About a week after becoming a former Sprint Cup driver when his team was shut down, Dario Franchitti was asked how things were going. “Not great,” Franchitti said. “It was a big shock that it happened.” more
David Ragan is right there, a 22-year-old hanging in with the big boys. Some are surprised that he is already fighting for a spot in the Chase for the championship, but Ragan is a second-generation NASCAR driver who finished as runner-up for Rookie of the Year in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and won rookie honors in Nationwide last year.
Thursday was typical for the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America in that it was a really big day filled with a lot of small moments.
Steve Peterson, NASCAR's technical director who spent 13 years helping make the circuit safer for drivers, was found dead in his home in Concord, N.C., on Tuesday. He was 58.
No matter whose side you take in the tiff between Bruton Smith and H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler over Wheeler's departure from Speedway Motorsports, one thing is clear: Wall Street isn't happy with the company's performance of late.
Ryan Newman will leave Penske Racing and its No. 12 Dodges after the 2008 Sprint Cup season, the team announced Monday.
Just in case you were wondering, the team in the No. 1 slot won't be changing for a while.
Perhaps it is not wise to see the finish of Saturday night's LifeLock 400 as some sort of demarcation between the fortunes of Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson. It, however, surely is tempting.
Kevin Harvick's third-place finish couldn't have come at more opportune time as he has been floating above and below the cutoff spot to make the Chase over the last several weeks.
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