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For the first time since 2004, the Indianapolis 500 will not include Danica Patrick. She is skipping it to do the Coca-Cola 600 instead; giving up her self-described favorite race in order to focus on her full-time shift to NASCAR.
Patrick never won the race, but she finished in the top 10 in [...]

The Izod IndyCar Series released its long-awaited schedule on Thursday morning – kind of.
Though the 15-race schedule has now been publicized, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said the series is “in the process of confirming a 16th event” and also “considering” adding a 17th race.
So while the schedule is subject to change, the basic [...]

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Three months after declaring himself out of title contention, Tony Stewart is the 2011 Sprint Cup champion.

Trailing Carl Edwards by three points going into Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Stewart is believed to be the first driver in NASCAR’s six-decade history to claim the championship in come-from-behind [...]

I’m sure you know by now, but Phoenix International Raceway has be repaved and reconfigured. They’ve added progressive banking and changed the dog leg a little bit. So this week I”m not going to bore you with irrelevant stats that mean nothing. Instead I’m going to list the guys I”ll be following for Friday’s practice sessions and why. Also qualifying will be huge this weekend, as drivers said during the test that it’s a one-groove [...]

For the past week, Michael Waltrip’s facebook page has been blown up with “fans” excoriating him for his decision to change drivers from David Reutimann to Mark Martin for 2012. They have blasted him for everything from simply making the change, to the way he made the change and everything in between. So how much does loyalty matter in sports and NASCAR in particular?

NASCAR is a sport where a team not only [...]

Typically, Jimmie Johnson is talking about his championship run at this point of the season.
Instead, Johnson was busy Friday answering questions about a suspect comment by crew chief Chad Knaus prior to last weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Johnson reasserted Knaus’ innocence, saying NASCAR never raised an eyebrow while inspecting the No. 48 car.
“That car passed inspection multiple [...]

Crashes, white-knuckle racing and a close finish made for another excellent race at Talladega, with Clint Bowyer earning his first win of the year thanks to a bit of teamwork and a slingshot at the end. As the field bunch up late in the race, the restarts came often, but Bowyer was [...]

The 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule was released Wednesday afternoon, roughly one month later than usual.
It includes 33 races – one fewer event than on this season’s schedule – but the Montreal road-course race was retained after some concern it would be removed from the calendar.
What’s new? As we already knew, Lucas Oil Raceway near [...]

Wait a second. You’re telling me you missed the NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway because you had other things to do on a Saturday night?
The horror!
I’m kidding, of course. Ratings for Saturday night races are traditionally lower than Sunday afternoon races because people often are out and about on Saturday evenings.
So if [...]

In a reversal of last year’s Chase race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart was able to save enough fuel and capitalize as race leader Clint Bowyer ran out of gas with two laps to go.
“You can take a breath, I’ve got this,” Stewart said on the final lap coming to the [...]