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NASCAR chairman Brian France says he wants TV broadcasters that work NASCAR events to call the sport like those in other sports do and limit their areas of criticism.

Lap 147: Denny Hamlin pits from the lead. Lap 146: Jeff Gordon pits, so does race leader Kyle Busch and second place Kurt Busch.

As Jimmie Johnson whizzes around Texas Motor Speedway today in his No. 48 Chevrolet, he'll be closing in on Sprint Cup history.

FORT WORTH, Texas What if Danica Patrick makes her NASCAR debut in the Daytona 500? More likely, of course, it would be the Nationwide Series race.

Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

Kyle Busch's new crew chief knows what's coming. Dave Rogers also knows it won't do any good to worry about being on the receiving end of the demanding driver's first tirade.

Most fans would probably agree that while it is great to debate the finer points of NASCAR, sometimes these discussions bring to mind the old saying: "It's only fun until someone loses an eye." But in the world of NASCAR partisanship, it's only fun until someone loses their temper.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves to talk about his sponsorship ties to the military. He had a hard time finding the words Friday to discuss the massacre that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood .

Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.

Schedule: Today, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 2:15 p.m. . Track: Texas Motor Speedway .

Drivers and crew chiefs talked about how successful that team had been. Jimmie Johnson 's crew chief, Chad Knaus , even called it "disgusting." But success can be measured in many ways.

One of the coolest things about the Texas Motor Speedway race is watching the winner fire pistols in victory lane while wearing a cowboy hat.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. It's not over, but it's over. With three races to go, El Cajon native Jimmie Johnson will almost certainly become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four straight Sprint Cup championships.

Texas Motor Speedway is the venue for Sunday's Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

In advance of Sunday's Dickie's 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the eighth race in the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the three-time defending champion of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Jimmie Johnson spoke to the media Tuesday.

NASCAR will point to the 58 lead changes among 26 drivers as proof of a good race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Jimmie Johnson got a huge boost in his quest for an unprecedented fourth straight Sprint Cup Series championship after surviving last Sunday's "wild- card" race in the Chase at Talladega.

The field spent most of the race single file, afraid to race for fear of being penalized, or being wrecked.

Ryan Newman does not want to be a daredevil but when it comes to restrictor-plate racing, he's gone airborne about as often as a circus performer shot out of a cannon.

Depending on how you look at it, Kurt Busch is either very lucky or very unlucky at Talladega Superspeedway: He has the best average finish of any driver who's competed more than five times at NASCAR's biggest track, but he's never won the race.