Kyle Busch stood in at a Las Vegas wedding on Wednesday

When you get the opportunity to have Kyle Busch be a groomsman at your wedding, you must seize it with all of your might.

Congrats 2 Crystal n Bobby! Enjoyed being a part of your special day. #onlyinvegas pic.twitter.com/zOkZqSy9Qb

? Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) January 21, 2014

As part of a promotional appearance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday, Busch was in the wedding of Crystal and Bobby Dezarov. How did this all happen? Well, Crystal wrote the Las Vegas Motor Speedway about the couple's desire to get married in October and her love of Busch.

But, we must note, it's not as much as her love for her husband.

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Crystal, who is a veterinary assistant in Palm Desert, Calif., when she?s not watching Kyle Busch drive around in circles, was out wrangling a pony when the speedway called back.

They said the Goody?s Headache Relief Shot 500 was in October in Martinsville, Va., and three other races were scheduled in October, and all of these races were part of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. So chances were that Kyle was going to be a little busy then.

But the speedway people were bringing him to town on Jan. 21, to help spur ticket sales for the Kobalt 400 at LVMS on March 9. If the happy couple would consider moving the wedding up, perhaps they could say something to Kyle.

The Dezarovs agreed, and the Speedway asked Busch to be in the wedding. It was a perfect fit, it's just that the engagement was not nearly as long as Crystal and Bobby were originally planning.

The nine-minute wedding went off without a hitch. The pastor presiding over the wedding was even a Carolina native and told Busch he was a Bobby Isaac fan. Afterwards, Busch posed for pictures, signed an autograph for Crystal's son and signed the couple's wedding document.

Weddings at NASCAR tracks on Sprint Cup weekends have become a fairly common occurrence. In August, a couple got married at Michigan International Speedway's victory lane as the groomsmen wore Dale Earnhardt Jr. firesuits. A year earlier at Michigan, track president Roger Curtis officiated a victory lane wedding.

But weddings with NASCAR drivers actually in them? Far more uncommon. Here's wishing the happy couple much success in the future.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/kyle-busch-stood-las-vegas-wedding-wednesday-170832735--nascar.html

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It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 8 Joey Logano

Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season.

Did you find that you were well trained for the rarefied air of the Chase levels, Joey?

Congratulations on the promotion to the NASCAR playoffs. I know it may not have seemed like such a big deal because there have been CEO-level expectations since you first started full-time. Hell, they existed when you started part-time. Sweeping floors, we imagine. Though you haven't worked at Hendrick (yet), so maybe it's different in other departments.

That promotion also came a year after a transfer, which we can say fairly comfortably was a catalyst for your success. We're going to also go ahead and view it like one of those trades that benefits both teams. No regrets, right?

You excelled at intermediate tracks this year, which is a good building block given the dominance of 1-2 mile tracks on the Cup schedule. That win at Michigan proved to be handy, and you could have had the win at Fontana too, but we all know what happened there.

It looked like you were going to continue that theme in the Chase too. But no, your car went boom.

Your new surroundings brought some more feistiness, and that feistiness had some bite because of your success. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if your rivalries with an old teammate and the man you effectively replaced in your old department. Spice is good. And it can go well with sliced bread.

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Previous Reviews: No. 10 Kurt Busch, No. 11 Ryan Newman, No. 12 Kasey Kahne, No. 13 Carl Edwards, No. 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 15 Jamie McMurray, No. 16 Martin Truex Jr., No. 17 Paul Menard, No. 18 Aric Almirola, No. 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 20, Jeff Burton, No. 21 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 22 Marcos Ambrose, No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/2013-exit-interview-no-8-joey-logano-195429078--nascar.html

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Weekend Review? Double the Excitement Edition

Welcome Back! Glad you found your way back here after human error delayed and ultimately cancelled the posting of Detroit pre-race article. Nevertheless, the twin billing was a success on most all fronts. A part time driver claimed victory in … Continue reading →

Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/weekend-review-double-the-excitement-edition/

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Smooth Button masters F1's greatest test

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Looking Back At 2013 - Rating The Rest: Ben Spies

In the last of our series looking back at the riders of 2013, we come to the unluckiest man on the grid. Ben Spies' season was a thing of nightmares, ending with his decision to retire. Here's a review of his year.

Ben Spies	Ignite Pramac Ducati
Championship position	21st
Score	Attitude 9/10, Luck 1/10

Up until Qatar 2012, Ben Spies' career had been something of a fairytale. Talent spotted by his later crew chief Tom Houseworth, he took the fight to Mat Mladin in the AMA and beat him fair and square. He won the World Superbike title at his first attempt, on tracks he hadn't seen until Friday morning practice. He grabbed two podiums in his rookie MotoGP season, then a win in his second season after moving up to the factory Yamaha team. And then it all went horribly wrong.

After a series of bizarre mechanical mishaps throughout the 2012 season, Spies suffered major shoulder damage in a crash at Sepang. He had already decided to leave the factory Yamaha team, signing with Ducati to race at Pramac. After surgery to fix the damaged tendons in his shoulder, Spies turned up at Sepang in February 2013 only to find the going tougher than expected. He skipped one day of testing, then tried to make a return three weeks later, but found himself struggling once again.

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It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season.

Junior, can we start off by saying that we love your selection of items on eBay? Really fits our tastes. We made sure to give you good feedback for your account.

Your Chase was over as soon as it began, so we never really had an opportunity to assess your championship credentials. Your third blown engine of the season came at the most inopportune time.

After that blown engine, it was a stellar Chase. You finished in the top 10 in eight of the final nine races and your lowest finish of that stretch was a 15th place finish. It was quite the run.

However, you can take consolation in the fact that you can't say that engine cost yourself the Chase. Over those nine races, you averaged just over 39 points a race. Extrapolate that to 10 races and you end up third behind Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth. In essence, it was a two-place penalty.

Wins before the Chase had started would have helped that, but even if you had won as many races as Kenseth did in the first 26 you wouldn't have caught Jimmie Johnson. And while you were ultimately winless in 2013, you have to be excited about the trendline of the season. Instead of fighting to make 12th and 10th place finishes higher in the top ten, you were taking those top 10s and pushing them up a couple places. Keep doing that and avoid an untimely mechanical failure, who knows what will happen.

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Previous Reviews: No. 6 Jeff Gordon, No. 7 Clint Bowyer, No. 8, Joey Logano, No. 9 Greg Biffle, No. 10 Kurt Busch, No. 11 Ryan Newman, No. 12 Kasey Kahne, No. 13 Carl Edwards, No. 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 15 Jamie McMurray, No. 16 Martin Truex Jr., No. 17 Paul Menard, No. 18 Aric Almirola, No. 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 20, Jeff Burton, No. 21 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 22 Marcos Ambrose, No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/2013-exit-interview-no-5-dale-earnhardt-jr-143151571--nascar.html

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Cool, canny Alonso seems to have all the answers

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Martini to join Williams?

The word is that Williams may soon announce a sponsorship deal with Martini, a brand that is owned by Bacardi Ltd, a privately-held spirits company which is headquartered in Bermuda. The company sells around 200 millions of drink each year with sales around $5 billion a year. The Martini & Rossi brand can be traced […]

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Vijay Mallya: ?The tiger has become a panther!?

Vijay Mallya says he’s excited ahead of a new season that sees Force India running a new driver line-up as well as a fresh livery. The VJM07 is the first 2014 car unveiled to the public thus far, albeit with … Continue reading →

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/01/22/vijay-mallya-the-tiger-has-become-a-panther/

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Spy Shots: 2015 Audi A7 Begins Winter Testing

Looking Back At 2013 - Rating The Rest: Espargaro And Iannone

After rating the top ten finishers in the championship, it is time to turn our gaze to those outside the top ten worthy of note. Below is a look at the seasons of Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Iannone, in the news in 2013 for very different reasons.

Aleix Espargaro	Power Electronics Aspar
Championship position	11th
Score	8/10

Aleix Espargaro became the poster boy for the CRT class in 2012, beating out his teammate Randy De Puniet. The two Aspar riders showed that even with less than a year of development, a slightly modified Superbike could compete with the slower of the satellite prototypes. 2013 saw the Aprilia ART take another step forward, but it was a step only Espargaro could follow, De Puniet complaining of a lack of feeling all year, his performance plummeting.

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Into the Crystal Ball? 500 Miles To Go Edition

A 500 mile race in indycar racing, and especially the Indy 500, is an endurance test packaged as a sprint race. There is literally no time to think during this race, only time to allow ones instincts to make the … Continue reading →

Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/1408/

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Austin Dillon officially unveiled as the driver of the No. 3 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2014

One of the worst kept secrets in NASCAR is finally offical. The No. 3 is back in the Sprint Cup Series.

Austin Dillon will drive a full-season for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 3 car in 2014. The No. 3 replaces the No. 29 car that Kevin Harvick drove since Dale Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500. That was the final race that the No. 3 had been used in the Cup Series.

Here's a closer look at the paint schemes. pic.twitter.com/mwCOuiNkGw

? RCR 3 NNS Team (@RCR3ADillon) December 11, 2013

At the announcement, Childress said that he had discussed with Earnhardt during his career the idea of the No. 3 continuing on after Earnhardt's career was over and said knew that Earnhardt was smiling about Dillon in the car.

Dillon, Childress' grandson, has driven the No. 3 in the Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series and has won championships in both. He won the 2011 Truck Series title and the 2013 Nationwide Series title over Sam Hornish Jr. despite not winning a single race all season.

RCR also announced that Dow Chemicals would serve as the sponsor of the No. 3 for 16 races along with Cheerios, the other primary sponsor. Dillon's crew chief will be Gil Martin, who was the crew chief for Harvick last season. Harvick left RCR at the end of the year to move to Stewart-Haas Racing.

Plus the announcement allows us to use this picture again. It's the best ever.

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Pole Day Recap

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It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 8 Joey Logano

Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season.

Did you find that you were well trained for the rarefied air of the Chase levels, Joey?

Congratulations on the promotion to the NASCAR playoffs. I know it may not have seemed like such a big deal because there have been CEO-level expectations since you first started full-time. Hell, they existed when you started part-time. Sweeping floors, we imagine. Though you haven't worked at Hendrick (yet), so maybe it's different in other departments.

That promotion also came a year after a transfer, which we can say fairly comfortably was a catalyst for your success. We're going to also go ahead and view it like one of those trades that benefits both teams. No regrets, right?

You excelled at intermediate tracks this year, which is a good building block given the dominance of 1-2 mile tracks on the Cup schedule. That win at Michigan proved to be handy, and you could have had the win at Fontana too, but we all know what happened there.

It looked like you were going to continue that theme in the Chase too. But no, your car went boom.

Your new surroundings brought some more feistiness, and that feistiness had some bite because of your success. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if your rivalries with an old teammate and the man you effectively replaced in your old department. Spice is good. And it can go well with sliced bread.

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Nick Bromberg is the assistant editor of Dr. Saturday on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
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Previous Reviews: No. 10 Kurt Busch, No. 11 Ryan Newman, No. 12 Kasey Kahne, No. 13 Carl Edwards, No. 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 15 Jamie McMurray, No. 16 Martin Truex Jr., No. 17 Paul Menard, No. 18 Aric Almirola, No. 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 20, Jeff Burton, No. 21 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 22 Marcos Ambrose, No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/2013-exit-interview-no-8-joey-logano-195429078--nascar.html

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Iowa Rain Out Causes Pit Crew Problems

On a normal NASCAR weekend when the Truck Series and/or Nationwide Series run companion to the Cup cars, there are a lot of pit crew members who double or triple dip. Crew members make some extra cash and get more reps, and the teams get top talent pitting their cars. But this last weekend presented [...]

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It?s Your 2013 Exit Interview: No. 13 Carl Edwards

Welcome to From the Marbles' 2013 driver reviews. Here, we're going to critique, praise and bloviate about the top 30 drivers in the 2013 NASCAR season. Chase Carl!

We'll always remember that you made the Chase, Carl. We'll always have that danged Jeff Gordon and Brian France-sized asterisk to remind us.

This year started off well enough, right? A win in the second race of the season is a nice three-Chase-points to have in your pocket, especially because you couldn't buy an incident-free moment at Daytona. Following that, well, you might have had one of the quietest "always in the top three in the points standings" seasons in recent memory.

The consistency that you showed last year -- we appreciate that, by the way. We always knew what to expect -- jumped up a notch and that was the reason you hung near the top of the standings so much. Between that Phoenix race and Bristol in August, your lowest finish was 29th and you finished below 20th just twice.

But Bristol was a harbinger of things to come in the Chase, unfortunately. After losing an engine there, it was forgotten two weeks later with a Richmond win. However, hindsight being 20/20 and all, we were blinded by that shiny thing.

A 35th place finish at Dover dropped you to 11th in the standings and you never got back to being in the top 10 again. You were consistent again, but it wasn't the same type of consistency. Your highest finish the final six races of the year was a 10th and you blew another engine at Texas. That cemented your status as the ugly 13th.

We're interested to see how fruitful the Roush and Penske partnership is next season. No one doubts that you're still a championship level driver. It just feels that you were missing justthatmuch consistent speed. Because we're inclined to think that the majority of the season was more indicative than the final 10 races.

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Previous Reviews: No. 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 15 Jamie McMurray, No. 16 Martin Truex Jr., No. 17 Paul Menard, No. 18 Aric Almirola, No. 19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 20, Jeff Burton, No. 21 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 22 Marcos Ambrose, No. 23 Denny Hamlin, No. 24 Casey Mears, No. 25 Mark Martin, No. 26 David Gilliland, No. 27 Danica Patrick, No. 28 David Ragan, No. 29 Tony Stewart, No. 30 Dave Blaney

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/2013-exit-interview-no-13-carl-edwards-193415752--nascar.html

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An entry list appears?

The FIA has chosen a Friday night to put out its official entry list for 2014 – odd timing – and there are some odd things included on the list, not least the company name of McLaren which is listed as being Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Ltd, when in reality the team is called McLaren Racing […]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/an-entry-list-appears/

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PHOTOS: Rahal, Briscoe Run Successful IMS Test

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F1 Numbers Game...

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