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Patrick, whose flirtation with NASCAR has been the subject of endless speculation for months, has signed a contract with JR Motorsports to run a limited schedule in the second-tier Nationwide Series, beginning next season, The Charlotte Observer and ThatsRacin.com have learned.

Lee Graves earned his second consecutive victory during the fifth round at the National Finals Rodeo that allowed him to take over first place in every key steer wrestling category on Monday.

Jimmie Johnson has one of the great sports dynasties going, with 4 straight crowns in his No.

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Driver Jimmie Johnson checks his car as he waits to drive practice laps at the Homestead-Miami International Speedway in Homestead, Fla.

Jimmie Johnson . An unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title places Johnson among the all-time greats ever to sit in a race car.

As Jimmie Johnson chased sleep in his South Beach hotel room this week, he mentally climbed into his race car and drove laps in a race he will finally run Sunday.

Jamie McMurray has been hired to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, reuniting him with owner Chip Ganassi, who gave the driver his first Cup ride in 2002.

Jimmie Johnson continues to out-do himself. Two years ago, in 2007, Johnson had a Chase for the ages, winning four consecutive races during one remarkable stretch.

Truex turned a lap of 135.120 mph Friday to qualify first in his No. 1 Chevrolet.

For the past several years, the debate has raged: Who is the most dominant athlete in his sport, golf's Tiger Woods or tennis star Roger Federer? The answer might be: neither.

Carl Edwards rolled to a dominating win at Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Ariz., that staved off Kyle Busch 's bid to clinch the Nationwide Series title.

Friday was what Jimmie Johnson 's Sprint Cup team calls "thrash day," a time when crew members run around the garage in organized chaos to switch the No.

John Scolinos was a quiet man with a soft smile and a lasting legacy. He was a baseball coach with an old-school approach that proved to be successful because of the way he treated his players.

Monroe High School graduate Richard Harriman will make his third start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this Friday at Phoenix International Raceway.

DESERT STORM : For Bakersfield, California native Kevin Harvick, Phoenix International Raceway has proven to be one of his most successful tracks on the NASCAR circuit.

AP Photo/Larry Papke Kurt Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Nov.

Dickies' American Worker of the Year won't have to work so hard now. Michael McGee, an agricultural teacher and horse training business owner from Broken Bow, Okla., won $1 million when Kurt Busch took the checkered flag in the Dickies 500.

John Wes Townley will compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Richard Childress Racing in 2010.

The floor covered in ice shavings and discarded chunks, recognizable Zeuss figures begin to emerge, the Grinch in the center being carved by artisan Shuang Shan Wang .

Busch has won each of his last five truck races, extending the streak that began at Bristol in August on Friday night when he beat Matt Crafton by 0.725 seconds at the 1½-mile, high-banked Texas track.