Insider NASCAR betting tries to define itself
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened for business in 1996. Two years later, the stars and cars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolled onto the 1.5-mile…
Insider Junior Johnson uncut
Last week the producers of ESPN2's NASCAR Now, they who occasionally see fit to put me on TV, called and asked if I would be interested in doing an in…
Insider When all else fails ...
The one semester of high school that I took auto shop, the teacher had a homemade sign over his desk with these words: WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, APPLY…
Insider Chrissy knew it would be hard
The race car was bright green. On Saturday afternoon's Nationwide Series prerace grid, it was surrounded by a pack of fans, family and looky-loos, t…
Insider Return of the black No. 3
At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday night, most of the 800-plus acres of the Daytona International Speedway were empty, the thousands of fans from the Gatorade D…
Insider Kevin Conway, Jimmy Johnson "extend" brands
If you are mainly a stick-and-ball sports fan you may think that the Super Bowl has the market cornered on creative television ads. But NASCAR fa…
Insider Stories pour in from Haiti
One week ago I filed a story with ESPN.com about Hendrick Motorsports, specifically Hendrick Aviation, and their tireless round-the-clock contribut…
Insider For racers, moonlighting is worth it
On Thursday afternoon, the word started rocketing through the Internet quicker than a Kim Kardashian rumor. "Did you hear? Jimmie Johnson wrecked in…
Insider Headlines of tomorrow ... today!
So, here we are. The week that marks the time between the preseason media tour and the start of the season at Daytona. We've gathered all the informat…
Insider Top Fueled
Yes, I know that last week was the NASCAR preseason media tour and it was supposed to be all stock cars all the time. However, when the buses pulled…