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Kyle Busch‘s #18 M&M’s Toyota Camry hit everything but the wall but it wasn’t enough to keep “Wild Thing” for starting off the 2012 campaign with a trip to victory lane. Busch who fought through getting swiped twice during the 75 lap sprint race to keep his car on the track and away from major [...]

In this final installment of the Top 25 drivers we look at the Top 6 who all have a shot at hoisting the Sprint Cup Champions trophy at Homestead in November. This is a mixed bag of talent with past champions and drivers looking for their first. What does it take to win a championship? It takes consistency each week out the one [...]

IndyCar racing officials have decided to eliminate double-file restarts this season at three major ovals: Indianapolis, Texas and Fontana. Race director Beaux Barfield said the decision was made for two reasons: the location of the acceleration point at those particular tracks and drivers’ concerns. Double-file restarts will continue at IndyCar’s other 12 races. Don’t expect [...]

2012 NASCAR Preview: Part 3 In Part 3 we delve into the lower half of the predicted “Chase” qualifiers. These are the drivers that will make the Chase but will find themselves just short of that Cup Championship come November in Homestead, FL. With mega teams like Richard Childress Racing and Roush-Fenway Racing downsizing from [...]

Over the next couple of weeks we will take a closer look at the Top 25 drivers for the upcoming 2012 NASCAR Season. We will count backwards until we reveal the Top 5 Contenders for the Sprint Cup Championship. The season gets underway on February 26th with the Daytona 500 on FOX, but for the true fans the season actually begins for us on February 18th with the Budweiser [...]

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 all but [...]

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 [...]