Losses overshadow the victories
It would be inappropriate -- no, disgraceful -- to begin our annual year-end awards in motor racing without a somber moment for the most serious recognition ever offered here. In...
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Going for 5th in row, Johnson races old-fashioned way
Jimmie Johnson may be California cool by demeanor and dialect, but in the driver's seat he is a throwback to the country-talking Richard Petty in his prime. Johnson is winning...
Chase leader Johnson won’t back off
Jimmie Johnson was "fighting some demons," he said. He risked disaster in the Chase by battling side-by-side with Matt Kenseth for a win that could catapult Johnson ahead of teammate...
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Rush set to add QB, receiver The Rush lost standout receiver Bobby Sippio to the NFL last summer but has found a capable replacement. Sources close to the Arena Football...
2-man Chase tightening up
Sunday's Pep Boys 500 was a study in why Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon have turned this year's Nextel Cup championship into an intramural duel. Johnson's crew...
Script lost, but Gordon finds way to win
A crew chief can script a NASCAR race only so far. Steve Letarte had a masterpiece going until circumstances tore it to shreds with a dozen laps left in regulation...
Salty tongue could be costly
If Tony Stewart wins Sunday's LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway, it won't be the way he won there last year: in all-out gambling mode on fuel mileage. His car ran...
Lights, action! Night racing set at Joliet
Chicagoland Speedway's NASCAR races will be run under the lights starting next year. Citing fan comfort in July and the more exciting ambience of night racing, track President Matthew Alexander...
The Chase stuck in neutral until October
Open request to the front desk at my hotel in Anniston, Ala., for Talladega race weekends: Could I please leave a wake-up call for Monday, Oct. 8? That's when NASCAR's...
Chase in neutral until October
Open request to the front desk at my hotel in Anniston, Ala., for Talladega race weekends: Could I please leave a wake-up call for Monday, Oct. 8? That's when NASCAR's...