http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. One way to ensure racers don't get behind the wheel when they're seriously ill or injured: Allow substitute drivers to accumulate points on their behalf.]]> October 16, 2012 09:57:09 PDT When the 2011 Chase began, few would have picked Tony Stewart to win the championship. When he did, it just showed that the new (now old) way was the best way for NASCAR.]]> October 02, 2012 17:29:36 PDT For 53 years the Daytona 500 was run on the day it was intended to. The first rainout of the race is more than historic, it's maybe a little eerie.]]> February 26, 2012 11:24:14 PST In 1991, A.J. Foyt was preparing for what he said was his last Indianapolis 500. He let Ed Hinton, then with The National Sports Daily, come along for the ride.]]> May 25, 2011 16:22:02 PDT Imagine if every racetrack on the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour were built identically like, say, beloved Richmond International Raceway. Too much of a good thing?]]> April 27, 2011 03:56:27 PDT You want a comparison of how difficult it is to three-peat in NASCAR? Think Vince Lombardi and the Packers and you still aren't there yet, writes Ed Hinton.]]> November 15, 2008 05:27:17 PST The question of whether drivers are athletes rages on. Ed Hinton writes they are not. Maybe. Oh, why should it even matter?]]> August 17, 2008 11:33:00 PDT