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The Sprint Cup trophy is the most coveted piece of hardware in NASCAR. Well, almost. The 24K Goodyear gold car, as Tony Stewart says, remains the "coolest trophy in auto racing."

The big story at Homestead was Tony Stewart's championship run. The hidden story? Teams are downsizing, sponsors are fleeing and crew members are looking for work.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- On Friday morning Danica Patrick said she didn't want the 2011 season to end. On Saturday night she couldn't get out of the racetrack fast enough. What felt like a promising night, a finish that might put a last bit of punctuati...

On Friday morning, Jimmie Johnson had barely settled into his seat in the Homestead-Miami Speedway's media center when he had already opened friendly fire toward Denny Hamlin, the man he'll chase Sunday afternoon for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title. "I ...

Odds and ends from the post-Chase hubbub.

Blog | Conversation | November 23, 2009

A look at the Chase chances at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Plus, Richard Petty's history in Florida and the NASCAR Celebrity Chase Tracker.

Blog | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Each week of the Sprint Cup season, ESPN The Magazine's Ryan McGee ranks the top 20 drivers in the series. Don't agree with McGee's list? Let him -- and the whole world -- know in the Conversation section at the bottom of the page. But remember, m...

Has NASCAR run out of places to build new racetracks?

Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009