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I’d like to say I saw this coming, I would be lying if I did, but I’m hardly surprised with the decidedly “Asian Tilt” the FIA has taken in recent years.

A few months ago a proposal was floated to construct a new racing facility in Canada’s Niagara Falls region. At the time it was to be financed by Kuwaiti Islamic investment bank Bayt Al Mal Investments although there were still a lot of questions to be answered.

Jeff Gordon ended his year plus winless streak and captured his first ever win at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday leading teammate Jimmie Johnson and Roush-Fenway’s Greg Biffle across the line.

My job is so much easier when posts write themselves. A case on point: An inmate in federal prison has filed a $23 million lawsuit claiming NASCAR is responsible for his laundry list of criminal activity, from speeding to credit card fraud.

Jeff Gordon ended the longest winless drought of his career with a victory in the first of Thursday’s twin Daytona 500 qualifying races.

The sound of auctioneers gavels will be heard loud and clear throughout NASCAR Nation as three separate and distinct auctions are held this weekend.

Jeff Gordon has sold most of nearly 2,000 acres he owned in the high country above Missouri Heights to a development group headed by the man who created the Dallas National Golf Club in Texas a few years ago.

Jeff Gordon hails the introduction of the more sustainable Car of Tomorrow as the motoring sector flounders in the economic crisis.

NASCAR Sprint Cup runner-up Carl Edwards says he is excited about making his debut in the Race of Champions this weekend.

Maureen MacDonald of Raleigh, N.C. was recently crowned Mrs. America 2009, and is putting that title to use in raising donations for the Prevent Child Abuse America charitable organization. In October, Mrs. MacDonald was given exclusive access by Speedway Children’s Charities to the NASCAR drivers at the Bank of America 500, held at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.

Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon has ridden the surge of NASCAR’s popularity to a 37th-place ranking in this year’s Celebrity 100 as selected by Forbes magazine, which lists Gordon’s annual income, including endorsements, at $32 million, a figure Gordon says is overblown.

It’s been a strange year for Jeff Gordon to say the least. He’s watched teammate Jimmie Johnson put on another Sprint Cup clinic and new arrival Dale Earnhardt Jr. take some of the media spotlight off the four-time Sprint Cup Champ.

More times than not the solutions offered to “Jimmy Proof” the Chase center on the ten Chase events and to a lesser extent something along the lines of a sucrose based mixture being introduced to the #48’s fuel tank.

There was a time, say last July or so, when the line of developers willing to spend $56 million for three parcels of land near NASCAR’s future Hall of Fame was longer than at a two-cent sale at Starbucks.

NASCAR, not usually known for making the right decision, at the right time and for the right reasons (or making one at all) have finally made one.
“We will not roll this thing [NNS CoT] out in 2009,” Pemberton said. “In talking with the teams, we think it’s better for development to have a series of [...]

So, you wanna be a race driver?
Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are, and they would LUV to sell you a Corvette ZR-1.
Helio Castroneves is race driver also, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 no less. He was apparently doing a “sales job” on the “U.S. Gobment.” “Dancing With the Stars Taxman?”
They ain’t buyin’ it [...]

I really need to start a “Nitwit of the Day” category but I’m afraid if I chronicled them all I’d have no time for anything else.
Anywho, today’s entry comes via a columnist who shall remain link-less, because he’s as yet to respond to an email I sent. (Oh what a shock, an ink-stained wretch not [...]

Press Releases, whether you’re a blogger, an ink-stained wretch, or John & Jane Q Public they effect all our lives in one fashion or another.
As a recipient of many releases over the years it’s been well established in my mind there’s a pattern.
A method to the PR wonks madness if you will, not unlike that [...]

Excuse me while I rub my eyes…
I still don’t believe it. And I used all the Visine in the house.
More later…
After a few hours of reflection… yes it was a wild finish that will set tongues wagging for the coming week. Was Busch, or was he not in the lead as loop data claims when [...]

Penske Racing driver Kurt Busch took advantage of the single thing New Hampshire Motor Speedway owner Burton Smith can’t control, the weather.
In a race that was shaping up as a duel between Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a few others turned all topsy-turvey when first a late [...]