Brad Baker News

At its best, auto racing doesn't just translate via television -- it bursts through the screen and into your living room, leaving little bits of rubber on the sofa.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has its own version of spring break and it has arrived, with the traditional Easter weekend hiatus.

Okay, I'll start off by saying that I'm willing to be the first to admit that I was wrong about that decision by Chip Ganassi to move Kyle Larson up to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 2014 to replace the departed Juan Pablo Montoya in the No.

A longtime tradition leading into the Month of May and "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" was renewed Wednesday when the 33 directors of the 500 Festival received their Indianapolis 500 Chevrolet Camaros on the main straightaway at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

I may get an argument from the stick-and-ball crowd, especially the footballers over in Europe.

The following is a list of NASCAR drivers with the most wins in the Toyota Owners 400, which is run annually at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia.

This region is filled with caring people and the proof comes from the 500 runners and walkers who raised more than $10,000 for The Arc of Schuyler during the agency's inaugural Arc Grand Prix Run held Saturday at Watkins Glen International racetrack.

Back on March 1, Memphis-based Cotton Incorporated and the Phoenix International Raceway held the "Blue Jeans Go Green 200 presented by Cotton, the Fabric of Our Lives" NASCAR Nationwide Series race - a rain-shortened affair eventually won by Kyle Busch .

It started with the Pole Award and ended with the champion's trophy. That's how strong Kevin Harvick's #4 Budweiser Chevrolet was at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night.

Mike Stone Associated Press Chase Elliott talks with team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. in victory lane after Elliott won the NASCAR Nationwide auto race Friday at Texas Motor Speedway.

With his second consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series win Friday night at Darlington Raceway, Chase Elliott took over the Nationwide Series championship points lead by a 13-point margin over JR Motorsports teammate Regan Smith, the only other NNS championship-eligible driver two win a race in the first seven races of the 2014 season.

With his second win of the season coming Saturday night in the Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Racway, Kevin Harvick assued his spot in the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship post-season, that is if he's in the top-30 in points come the end of race 26 at Richmond International Raceway in September.

Haas said he plans to field a team "Haas Formula" either in 2015 or 2016, depending on how long it takes to find an engine supplier and get things up and running.

Kevin Harvick knew his first-year Stewart-Haas Racing team was better than it had shown the past few weeks.

Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch finished the weekend at Darlington Raceway with two top 10 finishes each in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races.

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NASCAR driver Kurt Busch said team owner Gene Haas is serious about making a strong entry into Formula One, a move that could expand the series' footprint in the U.S. "It's a matter of the fans getting behind it, supporting Gene and trying to give F1 another chance," he said.

On Oct. 13, 2004, the Liberty High School graduate was running second after a restart at a USAC race when his car hit a rut on the track and flipped.

NASCAR Sprint Cup pole-winner Kevin Harvick cuffed around the witchy ol' "Lady In Black" all night on Saturday, leading 239 of the 374 double-overtime laps to win Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Mike Davis has been a NASCAR publicist for 14 years and is the Director of Communications for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports.