[NASCAR] Kahne Wins Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire

[JetWing34]

Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports leads 150 of 300 laps (half of race) to win his second race of the 2012 Sprint Cup season.



http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8168683/kasey-kahne-wins-new-hampshire-2nd-victory-season



[font=comic sans ms, cursive]Impressive performance!

 

[DrLeftover]

And Junior can keep his sponsor.

A deeply divided House voted late Wednesday to continue letting the Pentagon use taxpayer money to sponsor sports leagues and teams — a victory chiefly for NASCAR, which had fought feverishly to maintain tens of millions of dollars that go to some of its teams every year.



A liberal-conservative coalition had fought to ax the spending, arguing that at a time of trillion-dollar deficits the military shouldn't be exempt from cuts. The coalition also argued that there's no hard evidence the spending helps with recruiting young men and women for the armed forces, which is the given purpose for the funding, including $21 million from the National Guard.



But their amendment was defeated 216-202, with 60 Democrats and 156 Republicans voting to preserve the money, estimated to be $72 million in 2013. The money goes to everything from mixed martial arts to motor racing.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...l/18/nascar-wins-fight-keep-taxpayer-funding/

 

[JetWing34]

Well that has got to go down as saving sports I believe.