Stewart uses roots to stay grounded

Tony Stewart stormed -- nearly literally -- onto the NASCAR stage 11 years ago. How different is he now as an owner and driver from how he was then? His home in Indiana holds some clues.

Sources: Gray to be hired at Memphis

Memphis is expected to announce Washington Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray as its new head coach, multiple people familiar with the process said Tuesday.

Believe it or not, JJ not done yet

Even with four straight Sprint Cup titles in tow, it's too early to anoint Jimmie Johnson as the best driver in NASCAR history. And if he wins a fifth? Well, all bets are off.

Johnson accomplishes the unthinkable

AP Photo/Rusty Jarrett Jimmie Johnson did something that many NASCAR observers thought would never be done. HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jimmie Johnson wa...

Busch wins title by starting finale

Kyle Busch has won the Nationwide Series championship.

Who will take season-ending Ford 400?

Mark Garrow previews the final race in the Chase set for Sunday at Homestead.

First season a success for Stewart

Tony Stewart considers his first season as an owner a success.

Labonte to run No. 71 full-time in 2010

Former Sprint Cup champion Bobby Labonte will drive the No. 71 of TRG Motorsports fulltime in 2010.

Cup regulars hogging the spotlight

Kyle Busch likely will lock up the Nationwide Series championship Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway. Let's hope he's the last full-time Cup racer to do it.

Junior missing out on the Hendrick fun

Three Hendrick drivers -- Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon -- have swept the past five races at Phoenix. Will teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. join the party Sunday?

Busch penalized after failed inspection

NASCAR has docked Kyle Busch 25 Nationwide points and fined crew chief Jason Ratcliff $5,000 after Busch's No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota failed inspection before last week's race at Texas.

Kyle Busch, Junior may be ready to break out

Mark J. Rebilas/US Presswire Kyle Busch didn't win Sunday -- he did Friday and Saturday -- but his Sprint Cup crew chief switch looks pretty good so f...

...Busch will have a new crew chief after this weekend's race at Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing replacing Steve Addington with Rogers on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, after a season that fell...

Busch flying under the radar … but for how long?

...look at the long-term goal here." It's all a shakedown cruise for 2010, said Joe Gibbs Racing president J.D. Gibbs, who made the change on Busch's No. 18 team. "It...

NASCAR's Denny Hamlin

...on Sunday (3:15 p.m. ET, ABC). Riding in the No. 11 FedEx car for Joe Gibbs Racing, Hamlin sits in 11th place in the Chase, while setting career highs in several areas...