spin that brought out the first caution of the race looked like it could be the onset of a long day. As the race came to an end Danica was in a battle with Brian Vickers for positions which led to some late race contact that could have ended an otherwise impressive run. In the end, Patrick surprised everyone and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/04/07/danica-patrick-martinsville-surprising-result/2061581/" target="_blank">exceeded all expectations</a>&nbsp;not only finishing the race but capturing 12th position.&nbsp;<a href="http://bcove.me/w3i9cecd" target="_blank">Post Race - VIDEO Press Conference</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://danicapatrick.com/newsdesk-press&amp;nid=161" target="_blank">Driver Report</a></li>
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<li>] What happened to ???</li>
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<li>] <a href="person?id=116#content" target="_blank">Dale Earnhardt Jr</a> -&nbsp;24th place, 3rd in standings, down 2 - Earnhardt had his worst finish of the season at one of his best tracks(statistically). A late race incident say Vickers bump Patrick into Earnhardt causing Earnhardt to spin, as the leader(48) came around and went by Junior as he tried to get turned around, many in the Jr Nation felt Johnson should have stopped/slowed and allowed the 88 to get going instead of putting him another lap down. <a href="http://sulia.com/channel/nascar/f/02b08082-603b-44ca-b7b6-0a5e1dd7de9a/" target="_blank">Johnson Explains</a> -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/article/2013/04/07/Jimmie-Johnson-wins-Martinsville-from-pole-Gordon-Kahne-in-top-four" target="_blank">Post Race Team Report</a></li>
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<li>x] Television(TV) coverage and Ratings (Martinsville Speedway, )&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] This site has&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cawsnjaws.com/article/592/commercial-breakdown-and-links-related-to-the-2013-stp-gas-booster-500" target="_blank">full stats for the TV broadcast</a>&nbsp;on FOX, which indicated that 195 minutes of the total 243 minutes of the TV broadcast was RACE COVERAGE (80.24%) and the balance was COMMERCIALS(19.76%). (the first time this year that FOX has hit the 80% mark)&nbsp;</li>
<li>] Overnight TV ratings averaged a 4.0/9 for this race. The race was up +3% over last year's 3.9/9 and ranked as the highest-rated event of the day. Season-to-date, NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing on FOX is averaging a 5.4/12 among the metered markets. That's up +13% over last year's 4.8/10</li>
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<h3>1314, VIDEO-in-car-audio-various-drivers-at-Martinsville</h3>
[01:15] behind the scenes, a NASCAR remix, listen in on some of the different driver reactions to events/comments during the course of the race
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<h2>[off track]</h2>
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<h3>1310, Bowyer-ism</h3>
Clint congratulates Jimmy Johnson after Johnson captures his 8th Martinsville victory
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<li>ARTICLE:&nbsp;<a href="article?id=1243#content" target="_blank">more Bowyer-isms</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;goes hunting with his buddies and holds a late night tweet up around the campfire!</li>
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<h3>1261, VIDEO-Pastrana-new-paint-scheme-for-Texas</h3>
[01:15] Watch as the Roush Fenway shop puts the Texas wrap onto Travis Pastrana's NNS ride
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<li>] Jimmy finally admits it ...</li>
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<li>] the haters are right&nbsp;and have got it all figured out, check out <a href="https://twitter.com/JimmieJohnson/status/321241484676452352" target="_blank">this tweet</a> from JJ after the race&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] DID YOU KNOW we have RACE RECAPS(see description above) available for&nbsp;<a href="../view/tasks.cshtml?id=120&amp;calendar=nations&amp;planId=61&amp;plan=planning&amp;taskgroup=nascar" target="_blank">all the 2013 NASCAR RACES</a>&nbsp;this season</li>
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<li>2013-02-24&nbsp;<a href="../view/task?id=1450&amp;calendar=nations&amp;plan=planning&amp;taskgroup=nascar" target="_blank">Daytona 500</a>&nbsp;@ Daytona International Speedway(DIS)</li>
<li>2013-03-03&nbsp;<a href="task?id=1451#content" target="_blank">Subway Fresh Fit 500</a>&nbsp;@ Phoenix International Raceway(PIR)</li>
<li>2013-03-10&nbsp;<a href="task?id=1452#content" target="_blank">Kobalt Tools 400</a>&nbsp;@ Las Vegas Motor Speedway(LVMS)</li>
<li>2013-03-17&nbsp;<a href="task?id=1490#content" target="_blank">Food City 500</a>&nbsp;@ Bristol Motor Speedway(BMS)</li>
<li>2013-03-24&nbsp;<a href="task?id=1467#content" target="_blank">Auto Club 400</a>&nbsp;@ Auto Club Speedway(ACS)</li>
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<h2>[next 2013-04-08 &gt;] (all times EST )</h2>
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<li>] 2013-04-08 - Monday</li>
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<li>] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV ] <a href="http://www.speedtv.com/video/nascar/nascar-race-hub-winners-weekend-martinsville-2013-2287873243001" target="_blank">Johnson Feature</a> ] <a href="http://www.speedtv.com/video/nascar/nascar-race-hub-teardown-martinsville-april-9th-2287839047001" target="_blank">Teardown - onboard Fire Extinguisher</a></li>
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<li>] 2013-04-09 - Tuesday</li>
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<li>] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV &nbsp;] Announcing NCWTS Eldora Race Format</li>
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<li>] 2013-04-10 - Wednesday</li>
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<li>] 12:00 - Martinsville Replay ON Speed TV</li>
<li>] 18:00 - RaceHub ON speed TV ] Announcing 2014 Hall of Fame nominess</li>
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<li>] 2013-04-11 - Thursday</li>
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<li>] 18:00 - RaceHub&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] 2013-04-12 - Friday</li>
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<li>] 12:30 - CUP Practice ON Speed TV</li>
<li>] 14:00 - Trackside ON Speed TV&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 15:00 - CUP Practice(Final)&nbsp;ON Speed TV</li>
<li>] 18:30 - CUP Qualifying ON Speed TV</li>
<li>] 20:00 - NNS Countdown ON ESPN 2</li>
<li>] 20:30 - NNS O'Rielly Auto Parts 300 ON ESPN 2</li>
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<li>] 2013-04-13 &nbsp;- Saturday</li>
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<li>] 16:30 - TV - SpeedCenter NASCAR edition&nbsp;on Speed TV</li>
<li>] 17:00 - TV - RaceDay&nbsp;on Speed TV</li>
<li>] 19:00 - TV - FOX pre race</li>
<li>] 19:30 - &nbsp;NSCS Race# 6 - NRA 500 on FOX TV, PRN&nbsp;] @Texas Speedway&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 23:00 - TV - Victory Lane on Speed TV</li>
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<li>] 2013-04-14 - Sunday</li>
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<li>] 13:30 - TV - NCWTS Setup ON Speed TV</li>
<li>] 14:00 - NCWTS Race# 3 - ON Speed TV, PRN&nbsp;] @Rockingham Speedway</li>
<li>] 20:00 - TV - Wind Tunnel on Speed TV&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 20:30 - TV - Victory Lane on Speed TV</li>
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