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NICOLE MANSKE PHOTOS

Posted 11/30/09 at 4:03 PM PST

I'm not going to lie. It pained me deeply to learn that Nicole Manske of ESPN's "NASCAR Now" is actually going to marry IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe on December 19th. Yes, I knew they were engaged, but there was always hope. Maybe she would see the light. Maybe she would dump the Australian IndyCar driver. Who understands what the hell those people say half the time anyway? No luck. As Racing Fashionistas recently reported, the wedding is a go. It will take place in Hawaii. No, I was not invited. That's probably for the best. Would have been awkward.

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GRANDFATHER'S NASCAR COLLECTION PAYS FOR GRANDSON'S COLLEGE EDUCATION

Posted 11/30/09 at 12:32 PM PST
 
Here's a feel-good story to brighten up your back-at-work-after-a-holiday-weekend Monday afternoon. The Flint Journal reports that a grandfather's impressive store of NASCAR collectibles is paying for his grandson's college education. Monte Mansfield passed away in 2007, but not before amassing a collection that included - among many other things - more than 300,000 NASCAR postcards, the type given away free at races. Carole Mansfield said it was her husband's dream to see their grandson, who is also named Monte, attend college. He gave his blessing to his wife to sell the collection. Young Monte (pictured above with grandma Carole) has lived with his grandparents since he was 4 years old.
 
Grandma and grandpa were huge NASCAR fans. The Burton, Mich., couple toured the country to watch races, rubbed shoulders with legends and even babysat Darrell Waltrip's daughter.
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DANICA PATRICK'S 'BIG ANNOUNCEMENT'

Posted 11/30/09 at 9:42 AM PST

I apologize for the two Danica posts in a row. Today is the first day of our top 15 stories of 2009 series and you-know-who clocked in at No. 15. In any case, Patrick's "big announcement" this morning was somewhat of a dud, unless you're one of the eight IndyCar fans left in the country, and even then, it was probably still a dud. Patrick announced that she has agreed to race IndyCars for Andretti Autosport for the next three seasons and unveiled her new GoDaddy car on "Good Morning America." Patrick made no announcement about NASCAR, but ESPN's David Newton reports that a source close to Patrick said she plans to drive a part-time schedule for JR Motorsports in NASCAR's Nationwide Series in 2010. If you like awkward live television, check out the video below.

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TOP STORY NO. 15: AS THE DANICA TURNS

Posted 11/30/09 at 5:00 AM PST
 
(Editor's note: This is the first in a 15-part look back at the 2009 Sprint Cup season.)
 
What better way to moisten your pallet for the 2010 season than by looking back at 2009? (Yes, we're already looking forward to the 2010 season. We have been since July.) Let’s begin with the 15th-biggest story of the 2009 racing season, which happened to have nothing to do with actual racing.
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JOHNSON MOST DOMINANT EVER? MAYBE NOT

Posted 11/28/09 at 5:00 AM PST

Jimmie Johnson has won four straight Sprint Cup titles, something no other driver has done. That makes him the most dominant driver of all time during any four-year span, right? The answer is no, according to the Wall Street Journal. (Brief aside: I love the Journal. Great newspaper. But when it weighs in on NASCAR, awkward things like this tend to happen. So I take this piece with a grain of salt.)

According to writer David Biderman, Johnson is not the most dominant champion in history. He added up the numbers over various four-year spans. This is what he found:

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