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Jul 20 2013 - 5:14pm

Elliott Sadler 'still ticked' over incident with Regan Smith

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Elliott Sadler was asked Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway about whether he and Regan Smith had spoken about their on-track incident last weekend at New Hampshire. This was Sadler's complete response: "You can...

Jul 20 2013 - 9:48am

Tough day? See how this Hendrick Motorsports employee gets through his

The Sunday, July 21, 10 a.m. ET edition of ESPN's flagship news and information program SportsCenter will include a feature on Richie Parker, an engineer for the Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR team. Parker, who was born without arms, has risen to the...

Jul 19 2013 - 9:37pm

NASCAR suspends use of aerial camera systems at its events

NASCAR on Friday issued a statement indicating that it has suspended all use of aerial camera systems at its events pending further investigation of the incident which took place during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. Here is...

Jul 19 2013 - 3:09pm

iNSIDE SCOOP: A Deep Breath…

This weekend, there won’t be a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race to get excited about. It’s an off-weekend. You hear those two words together in the same sentence with things like…total eclipse of the sun, or honest politician. That is to say, not very...

Jul 19 2013 - 10:59am

Twitter Reacts to Stephen Rhodes, Gay NASCAR Driver Looking for 2014 Truck Ride

Most fans probably don't know Stephen Rhodes—or, at least, they didn't before Friday. The late model racer who made two starts in the Camping World Truck Series in 2003, is looking to return to the series full-time in 2014, thus becoming the first...

Jul 18 2013 - 3:26pm

FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Sprint Cup Drivers Get Rare Break Before Brickyard Intensity

Normally every Thursday or Friday during the long Sprint Cup season, NASCAR drivers are getting aboard private jets to get to the next racetrack to practice before the weekend race goes to the green flag. Not this week. The next Sprint Cup Series race...

Jul 18 2013 - 1:50pm

The 10 Most Memorable Crashes in NASCAR History

Racing an automobile at high speeds virtually guarantees accidents, and over the years we've seen many. So many, in fact, that outsiders cite them as one of the alluring factors of racing. In a sense, they're right. Granted, nobody wants to see anyone...

Jul 18 2013 - 12:12pm

Finch Says Team Is Sold; Announcement Coming

By Jason Shoot, News Herald Writer It’s sold.With those two words, James Finch announced the sale of Phoenix Racing on Wednesday. Finch declined to name the buyer, explaining that the new owner preferred to make an announcement of his own either Friday...

Jul 18 2013 - 11:45am

Ryan Newman is going Truckin'

Sprint Cup Series star Ryan Newman, a former Camping World Truck Series winner, will to the Truck series for the first time in over two years for Wednesday's Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway. Newman will pilot the No. 34 Oral-B/Aggressive...

Jul 17 2013 - 5:30pm

Kyle Busch clarifies his comments about Ryan Newman

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch posted the following message Tuesday evening to his Twitter account in which he said he wanted to clarify comments he made regarding driver Ryan Newman after Sunday's race at New Hampshire. Here is his...