An interesting take by Kim Roberson from Insider Racing News…
You know, this week I was all set to lament about Christmas Gifts for NASCAR fans. OK, maybe not so much lamenting as discussing the difficulties of buying a gift for a NASCAR fan who has only been a fan of one driver their entire fan-life, [...]

Marty Moates, who scored a historic victory in the 1980 U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross at Carlsbad Raceway, has died. He was 49.
Moates died Dec. 7 from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in La Costa, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office and a spokesman for Moates’ clothing line, Eric Johnson, both confirmed Wednesday.

Jeff Gordon saw firsthand the strain and heartache childhood illnesses bring early in his career when Ray Evernham’s young son was diagnosed with leukemia.
Watching his crew chief battle to find top-notch care for Ray J. stuck with Gordon, who made children’s charities a top priority of his foundation. His largest contribution yet came to fruition [...]

It has been more than three months since the Sept. 12 announcement that racing giant NASCAR had joined with retailing behemoth Canadian Tire to start a series that would launch Canada’s stock car racing teams into the big time. But several of those teams are now telling the Sun that they are struggling to put [...]

Just days after announcing its sponsorship of veteran NASCAR racer Kenny Wallace, JEGS Mail Order has unveiled a comprehensive contingency program for the country’s most popular form of auto racing. The Delaware, Ohio-based, high-performance parts company will also sponsor 60 local NASCAR-sanctioned racetracks across the country.

It’s Motor Sports 101 that avoiding wrecks keeps a car in the race. But NASCAR teams are learning that staying out of crashes also puts a driver in the Chase.

Former NASCAR spokesman Richard “Chip” Williams agreed to plead guilty to child sex charges, according to federal court documents filed Friday.
Williams, 49, signed a plea agreement acknowledging that he is guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, enticement of a minor and sexual exploitation of a child, the agreement says. He will be sentenced later [...]

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has paid tribute to Gianclaudio Regazzoni (pictured right) who lost his life in a road accident in Italy on Friday.
The 67-year-old Swiss veteran of 132 grands prix drove for the Italian squad alongside Niki Lauda when Montezemolo became team manager in 1974.