John Graham News

Doug Guthrie and I first met head-on driving go-karts in Indiana seven or eight years ago.

During the "NASCAR After the Lap" event Thursday at Wynn Las Vegas, drivers talked about going into the hauler, especially as a young driver.

NOVEMBER 17: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, celebrates in Champions Victory Lane with his daughter Genevieve Marie after winning the series championship following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2013 in Homestead, Florida.

When I heard that one of those celebrity-based half-hour TV shows dug up the video of comedian Jay Leno spinning a Porsche Carrera GT at Talladega Superspeedway at 182 mph, I knew it would awaken some memories that resulted in emails like, "Say, weren't you there? Pretty ironic given the Paul Walker deal , huh?" Yes, huh.

Danica Patrick really should not take all the blame for her wretched rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

During the long plane flight from North Carolina to Las Vegas on Tuesday night, a NASCAR fan named Louise Groomer tweeted Kevin Harvick and politely asked if the driver would follow her on Twitter.

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season has ended and the teams are celebrating in Las Vegas this week for Champion's Week.

NASCAR continues to work on improving its on-track product, an endeavor chairman Brian France takes so seriously he plans to attend Monday's test at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ryan Briscoe and his wife, Nicole , welcomed the birth of their first child Thursday, a daughter named Finley .

NASCAR announced Thursday changes to the eligibility parameters for drivers for the NASCAR Hall of Fame .

Gail Wise, of Park Ridge, Ill., owner of the first Mustang sold by Ford, background, is interviewed at the unveiling of the automaker's new 2015 Ford Mustang in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

Tillamook is home to a cheese factory and not much else, and yet its fair draws big-name music acts like Travis Tritt and current country-chart topper Lee Brice.

Rush , seems to have opened a few doors in Hollywood. Lionsgate films and OddLot Entertainment are reportedly developing a film tentatively titled Spitfire , which tells the story of stock car racing pioneer Louise Smith and the birth of NASCAR.

Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner interviews Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano at a fanfest hosted by Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the Third Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience on December 4, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing set the bar for small Sprint Cup teams with what they accomplished in 2013.

We saw how the Gen-6 car changed stock car racing last season and how certain drivers adjusted to it better than others, but adjusting to the Gen-6 is only one of the major things drivers on this list need to do.

Editor's note: This report has been changed from the original to correct the name of the organization that encouraged the larger-than-usual grant to the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center.

The FIA, international motorsports' governing body, released its 2014 calendar Wednesday, placing the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Nov. 2. That's the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, a three-hour drive from Austin.

On Wednesday it was announced that the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin was scheduled for the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

The North Carolina Motorsports Association will honor one of North Carolina's first racing families - the Jarretts - with its Achievement in Motorsports Tribute Award at the eighth annual North Carolina Motorsports Industry Awards Ceremony presented by Fifth Third Bank.