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Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class. The announcement Thursday night comes 10 months before the Hall of Fame's scheduled opening in downtown Charlotte. An...

Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class.

Bump-drafting, slingshot passing and restrictor-plate racing weren't the buzzwords being thrown around Daytona International Speedway on Thursday. There was way more talk about affidavits, B samples, false positives and a judge's temporary injunction that reinstated suspended...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -Bump-drafting, slingshot passing and restrictor-plate racing weren't the buzzwords being thrown around Daytona International Speedway on Thursday.

By Associated Press Two team owners won't put Jeremy Mayfield in their cars this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, one because of sponsor concerns and the other because Mayfield is "marked" following his legal battle with NASCAR.

This Saturday night the NASCAR Sprint Cup stars will race under the lights for the 2009 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. When we were here in February Kyle Busch...

NASCAR: Check out the Nomination videos for the inaugural 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class - Bobby Allison.

By Damon Lavrinc Chevrolet Camaro outsells Ford Mustang in June Other news of import Study says political ideologies correlate with what cars we buy NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield tests positive for meth Toyota considering cooperation with Daimler on compact, full-size models

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By Noah Joseph It's the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and t...

The historic Milwaukee Mile racetrack faces an uncertain future with its promoters behind on payments due to NASCAR and the Indy Racing League. While track promoters have paid prize money to teams, they have not fully paid sanctioning fees owed to NASCAR and the IRL, according to reports...

By Terry Blount The King, the Intimidator and Bill France Sr. are considered shoo-ins to make the first class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. But naming all 25 nominees? That's another story.

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -Dale Earnhardt Jr. had one of the most satisfying 13th-place finishes in his NASCAR career Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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Anyone who ever witnessed Kasey Kahne run a winged sprint car on dirt knew that they were watching a future star in big time racing.  I personally saw Kahne win the Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway two years in a row, a race that draw all the best winged 410's ...

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 Florida Team owner Kevin Buckler will have a busy weekend jetting between Mid-Ohio and the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. "It will be a crazy weekend, but one that promises a lot of success," Buckler said. "We have the NASCAR ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Instead of more ill-timed comments to the media, the Mayfields have hired an attorney and stopped talking. Bill Diehl, the same attorney who helped Elliott Sadler through his recent employment issues, is now working for the Mayfields.

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) About NASCAR: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has a broad reach with 1,300 racing events at 95 tracks in the United States, Canada, and Mexico in several racing series. Among major professional sports, NASCAR ranks number one in corporate involvement and per...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Right or wrong, this is the approach they have taken. It certainly suggests that Mayfield's name and part-time status played a role in this decision. Had the driver suspended been named Johnson or Waltrip, there is little doubt it would be a topic up for active discussion.

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Hill's official title currently is the Chairman and CEO of Fox Sports. He arrived at that company in 1994 and started the sports division from scratch, literally. NASCAR on Fox came about after a trip to the Lowe's Motor Speedway on race week and an introduction to Humpy Wheeler.

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) We all remember the open-wheel set from the 2008 invasion. Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti is back in the IRL. Formula One veteran Jacque Villeneuve never really got his effort off the ground. Sam Hornish continues to soldier on and Scott Speed has already missed one race this season. He is 38...

By noreply@blogger.com (BruSimm) I remember Robby Gordon getting into a wreck at Richmond and spouting off what he's going to do to the guy who wrecked him, all the while his crew chief telling him to shut up. (In hopes of not drawing ire from the NASCAR trailer in case Robby did dump the guy.)

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) What a great tie-in to his struggles in the Sunday Sprint Cup Series race as those highlights would be the centerpiece of the two NASCAR TV shows on Monday. Since there was no Nationwide Series race, the Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Trucks were the only game in town. This would be gre...

By noreply@blogger.com (GREGM) NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES Jimmie Johnson Press Conference // March 27, 2009 JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S IMPALA SS met with media and discussed his success at Martinsville, the testing ban, changes to the All-Star race, adding more short tracks to the schedule, and more. Full Transcript:

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Not yet 20, this young man is about to embark on a limited Nationwide Series schedule this season after working up from the sportsman ranks and through the Camping World East Series. To say he is the spitting image of a young Dale Earnhardt Sr. is perhaps an understatement.

The operation also plans to enter two teams in NASCAR Whelen Modified races next week at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway for Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman and R3 team co-owner Rob Fuller. Auton died last Sunday. He was 75. Auton worked as a NASCAR official for 37 years, starting at short track...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) NASCAR fans got word that SPEED was re-working the longtime Inside Sprint Cup TV series for 2008 and would make some big changes. While the timeslot and the studio stayed the same, SPEED wanted to freshen-up the Monday franchise. After a rough start, it seems that SPEED has once again put tog...

NASCAR's research and development division began planning and designing the bigger, bulkier car shortly after the sport's biggest star, Dale Earnhardt, died in a crash during the 2001 Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has complained about the handling at times, said, "The car is defi...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Apparently, there will be no end-of-season roundtables with NASCAR journalists, no final all-NASCAR Wind Tunnel special and no final grouping of the TV personalities who worked all season long to bring the fans NASCAR coverage.

By John Now the two-time Sprint Cup champion returns to Talladega ready to bookend that Nationwide Series triumph from six months ago with a win in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing:

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By starweb In his final podcast, Norris McDonald reveals that Firestone will try to wrest the NASCAR tire contract from Goodyear, announces that someone's building seats for a Forsythe Racing Indy 500 effort (will Paul Tracy get to drive?) and reminisces about all the great guests he's had.

Chevrolet re-signed key partner agreements with Richard Childress Racing, which put Harvick, Jeff Burton and breakout performer Clint Bowyer in the Chase, and with Dale Earnhardt Inc., which compensated for the loss of Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a timely step-up by Martin Truex Jr.

By Daly Planet Editor A - Andy, Carl Edwards and I get along nicely both on and off-air. He was driving in the Craftsman Truck Series the same year I was pit reporting there. We both moved over to NEXTEL Cup at the same time, so we have seen each other succeed in our own respective fields.

Race for the NASCAR Nextel Cup with Patch’s NASCAR Board Game  NE - Sep 11, 2007 The new for 2007 game features drivers who qualified for The 2007 Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup, which is NASCAR’s version of playoffs. ...

By pr@autoracingdaily.com NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver John Blewett III died Thursday night at the Thompson International Speedway. According to reports he died of massive head injuries after being involved in a muticar accident that included his brother, ...

Brian France walked through the FanZone at Daytona International Speedway without handlers or security. The NASCAR chairman seemed like just another face in the crowd.

Before he was allowed into the racetrack, NASCAR made sure Tony Stewart knew the rules. Summoned to a Friday meeting with series officials, the twotime champion retracted every bit of the sharp rant he launched against NASCAR.

Twotime champion Tony Stewart likened NASCAR to professional wrestling and accused it of using bogus caution flags to shape races in biting comments made on his weekly radio show.

NASCAR says the exhaust problem in its Car of Tomorrow is a simple fix. Several drivers finished the race with a carbon monoxidey feeling, some after their exhaust systems failed during the race.

By Tall Writer Electronic Arts continues a strong NASCAR racing series with a great choice of drivers, tracks and variety of driving scenarios and game modes. Other new elements include a roleplaying hero/villain type personality you can adapt through game play and driver options (rookie, veteran,...

By Brandon Valentine Be that as it may, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a great title, and the standalone concept of Will Ferrell playing a NASCAR driver is golden in theory.   However, Talladega Nights is not on par with Ferrell’s prior effort, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.  While both fi...

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By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) Plus we have to get caught up on the Chase for the Championship. As Smoke (Tony Stewart) is now tied with Prettyboy Jr (Jimmy Johnson) atop the standings with only 5 races to go. Sport: NASCAR Show: Nothin’ But NASCAR #21 Host: Rusty Wray Producer: Sam Coutin

By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) Nuthin But NASCAR ep 22 Home Sweet Home! NASCAR stays home this weekend for another under the lights Saturday Night race, and you know Rusty has got to get you up to speed on what to look for in the UAW-GM Quality 500 from the Lowes MotorSpeedway. Rusty will let you know who to watch [...]

By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) “There’s no place like home” This ain’t what Dorthy was thinkin. Join Rusty as the Nextel Cup rolls into Kansas for race #4 of the Chase for the Championship. He will get you up to speed on this cookie cutter track and tell you why Kansas will be another scramble for the Chase contenders. Plus get...

By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) Rusty will go back to the moonshine again and remember two young guns killed well before their time at New Hamphire in ‘00. Kenny Irwin Jr. and Adam Petty were both up and coming drivers that lost their lives at this track. NASCAR Podcast RSS - http://feeds.feedburner.com/nascar

By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) Join Rusty as he reviews the Saturday Night under the lights party at Richmond International Motor Speedway. On this rubbin’ is racin’ short track thriller to determine the line up for the Chase for the Championship. Rusty will get you up to speed not the race and the Chase. Also Tony Raines is...

By rusty@mysportsradio.com (MySportsRadio.com) It all comes down to this Richmond International Speedway, a Saturday night short track rubbin’ is racin’ party before The Chase. Also he will recap your board postings on which network gives better NASCAR coverage, NBC or FOX?, and gives his opinion.