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.

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.