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Five times Danica Patrick started in the top-10, and she basically holds just about every record for a woman in the 500.

In those two decades, history has been made, memories forged and traditions established.

With a win in the July 13 Camping World RV Sales 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, Brad Keselowski matched reigning and sixth-time Sprint Cup Jimmie Johnson in the 2014 race wins column with three.

Things are going well for NASCAR's top team, Hendrick Motorsports, which includes some of the sport's top drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. But a closer look at the value and profit of the other top teams reveals a sport that is trending in the wrong direction.

A Tennessee man is accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, and others.

A Tennessee man is accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, and others.

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

James Bickford set many goals for himself at the beginning of his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season.

Emphasizing that NASCAR respects the needs, rights and opinions of all stakeholders in the sport, NASCAR president Mike Helton said Friday that the formation of the Race Team Alliance by nine leading owners will not significantly alter the way the sport conducts business.

Jeff Gordon comes in with the NASCAR Sprint Cup points lead, on the strength of 13 top 10 finishes in the first 19 races this season.

It's a special year for Jeff Gordon. 20 years ago, I went to Charlotte, North Carolina to do a story on some 'up and coming' race car driver.

NASCAR gives the top-tier series two weekends off each season, one to celebrate Easter, the other during the mid-summer stretch to get ready for the run to the Chase.

Mr. Smith was born in Salisbury, Md., Dec. 19, 1960, to the late Mack C. and Irma Timmons Smith.

With just two off weeks during the 38-race season - the other is Easter weekend in April - the 40-plus Sprint Cup drivers and teams will be running on empty come November.

But two races stand out above all the others - Earnhardt's stirring triumph in the Daytona 500 and Carl Edwards holding off Jeff Gordon to win at Sonoma.

Editor's note: As NASCAR takes its midseason break and gears up for the second half of the 2014 season, Sporting News will take a look at some of the biggest trends and developments so far this season.

KHQ's Reed Schmidt went on a NASCAR Ride-Along experience at Stateline Speedway in Post Falls.

Sign up for RaceView today Editor's Note: Track Smack is a weekly feature that will showcase a panel of NASCAR.com experts providing their analysis from the previous week, while also looking ahead.

Hunter-Reay, who won the 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500 with a thrilling finish over Helio Castroneves, received the ESPY Award as Best Driver for the second consecutive year on July 16 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

All true, but noticeably missing from almost all opinions about the issue is driving, and, no, not the elderly fellow taking his sweet time with a Sunday drive down the West Freeway in the left lane at rush hour on Wednesday.