Austin Dillon's Trucks title a good thing
HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The Trucks series needed this. Badly. Just when you thought NASCAR's third-tier division was fading, here's Austin Dillon to rev…
What could possibly be better?
My top 10 reasons why Sunday's AAA Texas 500 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN) promises to be the most spectacular event of any kind ever beheld by mankind. 10. Beca…
Ready for more racing, 2011 style?
LOUDON, N.H. -- R-r-r-r-race fans! Are … you … ready? Are … you … READY? For some coasting? Some clutching? Some knocking the ca…
First pit stops will be key Tuesday
ATLANTA -- I'm giving you an honest dateline. I won't try to imply that I went down to Hampton, Ga., where Atlanta Motor Speedway is, today. NASCAR, o…
Yunick's shop was hallowed ground
The "Best Damn Garage in Town" -- or maybe anywhere, ever -- burned down Monday night. In it, in his time, Henry "Smokey" Yunick worked wizardry u…
Earnhardt-Childress motors golden at Dega
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- The odds against a repeat of last fall's photo finish here -- so close it had to be confirmed by computers -- might seem long. No…
Want an adrenaline rush? Visit my house
Movie producers and race promoters have long told me the product they sell is adrenaline rush. But they can't manufacture the kind I just felt Monday…
National Speed Sport News was racing
When weekly racing papers were fans' main source of news, a veteran driver once said he could read any one of them cover to cover in 15 minutes, "exce…
AJ Allmendinger says 'Dinger' just fine
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- You can call him Dinger. In fact, please do. It's something of a symbol of his acceptance in NASCAR, by both competitors and fans. …
Fuel injection: It's better late than never
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR technology moved well into the 20th century Friday. I know, I know. We're in the 21st century. But with NASCAR engin…
