Knaus' white whale? The Daytona 500

Chad Knaus will tell you he's OK with sitting at home when his driver, Jimmie Johnson, won the Daytona 500 in 2006. Johnson, and others, will tell you not to believe that for a minute.

Roush ready to make 2010 a big year

Who does Jack Roush blame for his team falling behind in 2009, and who is he counting on to make sure it doesn't happen again in 2010? The man in the mirror.

Are You Ready For The Danica Era?

...Newton says Daytona decision a no-brainer | Chat with Newton, 2 ET More chats: Ron Malec, Jimmie Johnson's car chief, takes questions at 12:30 ET Did Danica Patrick produce one of the...

NASCAR's Ron Malec

...Tuesday, we'll look to the 2010 NASCAR season when Ron Malec, the car chief for Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team, stops by to chat. Malec was a part of the team that...

Changes aimed at bringing back thrill

You can't really turn back time, but NASCAR is hoping a few well-thought-out changes make all the difference in the world for the sport and its fans.

Aggressive driving carries over to Shootout

...and I thought the most impressive was when Juan Pablo Montoya was giving a push to Jimmie Johnson. You would have thought they were shot out of a cannon in the fashion they were...

What we learned from the Shootout

The teams that participate in the pre-Daytona 500 all-star race known as the Budweiser Shootout have always loved to downplay the importance of gettin...

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The Super Bowl XLIV party report

Want the inside scoop on all the Super Bowl parties taking place down in Miami? Page 2 is attending a bunch of them.

6PM ET: Smith & Rice lead HOF Class, Freeney Likely Playing, Daytona Front Row

Canton Class of '10 Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith lead a class of seven new members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The NFL's career receiving and rus...

Martin takes backseat to Danica, Junior

No matter what Mark Martin did Saturday at Daytona, he wasn't about to trump Danica Patrick's ARCA debut. But he tried, clocking the fastest pole speed for the 500 since 1999.

Martin nails down first Daytona 500 pole

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have secured the front row for next week's Daytona 500.

MIAMI BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 04: NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and Chandra Johnson attend the Super Skins Kick Off Party at Hotel 944 featuring Snoop Dogg...

Boxing folks show charitable side

Your weekly random thoughts … • I don't know what Guillermo Rigondeaux's purse is for his "Friday Night Fights" bout this week, but a...

In Case You Missed It

...Em More: QB? | RB? | DL/OL? | Kiper chat wrap Rank 'Em: NASCAR Championship Contenders Picking against Jimmie Johnson is getting to be like picking against Roger Federer or Tiger Woods (pre-Thanksgiving, that is...

Expectant dad Jimmie Johnson cool with pink car

...new car, so we went to the best and asked four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. "I'm excited to hear that," Johnson told Page 2 when asked at Thursday's Super...