Regular-season leader needs big reward
Marty Smith, ESPN.comMarty Smith is riled up. Why? It's the Chase, and more particularly the way it penalizes the guy who led after 26 weeks, but suddenly is equal to -- or behind -- 11 drivers he stomped for seven months.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2009Castroneves wins third Indy 500
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comIndianapolis 500 blog
Story | Conversation | May 24, 2009Grassroots racin' alive and well
David Newton, ESPN.comWho needs Daytona? Give "retired" racer Ray Evernham a three-eighths-mile dirt track nestled in the hills of Lincoln County, N.C., and watch him soar.
Story | Conversation | April 07, 2009Performance-enhanced week in ESPN.com community
CommunityEdsA-Rod dominated conversations Feb. 7-13, although Brett Favre, NBA trade rumors, the NFL draft and rivalry games also were hot topics.
Story | Conversation | February 13, 2009Ryan McGee's Blog: End of an era
Ryan McGee...their doors and ceased to exist. Or, more accurately, if they disbanded after sending Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez to go play for the Kansas City Royals. Well, that's what has just happened in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 12, 2009The greatest team debate a tough one, but why do something easy?
Tom McKean, Special to ESPN.comThere are lists of the greatest drivers and the greatest single seasons, but there's still some uncharted territory to discover. ESPN researcher Tom McKean really crunched the numbers to come up with the 10 greatest race teams of all time.
Story | Conversation | January 02, 2009Hard Charger
David D. McCallCan Jamie McMurray bring the goods to become NASCAR's next big star? He thinks so. And everyone else in the garage knows so
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2008From JJ's first Cup title to Knaus' suspension, nothing dull about 2006 Chase
Terry Blount, ESPN.comImagine winning the Daytona 500, the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and the Cup Series championship in the same year. Jimmie Johnson doesn't need to imagine, writes Terry Blount.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2008Keeping four stars happy a job Hendrick ready to tackle in 2009
David Newton, ESPN.comRick Hendrick's 2009 lineup may be the Dream Team it appears to be. Or maybe balancing the needs of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin will be Hendrick's worst nightmare, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | July 10, 2008SAME SCOTT, NEW SPEED
Tim StrubyLast June, The Mag was going to run the following story about the next big thing in Formula One racing. Then, the wheels fell off Scott Speed's wagon. A year later, he's filling in the gaps.
Story | Conversation | June 18, 2008What better way to celebrate a win? Lay down some postrace rubber
David Newton, ESPN.comThe perfect doughnut? Alex Zanardi, the original "Doughnut King," says lock the brakes, crank the wheel, then mash the gas, writes David Newton.
Story | Conversation | May 15, 2008Grand-Am Series finding a niche in so-called country club circuit
David Newton, ESPN.comSeries boss Roger Edmondson calls it the "best road racing on the planet." Former Indy 500 rookie of the year Scott Pruett says it is some of the best racing, period. Welcome to Grand American Road Racing, NASCAR style.
Story | Conversation | April 30, 2008More Junior, more Smoke and a special fondness for the No. 28 Thunderbird
Marty Smith, ESPN.comWanna know what Marty Smith is thinking these days? Our readers do. He shares his insight on Junior, Smoke and his favorite Cup driver of all time.
Story | Conversation | March 11, 2008Kyle Busch, the forgotten man in Junior swap, doing just fine, thank you
Marty Smith, ESPN.comSure, Junior is a happy man these days as the newest driver at Hendrick Motorsports. But the man he replaced is pretty happy, too, as the points leader in the Cup and Truck series, writes Marty Smith.
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