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NASCAR.COM – List of drivers has plenty of heartthrob potential – Sep 3, 2010

September marks Hunger Action Month and national nonprofit Feeding America is calling upon individuals and communities to get involved in the fight against domestic hunger.To help achieve this, Feeding America has launched its 30 Ways in 30 Days campaign, calling on everyone to be a part of the solution to this national crisis.During the entire month of September, more than 200 food banks across…

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Best story of the decade – alabama fugitive busted trading gun for NASCAR tickets http://tinyurl.com/2fpmgt9

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HAMPTON, Ga. – Motorsports safety pioneer Bill Simpson can continue to sell his Impact Racing products in the NASCAR garage as he has settled claims by the SFI Foundation over the alleged use of counterfeit labels designating that Impact firesuits had met SFI specifications.

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There’s so much southern gothic in this story that we’re not even sure where to begin, but let’s start here: Michael Lynn Sherer was nabbed in Hampton, Georgia near Atlanta Motor Speedway after trading a gun for tickets to Sunday’s Emory Healthcare 500 NASCAR race.

Oh, but it doesn’t end there. Turns out Sherer is an escaped fugitive, on the run from a murder charge. And when he was nabbed by Hampton police, he used the murder victim’s name as his own alias. That, friends, is cold-blooded. 

The story, in more detail: Sherer had apparently escaped from the Winston County (Ala.) jail, where he’d been held on charges of killing Thomas Lynn Smith of Jasper, Ala. in Smith’s home following a break-in.

Sherer apparently made it from Winston County to Hampton, a distance of more than 250 miles, in a van he’d allegedly stolen prior to the murder. At the Atlanta Motor Speedway, he drew attention from vendors setting up for this weekend’s race as he tried to pawn off a .22 caliber pistol — one which allegedly belonged to the victim.

When police approached him, he initially used his victim’s name, but difficulty answering questions like "when were you born?" led police to take a little more interest. Not long afterward, he gave up his real name, and that was that. He’s currently awaiting extradition to Alabama.

About all this story needs now is a Johnny Cash-esque ballad to be written about it. It’s all right there for the taking.

(Photo via WSB-TV 2 and Henry County Sheriff’s Office.) 

Escaped inmate nabbed after trading gun for NASCAR tickets

SPARTA, KY – SEPTEMBER 03: Ricky Carmichael, driver of the #4 Monster Energy Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway on September 3, 2010 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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SPARTA, KY – SEPTEMBER 03: Aric Almirola, driver of the #51 Zyclara/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway on September 3, 2010 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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SPARTA, KY – SEPTEMBER 03: A general view of the start of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway on September 3, 2010 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)

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