DARLINGTON, S.C. -- This makes the 40th year I have come here covering races. Never have I seen anyone drive old Darlington Raceway better than Chase Elliott did Friday night.Not David Pearson, the all-time winner here with 10 victories; not Dale ...

I stand reminded once again that there is a fate worse than death. I have seen people suffer it too often. The memory is a gloom unlike any other.John F. Burns, London bureau chief of The New York Times, has in my mind produced the most profound ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- We're still concerned about Tony Stewart's mending leg, but clearly his mouth is back to 100 percent -- running wide open, set up real loose, so that the rear end is hanging out.So Smoke wants to set up a match race between ...

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Another summer Sunday in the Northeast, another rainout for NASCAR. Last week Pocono, this time Watkins Glen. Again, the Cup cars didn't turn a wheel on the scheduled day.Persistent drizzle on the Finger Lakes district of New ...

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- There just might be more drivers capable of winning here Sunday than for any NASCAR road race I can remember. The era of oval-track stars giving up on turning right is fading fast.The event is officially called the Heluva Good! ...

LOUDON, N.H. -- Let's title this blog "An Afternoon of Life Around Tony."You know who the leading candidate is to drive a third car for Tony Stewart if he fields one next year?Me. Eat your hearts out, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr. and Kasey ...