Juan Pablo Montoya (42), of Colombia, makes contact with Tony Stewart (14) during the NASCAR Ford 400 Sprint Cup...

Time to encourage bad behavior

What built NASCAR -- a rough-and-tumble attitude from the drivers -- hardly exists today. Whether it's the money or the sponsors or something else, this sport needs badasses again.

Patrick's schedule still being set

Danica Patrick will not make her NASCAR debut at Daytona International Speedway, and instead will wait one week and attempt to race in the Nationwide Series race in California.

The 2009 stats you may have missed

...David Ragan, Reed Sorenson and Joey Logano were all born. • Heading into the 2009 season, Juan Pablo Montoya had posted five top fives and nine top 10s in 73 career Cup Series starts. This...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009

The ultimate NASCAR gift guide

...like tire smoke. It's available at fine retailers everywhere (and apparently racing stores too), including Juan Pablo Montoya's favorite store, Target. To get him in the mood ... If your man got a little...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009

NASCAR's Hunter in the fight of his life

Jim Hunter has extinguished a number of volatile situations as NASCAR's public relations extraordinaire. Today he faces his biggest test yet: lung cancer.

Nationwide Tour to play Bogota tourney

The Nationwide Tour is headed to Bogota, Colombia, next year for its first tournament in South America.

Juan Pablo Montoya, left, talks with Jim Hunter in the rain prior to the NASCAR 3M Performance 400 auto...

Patrick signs with JR Motorsports

IndyCar Series star Danica Patrick made official on Tuesday plans to drive a partial Nationwide Series schedule for JR Motorsports in 2010.

Ranking the world's best 10 drivers

Jimmie Johnson won his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship, but how much weight does that carry in Terry Blount's rankings of the world's best drivers? Plenty.

NASCAR with Terry Blount

...five drivers are: 1. Jimmie Johnson; 2. Lewis Hamilton; 3. Tony Stewart; 4. Jenson Button; 5. Juan Pablo Montoya. Blount covers motorsports for ESPN.com after 25 years as a sports reporter and columnist at...

What a ride: How JJ won the Cup

It started at New Hampshire and ended at Homestead-Miami. The crowning moment of the 10-race Chase for the Cup? A fourth straight title for a guy named Jimmie Johnson.

Stars aligned in open-wheel world

From Danica to Dario to the new title sponsor for the IndyCar Series, the world of open-wheel racing has a lot to be thankful for in 2009 ... and beyond.

Blitz Awards and Razzies, Part IV

Drumroll, please. It's time to honor the best (and the worst) of the 2009 NASCAR season with the fourth annual Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies … minus the red-carpet treatment, of course.

2009 Power Rankings: Final

...out Joey Logano. Biggest movers Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton jump four spots each. Biggest loser Juan Pablo Montoya drops six spots from fifth to 11th. Also considered Bill Elliott, Jamie McMurray, Brian Vickers, Cale...