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Earnhardt Jr. gives 2013 car solid review at test
NASCAR spent almost the entire year developing its 2013 car in hopes the "Gen 6" model will dramatically improve the racing. After his first test ...
Penske gives IndyCar some buzz with Stewart offer
Nearly 12 weeks after winning his first IndyCar championship, Ryan Hunter-Reay will finally get to accept his trophy in a ceremony at Indianapolis ...
Bowyer and Gordon still not speaking about Phoenix
Not even the party atmosphere in Las Vegas can cut the tension between Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer. The two drivers haven't spoken since Gordon ...
Truck Series headed back to the dirt
NASCAR will go back to the dirt for the first time since 1970 when the Truck Series visits Eldora Speedway in Ohio. The July 24 event at the Tony ...
Keselowski aside, NASCAR ready to move past 2012
The season hadn't even ended before NASCAR's top executives were previewing 2013, the new "Gen 6" cars and elements of a five-year industry "action ...
Danica Patrick divorcing husband after 7 years
Danica Patrick and her husband are divorcing after seven years of marriage. Patrick announced the split with Paul Hospenthal on her Facebook page ...
Brad Keselowski ain't your daddy's NASCAR champion
Brad Keselowski chugged his cold Miller Lite, the beer splashing down the side of his face as NASCAR chairman Brian France watched with amusement as ...
Brad Keselowski gets The Captain his Cup title
Brad Keselowski didn't dare take his phone in his car before the biggest race of his life. NASCAR's social media champion handed it over before ...
Keselowski clinches NASCAR title for Penske, Dodge
Brad Keselowski has won his first NASCAR championship. The 28-year-old Detroit native clinched the Sprint Cup title Sunday when fellow title contender ...
Stenhouse Jr. wins 2nd straight Nationwide title
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. left little doubt that he's ready for a promotion. Stenhouse became the sixth driver to win consecutive championships in NASCAR's ...
Penske material: Keselowski has Captain near title
It had been a humbling 24 hours of championship racing for Roger Penske when he settled in for the plane ride back to Detroit. His heart had been ...
Buescher wins Truck Series title at Homestead
James Buescher started in the middle of the pack, barely cracked the top 10 and never even sniffed the lead. He caught a huge break when his Turner ...
Gordon's anger at Bowyer dates back 7 months
When Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon made contact in the closing laps at Phoenix, Gordon was overcome by a grudge he'd been carrying at least seven ...
Jimmie Johnson turns heat up on Brad Keselowski
Jimmie Johnson is the king of mind games — he doesn't fall victim to them — and he's got five trophies as proof. He doesn't let the pressure rattle ...
NASCAR's Keselowski can't tweet in car anymore
Brad Keselowski became a social media darling after hopping on Twitter during a lengthy delay in the Daytona 500. Keselowski was the center of ...
Gordon fined $100K, docked 25 points by NASCAR
Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon avoided suspension Monday when NASCAR instead fined him $100,000 and docked him 25 points for intentionally ...
Wild race blows championship open for Keselowski
When the fighting stopped, the oil had dried and the last of the wrecked cars had been towed away, Brad Keselowski found himself on the brink of a ...
AP Sources: Patrick won't run Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500 is fading into the background for Danica Patrick, who has decided not to attempt the race next season, after all. Several people ...
Keselowski matures on track to get into title race
It would have been easy for Brad Keselowski to wreck Jimmie Johnson at the end of last week's race at Texas Motor Speedway. Keselowski would have won ...
Busch wins pole, Keselowski outqualifies Johnson
Brad Keselowski isn't rolling over for Jimmie Johnson, not with two races to go in their championship battle and not at Phoenix International Raceway.
In The Pits: Final finish saved sluggish race
Brad Keselowski held off Kyle Busch on one late restart, and Jimmie Johnson on another. Doing it a third time was just too much to ask during a tense ...
Johnson holds off Keselowski for Texas win, lead
Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski were nearing the start-finish line after a late restart at Texas when their cars suddenly slammed together.
Johnson holds off Keselowski to win at Texas
Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are in quite a fight for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. With two rounds to go, five-time champion Johnson now ...
Danica will have to get used to 'old man'
Danica Patrick will have to get used to being called "old man" sometimes. That's the phrase Tony Gibson, her new NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief, uses ...
Johnson wins at Martinsville, takes points lead
Jimmie Johnson dominated, as expected, at Martinsville Speedway, and Brad Keselowski didn't flinch. This championship duel might go down to the wire ...