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Anyone care to guess what the above acronym stands for? Here’s a clue, it used to be NCTS.
I’ll wait…
Times up. Or maybe I should say times UP[S] if the latest rumor is true.
According to a source within UPS (here we go, un-named sources again), the package delivery company UPS is in serious negotiations with NASCAR [...]

Tony Stewart made it official Friday at MIS, Ryan Newman is his sewcond driver proving even “un-named” sources and “people close to the negotiations” can’t be wrong all the time.

A SLEAZE crackdown at this year’s Gold Coast Indy has been ordered by Premier Anna Bligh, who warned revelers they will face arrest if they “cross the line”.

‘Formula 1 was the dream – and I lived it’ reflects American racer Scott Speed.

The secret is out, according to the AP at least, they have one of those occasionally correct but generally out-to-lunch persons familiar with the deal saying Ryan Newman is signed by Stewart-Haas Racing with the announcement coming Friday at MIS.

The Southern 500 was first run in 1950 and became one of NASCAR’s most prestigious events. It became a Labor Day weekend tradition until that race was moved to California Speedway after Darlington’s race in 2003.

Race track dates and where and when they will be awarded is shaping up as a battle of the titans. On one side of the battlefield is Bruton Smith’s SMI.

The Goodyear brain trust that resides in, and potentially thinks in Akron Ohio has been scratching their heads and have come up with a reason why their over-sized rubber bands were the Chihuahua’s ass at Indy.

For today’s slice of comedy we go south of the Earth’s belt-line to Australia and the Australian V8 Series.
Remember when Dale Jr. got a slap on the wrist and wallet for saying something to the effect; “It don’t mean shit right now… Daddy’s won here 10 times.”
Several other drivers have been docked cash for have [...]

As the youngest female in the field, 18 year-old rookie Mackena Bell made an impressive step forward in the NASCAR Whelen Series Late Model Division Saturday night when she posted two Top 5 finishes during the All American Speedway.

With Brad Daugherty injecting his name if not some cash into what was formerly JTG Racing it’s not entirely surprising they would be looking at a manufacturer switch for the 2009 Sprint Cup season.

The question after Sunday’s Sprint Cup Watkins Glen event is will Kyle Busch “channel” Tom Bradford and say Eight is Enough?
Somehow I doubt it, but I bet 11 other potential Chasers wish he would.
And somehow I doubt if Gilliland and McDowell - particularly McDowell who seemed to have wielded Thor’s Hammer of Retaliation - enjoyed [...]

Scott Dixon is having one of those near-perfect seasons, and it’s more than a little frustrating for the guy trying to chase him down.

There’s one way to beat Kyle Busch.
The recipe includes carrying over a hot streak from last week, toss in a fortuitous pit stop that contenders Jeff Burton and Jimmie Johnson didn’t utilize, and finally, beat Busch into submission with a little dash of Tasmanian Devil. (with a side of Vegemite!)
The end result is Marcos Ambrose’s [...]

Last time I was in school, admittedly sometime just after the Neanderthal era, four plus one equaled five.
That simple mathematical fact was apparently lost on the so called brain trust at work for DEI (Don’t Expect Interest) when they made up their Watkins Glen Sprint Cup entry list.
So let your [not so] humble corespondent do [...]

Mauricia Grant who has accused NASCAR of racial discrimination and sexual harassment in a $225 million lawsuit had a restraining order filed against her by a former boyfriend and was arrested for driving under the influence, the Associated Press has learned.

Ferrari is in mourning following the death of Andrea Pininfarina, the chairman of the chassis company which designed some of the best-known cars branding The Scuderia’s name.

Hall of Fame Racing officials announced NNS driver Brad Coleman will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut by piloting the #96 DLP HDTV Toyota Camry in the Aug. 17 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Just what are Kenny Wallace and Ken Schrader looking for in Kansas tonight, “Toto?”
No, actually they are searching for the same thing they have all summer, a O’Reilly/USMTS Modified Series feature win. this time at Speedway 81.
Emporia, Ks. Native Clint Boywer was to compete but begged off due to other commitments.
Technorati Tags: Kenny Wallace, Ken [...]

Taupo has only a 50-50 chance of hosting the A1GP after 2009, Taupo Motorsport Park shareholders have been told.
At their annual meeting yesterday, shareholders were told the internationally rated track was $6 million in debt and there was no assurance the “marquee” A1GP round would be held there in 2010.
It had previously been estimated the [...]