Johnson wins pole at Homestead

Jimmie Johnson will go for his fourth straight Cup title from the pole.

NASCAR awards, Page 2 style

With the 2009 Sprint Cup season all but complete, Page 2 hands out its own unique awards to the NASCAR world.

Crunching numbers after Talladega

...two teammates and closest competitors in the points race. In fact, the last wreck took out Scott Speed, the driver running directly behind No. 48. Golden horseshoes, rabbits' feet, four-leaf clovers. Jimmie Johnson...

Mark Martin (5) flips after being involved in a accident with Scott Speed (82) David Reutimann (00), Robert Richardson Jr., (36), David Ragan (6) Robby Gordon (7), and Reed...

Second Talladega race up for grabs

Mark Garrow previews the seventh race in the Chase, set for Sunday at Talladega.

JJ, Brady share common ground

From "Balloon Boy" to three-time defending Cup champ Jimmie Johnson to Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady, Marty Smith's got the NASCAR world -- and beyond -- covered.

California chase chances

So who has the best shot at scoring a Chase-boosting victory in Sunday's Pepsi 500 at the California, er, Auto Club Speedway? Let's look at the candid...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009

NASCAR's Golden State

...2 24 0 *A.J. Allmendinger, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears, Scott Speed ** Clint Bowyer (Kansas), Sam Hornish Jr. (Ohio), Bobby Labonte (Texas), Michael Waltrip (Kentucky), Martin Truex Jr...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009

Gordon's runner-up effort lost in Stewart's hoopla

Todd Warshaw/Getty Images Jeff Gordon served notice Sunday at Kansas Speedway that he's still a factor in the 2009 Chase. Maybe, as Mr. Lincoln...

Crunching numbers after Dover

...Logano is a sure thing to win rookie of the year, because his main competition is Scott Speed. Marcos Ambrose and Logano would be having a hotly contested race this year, except Ambrose lost...

Fantastic finish would help ease NASCAR's pain

Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR The Chase could come down to Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson (48) and Mark Martin. Is it too m...

Battles beyond

The 31 NASCAR teams outside the top 12 of the Chase Cup still have plenty to race for.

Red Bull chooses to stay with Toyota

Red Bull Racing is sticking with Toyota as the manufacturer for the program's two NASCAR Sprint Cup teams.

Drivers Scott Speed, left, and Kyle Busch stand in the garage area together at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond...

Speed slowly, surely finding his way

Scott Speed, an egotistical former F1 highbrow? Hardly. In the Sprint Cup garage, he's just one of the dudes. A dude who also serves as national spokesman for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.