Benny Gordon News

Coming into the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season, there were still a couple of tracks at which Jeff Gordon had yet to win.

Crew members repair Jimmie Johnson's car after Johnson wrecked in the opening laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team.

Fort Worth, Texas -- Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.

Kyle Busch's new crew chief knows what's coming. Dave Rogers also knows it won't do any good to worry about being on the receiving end of the demanding driver's first tirade.

Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

WITH THE interminable NASCAR season winding down, and Jimmie Johnson about to be crowned King James IV, please consider some suggestions to improve NASCAR: * The season is too long.

Most fans would probably agree that while it is great to debate the finer points of NASCAR, sometimes these discussions bring to mind the old saying: "It's only fun until someone loses an eye." But in the world of NASCAR partisanship, it's only fun until someone loses their temper.

Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves to talk about his sponsorship ties to the military. He had a hard time finding the words Friday to discuss the massacre that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood.

Fewer tracks hosting NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series have had as many last-lap passes as Talladega.

The Frontstretch: Danica Needs NASCAR - But Is It a Two-Way Street? by Amy Henderson -- Friday November 6, 2009 With it looking all but carved in stone that Danica Patrick will be joining the NASCAR ranks, there are many things NASCAR is happy about.

With the trip to Texas Motor Speedway this week, Jimmie Johnson returns to his bread-and-butter type of track, the intermediates.

Dickies 500 Site: Fort Worth, Texas. Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 12:15 p.m. . Track: Texas Motor Speedway .

NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The idea behind the Chase for the Sprint Cup was to extend the championship excitement to the final race of the season.

TALLADEGA, Ala. The 43 drivers who roared off at the start of the Amp Energy 500 apparently wanted to send a little message to their autocratic rulers.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S/KOBALT TOOLS IMPALA SS: "We finished second in the spring so as excited as I am for myself going back to Texas Motor Speedway, I know Jeff and the No.

Watch to see if Jeff Gordon can duplicate his success from the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway .

It's entirely appropriate that the NASCAR circus swings through Talladega over Halloween weekend.