Dropping the checkered flag on the season

Auto Racing Confidential

By Tania Ganguli

These are the Auto Racing Confidential season-ending awards, and they're a very serious matter. We'll break down this year's best, worst and most amusing.

Red Bull announces 2009 lineup

By David Poole

Brian Vickers will have Ryan Pemberton as his crew chief and Scott Speed will race with Jimmy Elledge working on his Toyotas in 2009, Red Bull Racing announced Monday.

Numbers that would make even Carl Sagan blush

THATSRACIN.COM OPINION

By David Poole

David Poole: I am as suspicious as the next guy when it comes to the way numbers can be played with in assessing things like economic impact a Sprint Cup race has on a community or what value a sponsor gets out of backing a race team.

Hospital confession makes dream come true

Teen gets chance to live out fantasy of driving Camaro around speedway

By Mark Price

A Wisconsin teen got the chance to live out his fantasy of driving his Camaro around one of NASCAR's big tracks.

Nationwide awards show highlights to air on ESPN2

NASCAR fans eager for an offseason fix can watch highlights of the Nationwide Series awards banquet from Orlando, Fla., at noon ET Sunday on ESPN2.

Season Superlatives

More suspense seemingly lies ahead with car, economy

David Poole and Jim Utter look back on the year in racing, including their picks for driver of the year.

Big NASCAR souvenir sale to last longer this weekend

Usual Friday-only event expanded until Sunday because vendors have surplus of hats, T-shirts and other fan gear.

By Jefferson George

A day-after-Thanksgiving tradition at Lowe's Motor Speedway will run through the weekend this year, due partly to the sour economy's effect on spending by NASCAR fans.

Giving thanks for so many good people, good things

TOM HIGGINS' SCUFFS

By Tom Higgins

I'm thankful, of course, for family, an especially sweet friend and all the men and women who have and are defending our country in the Armed Services. But that's just the start.

East Lincoln Speedway could be Evernham outlet

THATSRACIN.COM OPINION

By David Poole

At the final race of the 2007 season, I stopped in the garage at Homestead-Miami Speedway to talk to Ray Evernham and he told me he was going to cut way, way back in 2008.