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Debate over NRA Sponsorship of Texas Race Represents Bigger NASCAR Issue
You can’t please all the people all the time. NASCAR has tried for too long to do just that and has gotten the very predictable results that come from such an effort...
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10 Greatest Substitute Drivers in NASCAR History
With the flurry of press releases that were flying about last Friday, with the announcements and retractions regarding Mark Martin substituting for the injured Denny Hamlin, it brought ...
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7 Amazing Stats for Texas Motor Speedway
I hope you all enjoyed restrictor plate action (or in this year’s case, inaction), short track madness and whatever it is we’re calling Fontana now, because all of that is in the rearview mirror...
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NASCAR Will Take Closer Look at Race Sponsorships in Wake of NRA Debate
FORT WORTH, Texas–With the NRA 500 drawing attention just for the name of the race, NASCAR will take a closer look at race sponsorships in the future, the sanctioning body said in a statement Thursday...
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Keselowski to Visit White House as Sprint Cup Champion
FORT WORTH, Texas — Brad Keselowski will visit The White House and meet with President Barack Obama on Tuesday for the annual NASCAR celebration with the Sprint Cup champion. Keselowski, car owner Roger Penske and other members of the No...
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NRA 500 2013: Start Time, Lineup, TV Schedule and More
The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is still young, but Texas Motor Speedway always provides drivers with a measuring stick early in the year...
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US Senator Asks FOX to Avoid Broadcasting NRA-Sponsored NASCAR Event
NASCAR 's announcement of a race sponsored by the National Rifle Association spurred mountains of controversy, and now a Connecticut senator is doing his best to see the event never hits the airwaves...
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New Additions to HOF Ballot Include Surprise
Stop 100 NASCAR fans at almost any venue and ask if they’ve ever heard of Dale Jarrett. “Of course,” almost every one of them will say. Bruton Smith? “Of course,” almost every one of them will say...
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Conn. Senator Asks Murdoch, Fox Not to Broadcast NRA-Sponsored NASCAR Race
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Thursday sent a letter to News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch, asking the media mogul and his Fox network not to broadcast a National Rifle Association-sponsored NASCAR race this weekend...
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Dale Jr. Defends Johnson's Martinsville Pass
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. defended teammate Jimmie Johnson's decision last weekend to lap him under caution after Earnhardt spun on the track at Martinsville...
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NRA Sponsorship of Texas Race Thrusts Politics into NASCAR
This week's NASCAR event at the Texas Motor Speedway is being billed as the NRA 500. NRA of course being the National Rifle Association...
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NASCAR Hall of Fame 2014: Dale Jarrett, Bruton Smith Among New Nominees
Dale Jarrett, winner of the 1999 Cup title and a three-time Daytona 500 champion, and track operator Bruton Smith are among the five new nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame...
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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Top 5 with Jimmie Johnson Talk Race 7 in Fast Texas
NASCAR takes to racing under the lights this Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas. The 1.5-mile oval track with 24-degree banking sits on a Texas-sized property of about 1,500 acres and has abundant seating for 122,377...
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WWE Star to Drive NRA 500 Pace Car
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will be behind the wheel of the pace car at Texas Motor Speedway as he leads the 43-car field to the green flag for the NRA 500 on Saturday night. ...
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Chevrolet on Roll Following Big Weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, Martinsville
Few people in racing were smiling any more broadly on Monday morning than Jim Campbell after the latest big weekend at the track for Chevrolet. The car manufacturer is on some kind of a roll, as Chevy drivers won all four major U...
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Johnson, Wife Chandra Expecting Another Baby
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It's been a pretty good year so far for five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. The Daytona 500 winner announced Tuesday he and wife Chandra are expecting their second child in September...
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NASCAR: Major Announcement from Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson is having quite the week. Johnson picked up his second win of the season last Sunday at Martinsville . It was a race that he and the No. 48 team dominated...
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B/R Fantasy NASCAR: Week 1 (Texas)
This is week No. 1 of the B/R fantasy NASCAR series. The goal of the series is to assemble and manage the most successful B/R NASCAR fantasy team. In this article, I will outline the rules for this series...
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The 10 Best Looking Stock Cars in NASCAR History
During a recent conversation with an acquaintance, the topic shifted into the realm of NASCAR. Their argument? "It's not a sport. They all drive in circles...
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Virginia Honors African American NASCAR Pioneer Wendell Scott
Wendell Scott was the first African-American to win a race in what is now called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
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Exciting Format Set for Inaugural NASCAR Trucks Race at Eldora Speedway
More than two dozen drivers will be looking to get real dirty in order to clean up at the inaugural "Mudsummer Classic" at the Tony Stewart -owned Eldora Speedway in Rossville, Ohio on July 24...
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Brad Keselowski Says Joey Logano Targeted Because He's a Threat
Brad Keselowski sees what his Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano has gone through the last few weeks and can look back on his own career for similar challenges.....
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Fans Dub June 9 Race 'Party in the Poconos'
There's going to be a Party in the Poconos, NASCAR style. The June 9 Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway will be named the Party in the Poconos 400 following the results of a fan vote sponsored by Walmart...
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Ranking the 11 Most Intelligent Drivers in NASCAR Today
A few weeks back, I put forth a list of what I believed to be the 11 most intelligent crew chiefs in NASCAR today, ranked in order. Reader response was fantastic—as were reader comments, which I appreciate...
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: The Top 5 Drivers Through the First 6 Races
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is the longest season in major professional sports. So, no driver or team is out of the championship hunt...







