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NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick> held a midrace news conference at Kansas Speedway on Sunday to retract his previous statement that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was cleared to race next weekend at Martinsville, Va.

How would you feel about a winless champion in NASCAR? And what if that champion was Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Even in an era with increased emphasis (still not enough) on winning, a driver could win the Sprint Cup championship without winning a race. A...

NASCAR won the lottery with the final race of its dreams Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a championship fight that came down to a dead heat in the standings when Tony Stewart won the race and Carl Edwards finished second. As incredible as it was...

NASCAR chairman Brian France said Sunday that changes NASCAR made for this season -- a simplified points system, adding two wild-card Chase spots and a new qualifying procedure -- have paid off and improved the on-track product.

What does a Sprint Cup team owner do after winning an unprecedented fifth straight championship? That's easy: He shakes things up.

Carl Edwards will not win the Nationwide Series championship this year. Defending champ Brad Keselowski won't either, nor will any other Sprint Cup driver unless he wants to give up his chance at the Cup title. NASCAR reportedly has taken a big step...

Stand tall, Tony Schumacher and Jimmie Johnson. If your championship reigns end this week and next, don't despair. You'll be back.

Denny Hamlin is at the age and experience level in NASCAR at which many drivers win their first championship. He isn't about to let up now that he's back at the track that got his season jump-started.

Just call it musical chairs, NASCAR-style. Bobby Labonte left TRG Motorsports, Matt Kenseth got yet another new crew chief, and Bruton Smith was being ... well, Bruton Smith.

Year after year the IndyCar Series produces thrilling championship fights, often down to the last lap of the season. NASCAR wishes it had it so good. So what's the difference-maker?

NASCAR chairman Brian France said Friday it's wrong to blame the Chase format for failing to produce a closer championship battle at a time when Jimmie Johnson is dominating Sprint Cup.

The way many fans figure it, NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup owes Jeff Gordon a title or two. Terry Blount predicts a fifth championship is finally in Gordon's stars.

It was another exciting weekend at the track, but one issue keeps dominating NASCAR. That issue is money, and how thin it may be, and a lack of transparency keeps feeding the uneasiness.

Sunday's Auto Club 500 won't make or break a season, but it'll go a long way toward determining who'll be making a run at the 2009 Sprint Cup title.

He ain't your daddy's NASCAR. But Sprint Cup rookie Scott Speed's live-life-on-the-edge attitude should keep things pretty interesting.

Without further ado, the "winners" of the third annual Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies ... minus the red-carpet treatment, writes Terry Blount.