Racing News
- Johnson in a walk
- Only one real all-star in Charlotte
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – Surprising none but the most optimistic of observers, Jimmie Johnson captured his third Sprint All-Star Race in an outcome that was hardly surprising.
His victory in ... Full story
- NOTEBOOK: Burnout is an issue at the speedway
- Text messages as determinant
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – How could one possibly determine what NASCAR driver best executes the celebrity burnout?
Why, text ... Full story
- 'Assertive, but humble at the same time'
- Jordan Anderson keeps his dreams alive
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – While Jordan Anderson sat in a dentist’s chair, getting lingering damage from an old BMX racing accident repaired, an idea occurred to him.
&n... Full story
- Lofton strikes first at Charlotte
- Three first-time winners in Trucks
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – Justin Lofton, whose chief previous claim to fame was an Automobile Racing Club of America championship, became the Camping World Truck Series’ third first-time ... Full story
- Too much information
- Some drivers just 'let her rip'
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – Some drivers are a walking encyclopedia about the Sprint All-Star Race. Others just let all the brainiacs – oh, spotter, crew chief, Darrell Waltrip – tell... Full story
- NOTEBOOK: Like a typical short track? Not exactly
- Monte Dutton
- CONCORD – It’s popular to liken the Sprint All-Star Race to a local short-track program, which conveniently ignores the fact that no local tracks actually run a format tha... Full story
- Bojangles Southern 500 Notes & Quotes
- Monte Dutton
- Sweet 16: That number of races had passed since both Jimmie Johnson and his team, Hendrick Motorsports, visited victory lane. It was also the length of owner Rick Hendrick’s wait before Johnson claimed his team’s 200th triumph at Darlingt... Full story
- Johnson collects the elusive 200th
- Monte Dutton
- DARLINGTON, S.C. – Funny how Martinsville (twice), Texas (twice), Phoenix (twice), Talladega (twice), Homestead-Miami, Daytona, Las Vegas, Bristol, Charlotte, Fontana and Richmo... Full story
- Hendrick still awaits 200th triumph
- Earnhardt Jr. seeks a Darlington first
- DARLINGTON, S.C. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. said all four Hendrick Motorsports Chevys are faster this year than last. What’s more, he said the entire operation – enc... Full story

- NOTEBOOK: Stewart wants to fill in a blank
- Never a Cup win at Darlington
- Monte Dutton
- DARLINGTON, S.C. – Tony Stewart is back to being serious again.
After last week’s Aaron’s 499 at ... Full story
- Southern 500 Fact Sheet
- Monte Dutton
- Well, it is Southern fried chicken: Bojangles Southern 500.
Too tough to tame: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
Memorable upset: Not many underdogs win at NASCAR’s most challenging track. It happened last year when Regan Smith pulled off a victory ... Full story
- Keselowski picks up the slack
- Seizes control at Talladega
- Monte Dutton
- TALLADEGA, Ala. – Not only did Brad Keselowski win the Aaron’s 499. He saved the day.
Who was that mask... Full story
- Aaron's 499 Notes & Quotes
- Monte Dutton
- Unseemly hybrid: NASCAR officials were successful in preventing tag-team drafting until the end of the Aaron’s 499, but the so-called pack drafting wasn’t the same as in past years, either. With accelerated worries about overheating, most... Full story
- NOTEBOOK: Busch, Kenseth graceful in defeat
- Monte Dutton
- TALLADEGA, Ala. – Given the fact that they finished second and third, respectively, the compliments of Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth toward Aaron’s 499 winner Brad Keselowsk... Full story
- NOTEBOOK: For one car, it's all about 'me'
- Kurt Busch in Ricky Bobby knock-off
- Monte Dutton
- TALLADEGA, Ala. – At first glance, Kurt Busch would seem to be the most self-centered driver in NASCAR.
That&... Full story
- Either it's Earnhardt's best shot ...
- ... or just another track
- Monte Dutton
- TALLADEGA, Ala. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t look like a man who is obsessed with ending that pesky streak. During a Saturday-morning media conference, he seemed as carefr... Full story
- Aaron's 499 Fact Sheet
- Monte Dutton
- It’s because that’s what the sponsor wants to call it: Aaron’s 499 (188 laps = 500.08 miles).
A huge ribbon of asphalt: Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
Missed it by … that much: Clint Bowyer missed sweeping last year’... Full story
- NOTEBOOK: The silence breaks
- Hamlin, Ford talk about the parting
- Monte Dutton
- TALLADEGA, Ala. – Mike Ford brings considerable cachet to his new role as Aric Almirola’s crew chief, having nearly won the 2011 championship with Denny Hamlin.
&nb... Full story
- Capital City 400 Notes 'n' Quotes
- Monte Dutton
- Quick change: Carl Edwards may have won if not for a controversial pit-road penalty. Tony Stewart may have won if not for a late caution flag for debris. But Kyle Busch, whose Toyota beat Stewart’s Chevy out of the pits, did win, and Dale Earnh... Full story
- Kyle Busch roars back
- Monte Dutton
- RICHMOND, Va. – The joy Kyle Busch experienced at Richmond International Raceway was the usual kind.
The youn... Full story