The Brickyard 400 started with a wreck, ran through a stretch of overheating racecars and blown tires, settled into a period of green-flag stops, then ended in a four-tire stop that trapped Juan Montoya in aeropush, while teammate Jamie McMurray had no one to race against down the stretch to further the improbable nature of one of the most bizarre careers in modern NASCAR. The Brickyard has become a lead-in to the Summer 500 at Pocono, and while the two tracks share similarities the differences outweigh them between Pocono's different bankings, sharper corners, and greater track width; indeed the most striking difference is that the Brickyard at times is impassable while at Pocono the leaders periodically stack it five wide. The winners ... FULL STORY »
NASCAR's Boys Have At It Tour hit its mid-July bye week at the Winston Cup level but saw an eruption of fireworks at Gateway International with a late-race showdown that for awhile was a superb demonstration of how "cookie cutter" ... FULL STORY »
Together at last! Hollywood stereotype, meet Southern stereotype, as newly-published set photos strongly suggest that Michael Bay's Transformers 3 will feature NASCAR vehicles. The evidence comes from Jalopnik, which received photos from a reader in Detroit ... FULL STORY »
Whether you believe it was fate or luck, Dale Earnhardt Jr. carried the No. 3 back to a familiar place Friday night at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Gatorade Victory Lane. The win virtually paused the life of all those who ... FULL STORY »
NASCAR's "Boys Have At It" philosophy has become a sharper discussion point as the 2010 season has progressed and it gets some attention here. Most commentary about the philosophy treats it as a positive. However, it has been misunderstood ... FULL STORY »
NASCAR's greatest mistake celebrates - if one can appreciate irony - its 20th anniversary, and fittingly with "Boys have at it" now an official philosophy it makes sense that NASCAR is considering dropping restrictions on testing after 20 years of ... FULL STORY »
With word that the IRL will return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July 2011, the Indy Racing League has been getting some attention apart from Dario Franchitti's Indianapolis romp (marred by the presence of his shrewish loud mouth wife ... FULL STORY »
