Mike Garvey News

NEW YORK As the Big 3 American automakers attempt to change public perception and get their cars back on the right track, Nascar may be the best sponsorship vehicle.

DAYTONA BEACH - Here's the bottom line on NASCAR's second restrictor-plate mess in four months: Nobody did anything wrong.

In his long open-wheel career, Canadian Paul Tracy had never raced at Watkins Glen International until Sunday.

TALLADEGA, July 3, 2009: Talladega Superspeedway officials are counting down the days, 121 to be exact, until the curtain is raised on the Largest Halloween Party of the Year.

Twenty-five years after his final victory, Richard Petty has forgotten much about the race.

"I hated the place," the NASCAR Camping World Series West driver said of Toyota Speedway of Irwindale.

He's ditched stock cars to return to Indy cars. His long, flowing black hair is a 180-degree turn from last year's buzz cut.

Wendell Scott was the very definition of a pioneer. The Danville, Va., native broke the formidable color barrier in stock car racing on May 23, 1952, then endured years of neglect, abuse and outright treachery at many levels of the southern-bred sport.

Danica Patrick has always been the first to admit she struggles in qualifying on road and street courses.

Jeremy Mayfield hopes to race with his Mayfield Motorsports team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

There's nothing wrong with rooting for losers. Sometimes, they're lovable. Like the 1962 New York Mets.

Whether it was the lap he pitted a final time or the moment rain started falling, Joey Logano's inaugural Sprint Cup victory Sunday was all a matter of timing.

From NASCAR's media site, the lineage of number 43: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - This Saturday, July 4, marks exactly 25 years since Richard "The King" Petty took his No.

Although some fans claim that NASCAR has abandoned its roots, that's not true with the 25 men nominated for the sport's inaugural Hall of Fame class.

Other manufacturers may be welcome in NASCAR racing, but don't expect new entries into the top three touring series any time soon, says NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't know when he'll end his winless streak, or how long it will take to turn around his horrendous season.

What follows is a textbook example of a racing success story. It is the story of a kid who, instead of signing up for T-ball or soccer or any of the other team sports so popular with the single-digit age demographic, decided that what he wanted to do was be a racer.

Nationwide Series in preparation for tomorrow nighta s Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola, ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran driver Patrick Sheltra and the MacDonald Motorsports team concentrated on dialing in their No.

The anticipation of a superspeedway race yields an extra boost of confidence for driver Regan Smith and the Furniture Row Racing team.

For Saturday's Coke Zero 400, the Sprint Cup is back where the series began. And what a season it has been.