NASCAR’s Smallest Track May Be Big Player In Championship Outcome

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – I truly believe that one of the goals the late H. Clay Earles had when he built the half-mile Martinsville Speedway was that it become a track that mattered; one that gained some notoriety in...

Martinsville Critical, F1 Confirmed To New Jersey, Simoncelli Tri

Martinsville is critical to Carl Edwards, matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson. Formula One and New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie Confirmed A 2013 Race along the Hudson River. The late Marco Simoncelli's team owner,...

Hilarious Harry Gant’s Winning Streak

No matter how great a winning streak some NASCAR driver might put together in the future, it'll have to be a lulu festooned with all kinds of special circumstances to rank up there with what Harry Gant achieved in...

Bayne’s Situation Nothing New In Plate Racing And The Draft

It’s been suggested by many that Trevor Bayne ease up on himself following the circumstances in which he was involved at Talladega. After all, he didn’t do anything wrong. Bayne expressed abject...

Martin’s Future Uncertain, But Don’t Be Surprised If He Gets What

With only four races left in the 2011 Sprint Cup season, changes for 2012 are already being discussed by drivers, team owners and members. Now that the Chase has been narrowed down to only a few of the original...

Bowyer Wins, Wheldon Laid to Rest, Simoncelli Killed

Clint Bowyer took the win at Talladega, Dan Wheldon was laid to rest in St. Petersburg, Florida and Marco Simoncelli was killed in a horrible crash in Moto GP. Formula One annouced a second date for a U.S. Grand...

To Be Sure, Talladega Race Lived Up To Its Billing

The Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, the sixth race in the 10-event Chase, was characterized as the “wild card” event of the “playoffs.” That’s because of the typical unpredictability of the...

In A Real Slugfest, Darrell Won A Second-Straight Championship

After Darrell Waltrip joined Junior Johnson & Associates in 1981 following the buyout of his contract with DiGard Racing Co. – done with funds Junior provided – it was widely acknowledged that Waltrip could...

Bouchard Won Talladega In ’81 And You Had To Be There To See It

Among all the fantastic finishes at Talladega Superspeedway, one of 30 years ago remains especially surprising and thrilling.   It happened in 1981 at the track then known as Alabama International Motor...

One Race In 1984 Turned The Tide For A Speedway And A Driver

It took just one race in 1984 for two significant things to happen: A major speedway’s soiled reputation was eradicated and replaced with the acknowledgement that it was the fastest and most competitive in...

New BMW 3 Series Introduced, February Delivery

The new BMW 3 Series is a direct evolution of the entire 3 Series line. It's slightly bigger, longer, has more headroom and has a very minor facelift, but it's still a 3 Series. BMW keeps rolling out a winner with...

Teams’ Search For Dollars Tougher As Costs Are Up And Economy Is

Team sponsorship has been the lifeblood of NASCAR since June 19, 1949, the day NASCAR’s founder, Bill France Sr., promoted his very first race on a small dirt track in Charlotte, N.C. In those days sponsors...

Kenseth, Under The Radar, Is Now In Full View

 Matt Kenseth was the guy in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup you never heard from. Other contenders, like Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, overshadowed him. They...

For Kenny Wallace, To Give To Special People Is More Special For

CONCORD, N.C. - It’s a sure bet that, within the space of a week, Kenny Wallace has done a couple of things no other NASCAR driver has. He served as coach and navigator for a blind man who took a spin around...

Don't Hand The Chase To Johnson Just Yet

No one in this Sprint Cup Chase is going to let Jimmie Johnson walk off with a sixth title...he'll have to run them over. Tony Stewart is fighting as hard as ever while Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick stay on top....