He wants to be New York's governor, and the 2006 race will begin to warm up.

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He could have lollygagged through that race in his warm-up clothes.

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BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) Kasey Kahne's bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an action-packed race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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Smith smashed the course record by 20 seconds at the warm-up event for next month's big race in the capital.

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His other passion, yachting, is making its mark on San Francisco as warm-up events for the 2013 America's Cup yacht race kick into gear.

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Rossi struggled to control his bike on and was only able to qualify in 18th place, but he intends to race after testing his injury in the warm-up.

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