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26 of the finest drivers from NASCAR, the NHRA plus retired crew chief Ray Evernham and the legendary short track veteran Red Farmer will all do battle in Tony Stewart’s Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Wednesday.
For the past four years, some of the world’s biggest stars in automobile racing have gathered in rural Ohio [...]

The celebration everyone knew was coming arrived Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway against a background of exploding fireworks.

If you’re one of Robby Gordon’s fans growing weary of the public flogging he takes on occasion, you may be in the wrong place. I’ve taken my fair share of shots at the Sprint Cup driver, by the same token I’ve praised his off road racing efforts and his occasional “do-good” projects.

As seen in my preceding post when it comes to punditry, whether it be of the NASCAR variety or political/social, it must come with at least a modicum of truthfulness. If not you’re just a hack with a license to print.

Tony Stewart held off a last-lap battle from Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards to win the Camping World 300 Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.

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

Before hitting the pavement in 2009, Roush Fenway Racing’s up-and-coming driver, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. will make his fifth start this week in the 23rd annual Chili Bowl held in Tulsa, Okla.

While it always seems that Christmas rolls around faster than Carl Edwards can turn a lap at Bristol Motor Speedway, Yuletide is here again, and it’s time to speculate on what Santa might be putting under the tree for some of NASCAR’s favourite personalities.

I thought the holiday season was a time of family, friends and good cheer. It’s hard to make that case if you spend any amount of time reading some of the headlines floating above NASCAR Nation.

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and Team Mopar team owner/driver Kasey Kahne will return to his roots on Thursday for the 68th annual “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway/Irwindale.

Tony Stewart ended a ten year run Sunday in the famous, but now obsolete, Home Depot color orange.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (Oct. 13, 2008) – More than a dozen drivers took to the track Monday as the fifth annual Drive for Diversity Combine presented by Sunoco got underway. The two-day event, sponsored by NASCAR, is designed to showcase the sport’s top minority and female drivers in front of NASCAR car owners.
Twenty-five drivers will [...]

Another piece has been placed in the Stewart-Haas Racing puzzle.
Army has deserted DEI (isn’t that a UCMJ offense?) for the #39 Chevy of Ryan Newman for 2009.
IN OTHER NEWS YOU CAN LOSE: AJ Allmendinger speaks. He had committed to MWR for Lowe’s when GEM called for a shot at the #10 ride for the remainder [...]

Tony Stewart is expected to make his qualifying run tonight for the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, Brian Stickel, a Knoxville Raceway spokesman said today.
Stewart’s also expected back for Saturday’s championship program, but is unlikely to be on the Knoxville Raceway dirt on Friday, because of NASCAR obligations at Kansas Speedway.
The four previous champions [...]

The Charlotte City Council agreed Monday to increase the NASCAR Hall of Fame budget by $32 million to boost exhibits and pay for unexpected building costs.
The 9-2 decision came after council members chastised city staff and other hall planners for not telling them sooner about the price hike. Council members complained of early, “lowball” estimates [...]

Mother Nature must luv Kyle Busch as yet another rainy day forced Sunday’s Cup event to start via points and places Busch on the pole.
For the second consecutive race, the third in the last six and the seventh this year, rain washed out qualifying which begs the question:
With ten events left who wins more Busch [...]

So, there’s a change to next year’s Budweiser Shootout format at Daytona.
Instead of it being a race between the previous years race and pole position winners it will pit a field of 24 cars representing the top six teams from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota. The starting line-up will be by determined by a blind [...]

Yahoo Sports chief yahoo is at it again.
Not content with “winning” this weeks Stupid Post of the Day award Bob Margolis is making a concerted effort at scoring the monthly award.
His latest edition Black Eye for Gibbs and Toyota follows the same pattern as the last, wild speculation that everyone including the respective janitors presumably [...]

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.

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.