Follow the leaders? Better keep an eye on hot Harvick, too

...in points with 5,050. The hottest driver hasn't won a race since the 2007 Daytona 500. Can you say Kevin Harvick? OK, so mathematically it doesn't add up. Edwards' average finish...

Fantasy NASCAR with Mark Garrow

...com will stop by to talk fantasy auto racing before the flag drops on the 50th Daytona 500. Garrow began reporting on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 1984 and has been doing a...

Zoom Gallery: 50 Year History of Daytona 500

High res photos of the 50 year history of the Daytona 500

THE PULSE on ESPNEWS: Saturday, Feb. 17

...prospect Rufus Alexander, NFL prospect Rick Majerus, NCAA MBB analyst PLUS YOUR COMMENTS ON ... NFL draft Daytona 500 College basketball ********* ***** ********** ***** Send in a question to any of our guests (just scroll down and use...

Quick break from basketball

Time for a one-day shift from the Basketball Blog only because readers keep asking why I never wrote anything about last Sunday's Super Bowl. Take Dan...

Auto Club Speedway

NASCAR Travel Guide to the track in Fontana, Calif.

Chase format is fine -- it's the schedule that needs changing

Shake up the Chase? Take out some cookie cutters, add a short track or two, and rethink Dega. Then the Chase is really on, writes Marty Smith.

...16, 2008 file photo, Mark Martin, left, talks with teammate Regan Smith during practice for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. The NASCAR...

Three down and more to go? Johnson, 48 team, might just be getting started

Before you think Jimmie Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus, and owner Rick Hendrick are ready to rest on their three-peat laurels, realize that's not what makes this team tick, writes Ed Hinton.

SMOKE GETS IN HIS EYES

...of the #12 Alltel Dodge, does a burnout after winning the 50th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2008 in Daytona Beach, Florida

Funny how traditions take root in NASCAR

Homestead blog Saturday

The Calm Before The Swarm

Hannah Teter's Gold Medal tour took her on a two-day spinner through the Big Apple, proving there's no rest for the best

Junior says his late father would have been able to help secure sponsorship

Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he hopes good things come out of the merger between Dale Earnhardt Inc. and Chip Ganassi Racing, but he isn't sure a merger would have been necessary if his father was still alive and running DEI.

CALE YARBOROUGH

Cale Yarborough of Timmonsville, S.C. drives his Chevrolet to victory in the Daytona 500 stock car race, in Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 19, 1984. Yarborough had the fastest qualifying time...

With economy hurting budgets, NASCAR bans testing to save money

NASCAR will implement a no-testing policy next season in order to cut costs in difficult economic times.