Without Pension, NASCAR Stars Forgotten
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PAMPLICO, S.C. -- The living room of Sam Ard's brown doublewide trailer speaks to his short but successful NASCAR career. Trophies surround the fireplace and crowd its mantel. Plaques and pictures dot the living room walls. What's not there speaks to Ard's life after NASCAR, the two championship...
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Teammates are supposed to be like brothers, all about high fives and hugs, not fender banging and paint swapping. Tell that to Rusty Wallace, who is $10,000 poorer after getting hit with a NASCAR fine Tuesday
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RICHMOND - Elvis has left the building. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the 32-year-old son of NASCAR's late seven-time champion, failed in his bid to make the 12-man cut for NASCAR's 10-race Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship when his engine blew with six laps to go, effectively squashing his hopes to win a title in his last go-round at Dale Earnhardt ...
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Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. have been under the radar all season, never mistaken for one of NASCAR's superstars.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jimmie Johnsonâs series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday was tempered by word that a plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization was missing.
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From the outside looking in, Robert Yates Racing has officially hit rock bottom. Both Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler have jumped ship, choosing to flee RYR for new rides in 2007. Sponsor UPS is also leaving with Jarrett, creating a chaotic time for a once-proud organization.
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Itâs been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the
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Rain washed out qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Friday, causing the field to be set by owner points and leaving Darrell Waltrip out of the field.
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It would be easy for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson to just pack it up and forget about competing for this year&#39;s Nextel Cup Series championship.
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When six crew members were thrown out of the Daytona 500 for cheating it was suggested that NASCAR start suspending drivers as part of the penalty process. Jimmie Johnson was aghast at the idea.
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Mark Martin, 45, has never won the overall prize on NASCAR&#39;s elite circuit. He says he doesn&#39;t mind. OUDON - The old man will mix it up with the &quot;kids&quot; over the next two months to determine the Nextel Cup champion.
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On the day he announced he was leaving his late father's company, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fretted over fan reaction. He worried the "Red Army" wouldn't understand his decision, and the loyalists would resent him &#151; maybe even boo him &#151; for walking away from Dale Earnhardt Inc. But based on souvenir sales in the three weeks since he made his decision, NASCAR's most popular driver had nothing to be concerned about.
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Tony Stewart finds himself on the outside looking inÃÂ as one of the 33 stock-car racers shut out of this season's NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup.
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In a world of million-dollar motorhomes, private jets and McMansions on nearby Lake Norman, it's hard to argue NASCAR drivers are underpaid. But all that wealth can't hide this fact: No major league takes a more hands-off approach toward its competitors' future than NASCAR.
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Nascar reached an agreement with AT&T that will allow the company to sponsor Jeff Burtonâs car through 2008. The agreement ends months of legal wrangling involving AT&T, Nascar and Sprint Nextel. AT&T sued Nascar over its refusal to allow it to replace Cingular as the primary sponsor of the Richard Childress Racing car after the telecommunications companies merged. Nascar prohibited the name change because of its exclusivity agreement with series sponsor Sprint Nextel.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Sometimes things are not as they seem, and on those days, stock-car events are impossible to predict. The driver who won the pole for Sundayâs Ford 400 had qualified 22nd, 21st, seventh
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Greg Biffle believes if you aren't in the Chase for the championship, you're a nobody. Put Biffle in that group. Add Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, too.