Hendrick stays home during emergency

A family emergency will keep team owner Rick Hendrick from celebrating a record-tying ninth Sprint Cup championship for Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Mr. H in rarefied air with nine Cup titles

Jimmie Johnson winning a fourth straight title is a great story. So is Mark Martin winning his first at age 50. But lost in the shuffle could be the best story of all: Rick Hendrick.

NASCAR monitoring Allmendinger

A.J. Allmendinger, who was charged with driving under the influence on Thursday, was administered a breathalyzer prior to Friday's first Sprint Cup practice at Talladega Superspeedway.

Allmendinger placed on probation

NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger has been arrested for drunk driving.

Pearson squeezed out in HOF voting

Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr. and Junior Johnson all deserve to be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. But so does David Pearson.

And the inaugural HOF class is ...

...s name eludes me, but he is a handsome fella. Class of 2010 -- The Immortals: 1. Richard Petty: The no-brainer of no-brainers. The King leads nearly every major statistical category, from championships, to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Hendrick does it all … except take credit

With his eight Sprint Cup championships and 185 Cup series victories, nothing, it seems, is beyond the grasp of Rick Hendrick. Except, perhaps, taking credit for his empire.

Dodge says it remains committed to Cup

Dodge is calling Richard Petty's decision to move to Ford next season "a business decision."

...Richard Petty Motorsports, the team born in January from the merger between Gillett-Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises. (AP Photo/Rick Havner, File

Finally, Petty back in the hunt

Richard Petty hasn't so much as sniffed a championship in three decades. But the old boy is on the scent again, thanks to "circumstances" and a driver named Kasey Kahne.

A Petty feud

The Petty family gets its first lesson on the hazards of Twitter.

Story | Conversation | September 08, 2009

NASCAR SPRINT CUP NEWS, STATS and RUMORS

...its ninth car owner's championship in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition, tying the organization with Petty Enterprises for the all-time lead. Car owner Rick Hendrick has won nine of the past 15...

Five things to know: Daytona

Five things to know: Coke Zero 400

...first racing win in this 1979 photo provided by the Richard Petty Museum. (AP Photo/HO, Petty Enterprises