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Sunday, January 27, 2013  Seen as a racing dress rehearsal, drivers from across the nation descended upon Cordele this weekend for Speedfest 2013.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  In hopes of being equitable, organizers established a lottery system in which people blindly registered for tickets and handed over their credit cards before they knew what — if any — tickets they were getting.

Monday, January 30, 2012  Updated with video; Nascar drivers Kyle Busch and David Ragan ditched the Sprint Cup Series training for one weekend, and traded a little paint in Cordele, Georgia. The CRA's Speedfest 200 took off from Watermelon Capital Speedway for the first time Sunday afternoon.

Thursday, April 30, 2009  Tortorella regrets throwing water into crowd, says he embarrassed Rangers organization

Thursday, February 19, 2009  Coast Guard rescues exhausted cold-water surfer in frigid Lake Superior waters near Marquette.