Childress beckons Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt was 33 when he took his monumental step. He went from an erratic, disappointing career path to the team that would make him legendary: Richard Childress Racing. Dale...
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NASCAR drive uptown hits the wall
William Faulkner's slickest character, Flem Snopes, developed a fatal flaw as he rose to wealth and power. He lusted for respectability. And that was his downfall. On Lear and Gulfstream...
Martin stands taller than NASCAR
On one issue, Mark Martin stands diametrically opposed to all who know him. He has long deemed himself unworthy of NASCAR. The others deem NASCAR unworthy of Mark Martin. That...
Martin just misses
It took NASCAR three days to decide the winner of the first Daytona 500. It took NASCAR five seconds to decide the winner of the 49th. History may see little...
A cautionary tale
It took NASCAR three days to decide the winner of the first Daytona 500. It took NASCAR five seconds to decide the winner of the 49th. History may see little...
Their pedals to the metal
1. Tony Stewart No. 20 Chevrolet The overwhelming favorite. As near a lock as you'll find in restrictor-plate racing. The best driver who hasn't won the Daytona 500, but he...
He’s feeling like a winner
In 1998, when Dale Earnhardt heard that John Elway finally had won a Super Bowl, he had a wonderfully eerie feeling: He would win the Daytona 500 at last. Sure...
Must be in the front row
An upstart driver who'd almost gone undiscovered, a veteran coming out of retirement and a car owner back from the brink of giving up joined forces to dominate the front...
Oh, baby, Gordon gears up to be dad
No expectant father in America except perhaps Tiger Woods will be under more of a microscope from now until summer than Jeff Gordon. From there, his position in NASCAR points,...
Vroom to maneuver
Tony Stewart shoved Kyle Busch out of the lead and took it for himself with seven laps left, then kept a big wreck in his mirror at the checkered flag...