Dale Earnhardt Jr. News

Schedule: Friday, practice ; Saturday, practice, qualifying ; Sunday, race, 3 a.m. .

In a year when his team could have succumbed to the pressure of trying to perform with crew chief Steve Letarte already having announced that this would be his last season, the team has instead thrived.

Post a comment NASCAR's new criteria for getting into the Chase for the Sprint Cup doesn't completely diminish the value of points.

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick must think the new Corvette Z06 looks like a million bucks, because that's just how much he spent to own the very first one.

Yakima, Wash.-based Sage, longtime sponsor of Kasey Kahne Racing, has partnered with JR Motorsports, the team owned by Nascar star Dale Earnhardt Jr., according to a Sage news release.

Kevin Harvick took advantage of new tires to pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. two laps from the end and win the longest race in the Darlington track's 65-year NASCAR history on Saturday.

The Detroit Pistons have decided not to renew Joe Dumars' contract as president of basketball operations, a person familiar with the situation said Sunday.

Where are you originally from? Originally born in Alabama, then I lived in Florida for 18 years, and then I came here on March 24, 1967.

Giancarlo Stanton chases after the ball hit for a double by the Phillies' Tony Gwynn Jr. during the first inning Saturday night.

DALE EARNHARDT JR. : Yeah, that was - we really weren't a top-two car, we were probably the third best car, fourth best car, depending on where Jimmie and Jeff Gordon were.

If you could take out the incessant left turns and spectacular crashes, a typical NASCAR race is essentially a four-hour commercial for at least 43 different companies, but these sponsorships keep cars on the track and the shop lights on.

AN EVENTFUL RACE BUT LETS START WITH THOSE LAST TWO RESTARTS STARTING WITH THE ONE WHERE YOU SHOVED DALE EARNHARDT, JR.

But Harvick, who had endured a series of mishaps and poor finishes in the past five weeks, took out those frustrations out on the field Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, dominating the Bojangles Southern 500 and then winning a late dash to the checkered flag for his second win of the season.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wound up with his first last-place finish in seven seasons Monday after driving his car into the rain-saturated infield grass before it shot across the track and slammed into the wall in a fiery crash.

When Keith Saunders, owner of Classic Creations, decided it was time to open his own screen printing business, the first thing he had to do was to find a location.

The 18-year-old son of NASCAR great Bill Elliott raced to his second straight Nationwide Series victory, moving from fifth to first on the final two laps Friday night.

I've heard some of my golf purist buddies say this week that the Masters is still the Masters even without Tiger Woods , which is about as ludicrous as saying Thanksgiving is still Thanksgiving even without the turkey.

"It's been around a long time. One of the toughest race tracks physically that we race on, tough track mentally.

There's "The Lady in Black" for the dark black asphalt color the racing surface has, and there's also the "Track Too Tough To Tame," which speaks to the difficulty most drivers almost continually have every time they take to the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval.

While a handful of race veterans will once again be vying for supremacy, 15-year old Reid Lanpher, of Manchester, will be looking to make a name for himself this season.