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Sunshine, a 13-year-old Labrador retriever, will serve as the honorary grand marshal for the Dollar General 300 on Oct. 15 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo: CMS

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CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 8, 2010) - She may not be able to wave the green flag or give the command "Gentleman, Start your Engines," but a 13-year-old Labrador retriever named Sunshine will serve as the honorary grand marshal for the Dollar General 300 on Oct. 15 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Sunshine earned the distinction by winning the ALPO Honorary Grand Marshal contest, conducted by Performance Racing Network. To win the contest, which included a trip for two to the Dollar General 300, Sunshine's owner, Christy Bradburn, of Massanutten, Va., submitted a short essay written from Sunshine's point of view describing her favorite "real dog" behavior and why it's time to let dogs be dogs again. 


ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (October 8, 2010) ? Kevin Swindell, son of three-time national Sprint Car champion Sammy Swindell, earned his first career pole in the ARCA Racing Series presented by REMAX and Menards Friday during qualifying at Rockingham Speedway for Saturday's season finale American 200 presented by Black's Tire and Auto Service.

Swindell, driving a Toyota, posted a 145.378-mph, 24.763-second lap on Menards Pole Day presented by Ansell, to edge Chad Finley for the No. 1 starting position. Finley's Chevrolet clocked in at 145.361 mph, 24.766 seconds.

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 8, 2010) - Some of the fastest drivers, car owners and mechanics ever to turn left will give it their all to go straight on Tuesday, Oct. 12, as NASCAR Night returns to zMAX Dragway.

In past NASCAR Night events, more than 100 NASCAR industry personnel have descended on the Bellagio of drag strips to take their cars down the concrete quarter-mile. Participants can race anything they wish down the drag strip, making this a true "run what you brung" event. Previous NASCAR Night drag racers included NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth; team owner Rick Hendrick; and crew chiefs Chad Knaus and Lance McGrew.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 7, 2010) ? The fourth-annual Jimmie Johnson Foundation Golf Tournament and Dinner Auction raised more than $525,000, the fourth-consecutive year that the charity has surpassed the half-million dollar mark.

All proceeds from the event will stay in the San Diego area to fund the 2010 Jimmie Johnson Foundation/Lowe's Toolbox for Education Champions Grants, which range from $25,000-$100,000.

NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick, Brian Vickers, Juan Pablo Montoya, Boris Said and Casey Mears, along with former NFL player Jason Sehorn and IRL driver Oriol Servia, joined more than 150 guests for Wednesday's golf tournament at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego.

Source: http://the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-notes.html

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