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Dario Franchitti: The man has the dream life. Things didn’t work out for him in NASCAR last year, so he went back to the IndyCar Series. In his first full season, he wins the championship for Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Greeting him after his second IndyCar Series title was his superstar wife Ashley Judd. It doesn’t get any better than that.Who’s notKyle Busch: It was a lost weekend for Busch in California. Busch was sick and was forced to exit his ride during the Pepsi 500, and the No. 18 Toyota was 24th with David Gilliland finishing the race. He also saw his Nationwide Series lead slashed to 155 points with a 31st-place finish. Denny Hamlin took over for Busch in that race. It was Busch’s second-worst showing of the season.NotesEarnhardt, Petty head HOF class: Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty head the five-member inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr. and Junior Johnson rounded out the list of honorees. The class, which was determined by a voting panel and a nationwide fan vote, will be inducted May 23 at the new NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. Reliving the Dream: The Prelude to the Dream dirt-track race will be televised Sunday at 1 p.m. on Speed. The event, which was won by host Tony Stewart, was originally shown live on pay-per-view last month. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano also competed. Sunday’s telecast is the first of six scheduled showings of the event on Speed.Father-daughter to race at Talladega: Mike Wallace and his daughter Chrissy will become the first father-daughter combination to race in a NASCAR national series event when both race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 31. Mike Wallace is already locked into the field, but Chrissy, 21, will have to earn a spot in qualifying.Countdown to the Dickies 50023 days: Jeff Gordon, who won the Samsung 500 in April, will be the special guest for the Time Warner Cable Pit Stop Pavilion pass before the Dickies 500. The pass includes a Q&A session with Gordon, a continental breakfast, buffet lunch, a VIP pit pass with pre-race access to pit road and a front-stretch ticket. The cost is $199. For fans who already have tickets, the cost is $149. Passes are available by calling 817-215-8500.Telling number850NASCAR starts for Jeff Burton after this Friday’s Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.QuotableWe have four or five top finishes in a row and I’ve been losing points to the leader. It is what it is. I don’t think you’re going to make any points on anybody. Everybody that runs good is going to be there. You just got to make sure you don’t lose any."
Juan Pablo Montoya, who hasn’t finished worse than fourth in a Chase race but has dropped from 40 to 58 points out since the playoffs started.
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