Freeze soaks in Dega as pace car driver
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Part of NASCAR's weekly prerace routine is to trot the day's visiting celebrities through the infield media center to answer a few …
Shepherd's life about purpose and passion
Morgan Shepherd was grinning. It was a big ol' face-splitting grin that harked back to 1993. Or 1983. Or 1973. Impressively, that face was pretty much…
Trickle made for some good stories
On Thursday afternoon, when the press release from the Lincoln County, N.C., Sheriff's Department hit my inbox, I was devastated. Dick Trickle, on…
Bar patrons go old-school for Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For years now, NASCAR execs have struggled with relocating the sport's "core fans." Good news. I found them. On Friday af…
Serious characters in Hall class of 2013
On Wednesday evening, I was reading my colleague Ed Hinton's great piece on this year's NASCAR Hall of Fame class and realized that, though certainly …
The world according to Felix Sabates
If we could just get Felix Sabates to speak his mind. On Wednesday morning, the Cuban refugee-turned-American success story held court during the E…
The world according to Ryan McGee
"Um, Dad …" The call came from my 8-year-old daughter, who had been playing a game on my mobile device. Now she was walking toward me, handing …
Kasey Kahne gets redemption at The Rock
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- Just call it Second Chance Sunday. Nearly nine years later -- eight years and 53 days to be exact -- a whole lot of people eager…
Instant analysis: Daytona 500
It took us a while to finally get it in, but the 54th Daytona 500 -- the first delayed by weather and the first to feature an exploding jet dryer -- w…
Toyota president Toyoda happy to be here
As Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race noisily hammered its way around the Daytona International Speedway, one of the world's most influential people qu…
