Michael Waltrip Racing

The phrase "NASCAR qualifying" may be the next best thing to Ambien. It's a snoozefest. Important, of course, to the pole-setter who gets some nice publicity out of the deal and a little bonus cash. Beyond that, it's a mostly boring exercise of taking a...

Excluding Rick Pitino, Jimmie Johnson just may be the King of the World right now. He won his eighth race at Martinsville last Sunday, holding off Clint Bowyer and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon. He leads defending champion Brad...

DAYTONA BEACH — The world is shrinking, as they say. Consider all those fancy modern conveniences in transportation, communication and computer technology. Socially, too. How else can you explain the NASCAR interlopers entering the Rolex 24 at...

If image is everything, NASCAR has a problem. Or maybe not. I'm as conflicted as anyone else trying to connect the dots to logic in the post-race aftermath of those shenanigans at Phoenix. Why is Jeff Gordon still in the starting grid for the series...

Whatcha got, Brad Keselowski? Tick, tick, the countdown to the Chase championship continues, and you are behind the guy they call "Five-Time." "Six-time" doesn't sound quite as catchy, but that's a possibility that looms large with Jimmie Johnson ahead...

It wasn't long ago that the NASCAR Nation was celebrating the rise of a prince on the circuit, a young man who dared to dream of becoming a king after winning the Daytona 500 in 2011. Fittingly, he scored one of the biggest upsets in NASCAR history on the...

Part 2 : continues.... 1 JAMIE MCMURRAY, Chevrolet Team: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates WHERE HE STANDS: 19th, 32 points out of the top 10. MICHIGAN RECORD: Four top-10 finishes in 20 starts. LOOKING AHEAD: McMurray said, "The one word...

The Sports Xchange NASCAR Driver Capsules, June 13 Capsules for the top 20 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings, plus five additional drivers of note. By Jerry Bonkowski and Bob Moore 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON, Chevrolet Team: Hendrick Motorsports WHERE HE...

The Sports Xchange Truex returns to Dover looking for second career win NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange Returning to the site of a past conquest is always a good feeling, especially when that site is near your old stomping...

The Sports Xchange France: Science will drive innovation in NASCAR racing By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange CONCORD, N.C.-- With the tightest competition possible the overriding goal of NASCAR chairman and CEO...

Part 2 : continues.... WHERE HE STANDS: 17th, 39 points out of the top 10. CHARLOTTE RECORD: Eight top-10 finishes in 24 starts. Has won nine poles. LOOKING AHEAD: Newman feels "if it is super-hot, it (the 600) is very demanding because this (Charlotte...

NASCAR has suspended two crew members for failing random drug tests.   One of the two suspensions issued Tuesday was to Lee Dodson, a mechanic on Clint Bowyer's car. Michael Waltrip Racing fired Dodson upon learning he'd failed a drug test.   The other...