IndyCar Series, ISC agree not to agree
The IndyCar Series and International Speedway Corp. have come to an agreement: They don't need each other. That's how it appears from two strange p…
NHRA does the playoffs right
Give me the Countdown over the Chase any day. The NHRA version of a playoff is fewer races than the Chase (six instead of 10) and fewer qualifiers (1…
Jimmie Johnson still Vegas' man to beat
As far as the bookmakers in Las Vegas are concerned, Jimmie Johnson remains the man to beat for the Sprint Cup. Johnson's recent woes on the track ha…
For Danica Patrick, numbers are telling
Halfway through Danica Patrick's first-year jump into NASCAR, the numbers don't look good. In fact, they're pitiful. In six starts, her average fini…
Kurt Busch calls out Hendrick 'pretty boys'
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Kurt Busch says he's no pretty boy, not like those drivers at Hendrick Motorsports. "The Hendrick guys are pretty boys," Busch …
One wild and wacky week in racing
What a week. Secret fines, driver rage, a phony F1 finish, Sprint Cup driver changes, and to top it all off, Jack Roush crashing another plane and d…
What did we learn from France? Not much
INDIANAPOLIS -- Brian France really should run for office. He is the all-time master of talking at length and saying nothing. The NASCAR chairman ha…
A close call for Courtney Force
KENT, Wash. -- Like father, like daughter. Courtney Force got her first taste of what it's like to have something go terribly wrong at 250 mph when …
Roush busy trying to boost flagging team
Jack Roush is looking for something, anything really, that will give his teams a spark and get his Ford drivers in Victory Lane. Change set-ups, cha…
Nationwide needs its own Chase format
NASCAR should do the right thing and give the Nationwide Series a Chase format with one important rule: No Cup drivers allowed. Unless Justin Allgaie…
