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No title, but good memories

One set of numbers won't be adding up for Kyle Busch this season -- the 23-year-old driver won't win this year's Sprint Cup championship.

Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 2:14 AM | Full story

Busch pledges donation for racer

Sam Ard was unsettled late Saturday night, unable to sleep as he peppered his wife about things he couldn't remember.

Updated: Nov. 4, 2008 1:49 AM | Full story

Edwards closes the gap

Carl Edwards first outran everybody in the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Then, he and crew chief Bob Osborne outfoxed them.

Updated: Nov. 3, 2008 7:24 AM | Full story

Busch dominant at Texas

Kyle Busch got a record-tying win Saturday, and Sam Ard will get a check for $100,000.

Updated: Nov. 2, 2008 1:11 AM | Full story

Hornish, Smith duel for rookie honors

There is a tight championship battle in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. With three races left, Sam Hornish Jr. holds a 2-point margin over Regan Smith in the duel for rookie of the year.

Updated: Nov. 2, 2008 1:44 AM | Full story

Hornaday narrows Truck deficit

Ron Hornaday took the lead on Lap 108 of the Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway and never looked back Friday night as the defending Craftsman Truck Series champion cruised to his sixth victory of the season and cut his deficit to single di

Updated: Nov. 1, 2008 1:44 AM | Full story

Gordon tops Cup qualifying

The Texas sun shined down on NASCAR on Friday, and Jeff Gordon took full advantage of the chance to qualify for a Sprint Cup race for the first time in a month.

Updated: Nov. 1, 2008 1:57 AM | Full story

Tough economy favors big teams

Jeff Gordon says the current economic meltdown is increasing the pressure on NASCAR teams to win.

Updated: Oct. 31, 2008 3:03 AM | Full story

Busch overcomes fire to start third

Kyle Busch qualified third Thursday for the NASCAR race at Texas in a truck that was salvaged two nights earlier from a hauler fire that destroyed the team's primary truck and a lot of equipment.

Updated: Oct. 31, 2008 3:16 AM | Full story

Knaus driven to win third title

The notes fluttered from Chad Knaus' notebook last November just as Jimmie Johnson began his celebratory lap around Homestead-Miami Speedway. The duo had just won their second consecutive championship, but Knaus was more concerned with making sure his strategies didn't land in the hands of a rival.

Updated: Oct. 30, 2008 3:13 AM | Full story

Angier teen too young to drive, but not to race

It will be about three more years before Ricky Jones can get his driver's license. But the kid can drive.

Updated: Oct. 30, 2008 3:04 AM | Full story

Roush suggests 'mulligan'

Jeff Burton climbed out of his dented and damaged No. 31 Chevrolet on Sunday and addressed what happened in the Pep Boys Auto 500.

Updated: Oct. 29, 2008 2:21 AM | Full story

NASCAR thrives on controversy

Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick did what they could do to generate a little controversy a couple of weeks ago at Lowe's Motor Speedway, but the buzz about their little scuffle was over about as soon as it started.

Updated: Oct. 29, 2008 2:31 AM | Full story

Kodak ending NASCAR run

Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., is ending its 22-year sponsorship in NASCAR and putting more sports marketing dollars into professional golf.

Updated: Oct. 28, 2008 3:23 AM | Full story

Knaus' call earns praise

With 10 laps to go in Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson was losing positions on the track -- by choice.

Updated: Oct. 27, 2008 1:22 AM | Full story

Despite Edwards' win, Johnson pads lead

There was Carl Edwards, fresh off a trademark backflip, basking in the glow of a job well done in victory lane after Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Updated: Oct. 27, 2008 1:32 AM | Full story

Vickers 'embarrassed' by team penalty

Red Bull Racing driver Brian Vickers said Friday the people responsible for altering the sheet metal on his Cup car last weekend at Martinsville, Va., have been fired by the organization or "severely punished."

Updated: Oct. 26, 2008 1:41 AM | Full story

Edwards wins in Memphis

Carl Edwards held off David Reutimann to win the Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 on Saturday, keeping alive his hopes for a second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series title.

Updated: Oct. 26, 2008 2:09 AM | Full story

Edwards, Biffle not conceding

As the number of races remaining in the Chase for the Sprint Cup drops, the points total needed by Jimmie Johnson's nearest competitors to stay in the hunt continues to grow.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2008 2:22 AM | Full story

NASCAR hits Red Bull Racing

NASCAR on Wednesday dropped heavy penalties on Red Bull Racing for that team's decision to go light in Sunday's Tums Quik Pak 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2008 3:10 AM | Full story

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