The 2007 season is finally underway! So what better time than now to list our predictions for the top 12 finishers in The Chase for the Nextel Cup title.
We polled a group of our fellow expert auto racing writers (expert being a loosely-based term!) and took everyone’s top 12 and created an average from [...]

It appears there was something that failed NASCAR’s post-race inspection after Sunday’s Daytona 500 — the uniform and helmet worn by race winner Kevin Harvick.
Responding to complaints from Sunoco, the official fuel supplier of NASCAR, the sanctioning body has been in discussions with Harvick’s Richard Childress Racing team the past several days to address Sunoco’s [...]

Madame Tussauds Las Vegas will unveil wax figures of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Richard Petty at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 9.
Earnhardt Jr. and Petty will be there to present their life-size wax likenesses in the Neon Garage at 2 p.m.

Intake-gate gets more complex by the day.
Michael Waltrip Racing vice president Ty Norris told ESPN.com Thursday that the company offered crew chief David Hyder an opportunity to come clean about the illegal additive found in the fuel system of Waltrip’s Toyota following qualifying for the Daytona 500.
Hyder didn’t do it.
In fact, he claims he can’t.

File this under ‘ignorant sportswriters’
Steve Dilbeck, a columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News, puts his best bash on NASCAR:
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The cheaters are coming, and aren’t you just so excited?
Those rule-bendin’, death-defyin’, rebel-yellin’ conglomerates masquerading as simple good ol’ boys.

Former NASCAR stars Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip and current driver Greg Biffle are tying to persuade state lawmakers to support a $368 million race track proposed for Washington state.
“I’m ready to race,” Petty said Wednesday as he met with supporters before going to a Washington State Labor Council function.