No matter what Michael Waltrip does, every Sunday is the same. A NASCAR Cup race is held and he’s not driving.
The colorful personality, sponsor-savvy NASCAR driver and rookie owner’s life seems like a song stuck on repeat.
He failed to qualify for the Cup race in Phoenix last week, wanted to quit and then watched teammates [...]

As much as any sport in America, NASCAR has roots tied to a certain culture: white Southerners. During the last 10 years, that fan base has helped propel NASCAR to become the unquestioned king of American motor sports.
Now, TV ratings are down for a second consecutive season, and NASCAR officials are talking with urgency about [...]

Kyle Busch walked away from a spectacular crash early in Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Busch was running second as the field drove off turn four on the 2.66-mile oval to complete lap 27 of the 117-lap Aaron’s 312.

Bobby Labonte schooled Tony Stewart when they were teammates at Joe Gibbs Racing, but he must have left something out because he surprised Stewart at the finish of Saturday’s Aaron’s 312 Busch Series event at the Talladega Superspeedway. The No.77 Kevin Harvick Inc Chevrolet pulled out just before the checkered flag and edged Stewart by [...]

Jeff Gordon won the pole and the race in Phoenix last Sunday and today captured the pole for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Nextel Cup race at the Talladega Superspeedway. The No.24 Hendrick Motorsports driver circled the 2.66-mile superspeedway in 49.857 seconds (192.069 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Gordon’s first at Talladega, fourth of the season and 60th [...]

RCR driver Jeff Burton doesn’t agree with Tony Stewart’s comments against NASCAR and his comparing it to wrestling but understands where Tony’s coming from.

NASCAR is keeping a close eye on speeds this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway and has already made one restrictor-plate change.
After seeing speeds run upwards of 197 mph during Busch Series practice on Thursday, NASCAR officials elected to make a change to the restrictor-plate used in the series. The new plate will be 29/32nds of an [...]

David Hyder, one of two Michael Waltrip Racing employees suspended by NASCAR in a cheating scandal at Daytona in February, parted ways with the team Friday.
“As of this morning, Michael Waltrip Racing and David Hyder have ended their employment relationship,” Waltrip said Friday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Michael Waltrip has failed to qualify for seven of the eight NASCAR Nextel Cup races this season, and he believes the system now being used to select the fields is somewhat flawed.
The two-time Daytona 500 winner, now also owner of a three-car, first-year team, says he has a better idea.

The 17th Annual International Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony marks a class of some of the greatest achievers in motorsports history ever inducted into this prestigious Hall of Fame.