Old NASCAR lands KO blow
Old NASCAR punched out new NASCAR Sunday. Bam! Right in the face. Bloody nose and all, according to witnesses. This one had been simmering for more than a year. It...
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Gordon can join elite at Indy
It can't be. Jeff Gordon will be making his 350th Winston Cup start in Sunday's Brickyard. He will turn 32 on Monday. He also will be trying to become only...
NASCAR’s success gets out of control
There is paradox in NBC's analysis of its ratings for last Saturday night's Pepsi 400. The numbers are dumbfounding, and augur well for the upward spiral of NASCAR popularity to...
Midseason points lead not what it used to be
Time was when the July race at Daytona International Speedway was the "turn" of the NASCAR season, the halfway point, as surely as the 10th tee opens the Back Nine...
Engineers can help put the passing back in NASCAR
Call it the Beach Boys hypothesis: Wouldn't it be nice? In our continuing, against-all-odds quest for a solution to the diabolical "aero push" that has hamstrung NASCAR racing in this...
Bigotry hardly foreign to racing
You would like, and identify with, Gil de Ferran. Guaranteed. If you could talk with him for half an hour and then do the same with Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart...
Last ride for the Andrettis
The Andrettis rounded a corner of Gasoline Alley in a golf cart on Sunday. Mario was driving while Michael, the blank-faced passenger, was leaving the Indianapolis 500 early as usual....
Southern 500 sinks, Indy roars
The Indianapolis 500 still isn't back in prime health but it's far better off than America's second-oldest 500-mile race. Running of the Southern 500 at Darlington, S.C., on Labor Day...
Rainout puts heat on pole-seekers
Stormy weather washed out Indianapolis 500 pole qualifying Saturday, leaving drivers with the prospect of a frantic Mother's Day. What was scheduled to be a full weekend of time trials...
Parity slows NASCAR’s drive
Nine Winston Cup races this season. Nine different winners. It no longer matters whether parity is good or bad. It's here. Entrenched. NASCAR got what it wished for, and will--if...