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			<title><![CDATA[Open wheel race draws Berlin Raceway's biggest audience of the season]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[MARNE, Mich. -- If stock cars are king of the American motor sports scene, how come the third annual open wheel extravaganza Saturday night at Berlin Raceway just west of Grand Rapids attracted the fast half-mile oval's largest crowd of the season?
"Because these car are way fun to watch and really]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 3:10 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Stewart unzipped by Rolling Stone is must reading]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Have you read the Rolling Stone magazine profile of Tony Stewart? 
Read it. Read it now!
The piece is more than an amazing look at the guy and all his warts. It's like ripping open a garbage bag and finding yourself fascinated by the fetid, putrid contents. Sure it makes you queasy, but you can't]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:19 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belle Isle has become Indy Car's Bristol]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Every race track develops its own character, and it's obvious that a hot day behind the wheel of an Indy Car within the tight confines of Belle Isle's street circuit is beginning to look a lot like NASCAR's infamous Bristol Motor Speedway.
It's narrow. There are few places to pass]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:42 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sports cars on Belle Isle aren't called exotic for nothing]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- A couple of weeks away from earning his driver's license, Nick Hunsanger walked with his father Joel Saturday among the exotic sports cars gridded on the front stretch of The Raceway at Belle Isle for the start of today's American LeMans race. 
"We had no idea we'd be allowed to walk on]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Servia is a tiger, but is he a Detroit Tiger?]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Catalunyan-born Indy Car driver Oriol Servia would appear to have little or no connection with the city of Detroit. 
Ah, but anyone who takes the time to discover their inner gearhead realizes all roads lead to the Motor City. Even if your British-built race car is powered by a Japanese]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Even Dario is here on Belle Isle]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- We all come to Belle Isle for our reasons. Thousands streamed across the MacArthur 

Bridge this morning for a sample of this weekend's Indy Car and American LeMans races at "Free 

Prix Day." 
Like me, most are probably here to fix their need for speed by just getting close to these]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:57 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[My favorite view of Belle Isle is a blur and a blast]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Now I know what it looks like, what it feels like, what it sounds like to ride in an Indy Car being hustled around the tight street course on Belle Isle.
Vitor Meira was at the wheel when the specially-built two-seater Dallara fired up Thursday on pit lane at The Raceway at Belle Isle]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:48 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[For race drivers, it's important to be seen in Detroit]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Everywhere you go in Metro Detroit this weekend, you are very likely to run into a race car driver. There are a lot of them in town for this weekend's sports car and Indy Car races on Belle Isle -- and they are making appearances all over.
The importance of being seen in Detroit has made this stop]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:33 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fast or slow, Michigan International is a thrill ride]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[BROOKLYN, Mi. -- I hope you all notice when you get to Michigan International Speedway today for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race just how nice and clean the track surface is.
While you were sleeping at 6:30 a.m., Duane Barnes and I were riding around the big tri-oval in a roaring jet dryer, blowing all]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 10:02 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Life is hectic inside ESPN's race production truck]]></title>
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			<author>(Doug Guthrie)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[BROOKLYN, Mi. -- At the moment I might have jumped out of my seat back home and cursed at the television screen during Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway -- so did the crew in ESPN's production truck.
It was gratifying to learn that the unseen people who decide]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 1:20 AM</pubDate>
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