Andy Belmont News

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There's nothing wrong with ovals, but the NASCAR season is seriously lacking in variety.

Kasey Kahne , driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports , spent Wednesday, July 23, in the Buffalo area promoting the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' upcoming New York race, the Cheez-Ita 355 at The Glen .

Team Penske's resume is loaded with successes, including 15 Indy 500 victories, a Daytona 500 win and 12 IndyCar season titles and the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

ROSSBURG, Ohio a?? Before the green flag fell on the second annual Mudsummer Classic, Tony Stewart already was lobbying for the next NASCAR race at his beloved Eldora Speedway.

They saw the real thing Wednesday visiting Indiana National Guard troops at Camp Atterbury.

Jerry Tunney knew he was wanted to have a career in racing as soon as he bought a full-size car at age 13. "Ever since then, it was something I've focused on 100 percent,"he said.

The Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is just around the corner, but I can't help but wonder how this race could be so much better.

With one of the most famous races on tap at the Brickyard, the hunt for the top of the Chase Grid continues.

Just in time for the Brickyard 400, the new scoring pylon is now in place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

With all due respect to Jim Nabors, the Purdue University marching band, and their traditional rendition of the unofficial state song prior to each Indianapolis 500 from 1972 to this past May, co-drivers Ricky and Jordan Taylor and the No.

Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn't have the best of days at Michigan International Speedway in June.

Chase Elliott's brilliant start in the NASCAR Nationwide series has overshadowed the steady, unspectacular debut of fellow rookie Ty Dillon.

Ky. Busch 1-62, Hamlin 63-73, Keselowski 74-78, Larson 79, Ku. Ky. Busch 1-62, Hamlin 63-73, Keselowski 74-78, Larson 79, Ku.

CCS racers Ryan Cabrera and Chase Mollak at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Photo by Lisa Theobald, courtesy of CCS Florida.

Perhaps the only driver with a chance to prevent Brad Keselowski from winning Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was his Team Penske teammate Joey Logano.

The Band Perry , Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore will perform at events surrounding the Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR race this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tony Stewart has made no secret of his love for his roots in sprint-car racing, even after the most serious of a series of crashes last summer left him with a badly broken leg and raised questions about just why he was risking his NASCAR career on dirt tracks.

Marsh Racing has announced the addition of Burt Frisselle to the team's No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette Daytona Prototype for the next two IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Road America in which Frisselle will co-drive with Eric Curran.

Stewart raced in a sprint car last weekend for the first time since he broke his leg in an extracurricular race last August.