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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
ALL-STAR: What They’re Talking About
The return of the 10-lap shootout has drivers excited about the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted May 15, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, is taking the Sprint All-Star Race very seriously. (Photo: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Tony Stewart co-owner/driver of SHR has won two of the last four Brickyard races. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)

The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, which will be televised live on SPEED Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET, is perennially one of the sport’s most popular events, both with fans and race teams.

With Lowe’s Motor Speedway just north of Charlotte, N.C., in the epicenter of stock-car country, teams get the opportunity to race at home in front of family and friends. And the drivers get the chance to race for a first-place check of more than $1 million.

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Here’s what some of the sport’s best and brightest were saying Friday about the upcoming All-Star Race:

“This is a serious race. Perhaps as serious as any race in the season and I’m not sure you can make that argument for other sports. Their All-Star game is more of a celebration of the talents, of individual players throughout the season and it’s more recreational with the home-run derby and all that. Our All-Star Race can be a high-pressured situation and we put a lot of emphasis into it and a lot of work goes into it and a lot of cars get tore up and there’s a lot of people really upset afterwards, so it’s quite different.” — Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

“The shorter the race in my opinion the better. It just increases the intensity of the excitement. It’s still exciting either way otherwise the fans wouldn’t come and see it but the intensity of the excitement and I think that’s due to the briefness of the last segment. I think there’s going to be some crazy things that happen before that last segment but I think just that last 10 laps getting the job done is what it’s all about. For me it goes back to the open-wheel racing and USAC where its eight-lap heat races and 12-lap semi’s and things like that where you’ve got to move forward.” — Ryan Newman, No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet

“The fan vote is cool to get a guy in that didn’t win the segment or whatever in the open race. That’s cool – I think it shows a lot of enthusiasm with the fans on who they want to get voted in.” — Kyle Busch, No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota


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