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Oct 31 2013 - 6:42pm

Are the Dillon Brothers Really as Bad as Kevin Harvick Says They Are?

NASCAR fans got quite a show on Saturday when Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick blasted both the RCR organization and two of the organization's up-and-coming drivers, Austin and Ty Dillon. Given his lame-duck status with the team (Harvick...

Oct 31 2013 - 1:47pm

BLOG: Dream Not Over, Just Postponed

Christmas Abbott's assault on the traditional male-dominated realm of tire changer in NASCAR is over, for the moment.It's not that she's given up on it, just that she has to do some other stuff first.First, she's an elite-level CrossFit athlete, and...

Oct 31 2013 - 1:14pm

Hammers Fall in Harvick-Dillon Spat

Richard Childress Racing crew chief Paul Marcus Richmond has been fined $10,000 and a crew member suspended indefinitely as a result of the team’s confrontation with driver Kevin Harvick during the truck series race at Martinsville last week.Harvick,...

Oct 30 2013 - 6:00pm

Ranking the 10 Most Disappointing Chase Performances in NASCAR History

The Chase gives drivers a chance to show that they are the best in NASCAR and lets them try to put on fantastic performances for the last 10 races of the season. It also crushes drivers as they try to compete but instead end up finishing the season...

Oct 30 2013 - 5:47pm

Austin Dillon on last weekend's Martinsville incident: 'I forgive Kevin'

During his weekly SiriusXM Radio call in on "Tradin' Paint" on Wednesday afternoon, NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Austin Dillon was asked by Jim Noble and Chocolate Myers his opinion of the Ty Dillon/Kevin Harvick Martinsville Speedway incident...

Oct 30 2013 - 5:22pm

FYI WIRZ: NASCAR's Chase Tied Not Sealed Heading into Texas

Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson are tied at the top of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, but they still have contenders within striking distance as the series heads into Ft. Worth, Texas. Only three events and 1,400 miles of racing...

Oct 30 2013 - 4:48pm

Ranking the 10 Most Disappointing Drivers of the Last Decade

Every driver that makes it to one of NASCAR's top divisions has dreams of fame and glory. For some, those dreams become reality, while for others, it is just the opposite. Some drivers who come into the sport heralded as future stars turn into...

Oct 30 2013 - 3:44pm

Statement from Christmas Abbott on her departure from MWR

Christmas Abbott, who in February became the first woman hired by a Sprint Cup Series team as a full-time pit crew member, posted the following statement on her Facebook page on Wednesday. The Observer reported Tuesday night Abbott had left the...

Oct 30 2013 - 3:21pm

Gordon Goes from Boos to Cheers

Jeff Owens, Sporting NewsThere was a time when Jeff Gordon was NASCAR’s most hated driver.As he rose to stardom in the mid-1990s and began to dominate the sport, consistently beating such popular stars as Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace, fans quickly...

Oct 30 2013 - 12:50pm

What the Future Holds for Darrell Wallace Jr. After Historic Martinsville Win

The first time Wendell Scott Jr. saw Darrell Wallace Jr. drive a race car at Caraway Speedway in North Carolina, Wallace was only 15 years old. Yet the elder Junior, then a talent scout for NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program, never forgot it. On that...