28. Leeroy Yarbrough
Lee Roy Yarbrough was one of the best superspeedway drivers in the 60’s. He competed in 198 races from 1960-1972. Lee Roy was from the rough side of Jacksonville, FL and a high school drop-out. He realized his need for speed early. By the age of 12, he had built his first roadster, a ’34 Ford Coupe. He won his first dirt track event at Jacksonville Speedway at the age of 19.

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South Carolina Natives In The NASCAR Sprint Cup Garage
South Carolina natives abound in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage.

NASCAR and NHRA Stars Salute U.S. Armed Services With The USO 'Salute The Troops' Memorial Day Tribute
Armed Forces Unite for Major Military Tribute by NASCAR, NHRA Drivers

New Pavement, Relatively New Tradition Sets Darlington Stage
In 2005, NASCAR took a chance – and it paid off. Having always avoided scheduling NASCAR Sprint Cup races on Mother’s Day weekend, the sanctioning body shifted gears and shifted the annual Sprint race at Darlington Raceway to the Saturday night before Mother’s Day – under the lights, no less.

Analyzing The Dodge Challenger 500 At Darlington Raceway

Gordons Strange and Unpredictable Season
This season has been a strange and unpredictable one for Jeff Gordon – especially compared to 2007.

88-Person Dale Jr. Division Created For U.S. Navy Recuiting
TALLADEGA, Ala. The U.S. Navy and NASCAR's five-time most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., announced the formation of the Dale Jr. Division, an 88-person boot camp division at Recruit Training Command. Potential sailors will be able to start signing up for the division on May 24 at their local recruiting station.
Dale Jr.'s Popularity Is A Given , And That's Not Going To Change
Guest Column By Cathy Elliott
One of the most enjoyable things I do during the course of my normal work week in the Darlington, S.C. area is serve as part-time co-host of a morning sports talk radio program, the Powerade Press Box (see, it really is all about the sponsorship, even in the Small To Mid-Market Radio Series.)
Davidson Basketball Coaches Named Co-Grand Marshals; Ice Road Trucker Hugh Rowland to Visit NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
CONCORD, N.C. (April 22, 2008) - Bob McKillop, the head men's basketball coach at Davidson College, and his assistants, Matt Methany, Jim Fox, Tim Sweeney and Jeremy Henney, will serve as Co-Grand Marshals for the May 17 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Drive for Diversity Teams Pay Tribute To Wendell Scott
In 1963, Wendell Scott, driving the No. 34 Chevrolet Impala, defied the odds by becoming the first African-American to win a race in NASCAR's elite division. In 2008, two Drive for Diversity drivers honor Scott's memory by driving car No. 34. Michael Cherry is piloting the No. 34 Chevrolet Impala for FDJ Motorsports in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va. and Mike Gallegos drives the No. 34 RTD Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the NASCAR Camping World Series West.

Joe Gibbs Racing Crew Chiefs Making All The Right Calls
Joe Gibbs Racing has been almost unstoppable this season and a big part of the organization's success in the NASCAR Nationwide Series are crew chiefs Dave Rogers and Jason Ratcliff.

Kevin Lepage Apologizes for Talladega Error
STATESVILLE, N.C. (April 27, 2008) As a child my dreams had always been to race on Superspeedways. Racing in NASCAR has allowed this to happen and I have a career that I love.
Series Veterans Meeting Challenge Of "Young Guns"
It is clear there is up and coming talent in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with young drivers like Roush Fenway Racing's Erik Darnell (No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford), Colin Braun (No. 6 Con-Way Freight Ford) and Germain Racing rookie Justin Marks (No. 9 crocs/Construct Corps Toyota) among them.

No. 83 Red Bull Toyota Crew Takes NASCAR
Sprint Pit Crew Challenge Title
The No. 83 Red Bull Toyota pit crew of Brian Vickers entered the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge as the 24th – and final – eligible team, but left on top after dominating the competition and the record book. CHECK OUT PHOTOS!

Racing The Way It Used To Be.
Darlington’s Dodge Challenger 500
Saturday night at the races under the moon and stars, cars grinding into the walls, lead changing hands time and time again, tempers flaring, crowds booing at the villian and cheering for the fan favorites.

Biggest rivalry/feud in the making:
Busch vs. Earnhardt Jr.
It was bound to happen at some point. The Villain, with little following and a dark reputation, gets dumped by NASCAR’s most celebrated team in favor of the Hero with a prodigious fan base

Nationwide: Tony Stewart Wins
The Diamond Hill Plywood 200
In a two-lap, green-white-checkered-flag dash to the finish, Stewart pulled away from Bowyer, who had inherited second position after a six-car wreck wiped out half the top 10 with three laps left in the regulation distance of 147 laps.

Mark Martin contending well in Junior’s old DEI heap
Officials at Dale Earnhardt Inc. could not have picked a better driver to fill the seat of the No. 8 in 2008.

Kyle Busch Wins Dodge Challenger 500
Although he and “The Track Too Tough To Tame” exchanged blows, Kyle Busch and his No. 18 M&Ms Indiana Jones Toyota triumphed Saturday night, winning the Dodge Challenger 500 before a sellout crowd at historic Darlington Raceway.

NFL star Randy Moss forms truck
team for latter half of ’08
An unlikely candidate has formed a Craftsman Truck Series team that will begin racing later this season.

Discontented Stewart no longer
top banana at JGR
“I am fortunate to be hooked up with this bunch.”
–Kyle Busch (AP)

NASCAR, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Busch
Leave Richmond With Black Eyes.
The winner of a NASCAR race is supposed to be determined by the driver’s ability to maneuver his car to the front of the pack and stay there till the checkered flag. more

Bowyer Benefits From Others’ Tough Luck,
Wins NASCAR Sprint Cup Race At RIR
Bizarre might be a good description of the Dan Lowry 400 Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.This one had a little bit of everything. Denny Hamlin led a race-record number of laps, 381 to be exact. more

Hornaday Conquers Kansas Speedway
Ron Hornaday Jr. won the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 in overpowering fashion Saturday at Kansas Speedway,starting from pole and leading 136 of 167 laps. more

Smoke Hangs On For 1st Talledaga victory
Tony Stewart started from the pole, led 81 of the 117 laps, and then held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. in a frantic race to the finish line to win the Aarons 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race. more

Victory burnouts now on display:
Could there be an old-timers NASCAR race in the works?
Major League Baseball has its Home Run Derby and the NBA its slam dunk / three-point contests. Such contests have spiced up the respective all-star weekends of those sports, giving NASCAR incentive for putting on its first Pennzoil Victory Challenge, a burnout contest highlighting the tire-smoking abilities, a ritual normally reserved for victory celebrations of five chosen drivers at this month's All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway. more

Will Patrick's IRL win have a ripple effect in NASCAR?
On April 20 Danica Patrick became the first female to win an Indy Racing League event, holding off long-time Indy star Helio Castroneves to take the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300. more
Kyle Busch Wins Wild One at Deg
Kyle Busch won racing's biggest crapshoot Sunday after a knuckle-cracking, tension-filled NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.