NASCAR ends its season Sunday with ratings down again this year. And while it has fan interest beyond its Southern base, it’s still an also-ran in big cities outside the South. This season’s NASCAR Nextel Cup races — airing on Fox, TNT, ESPN and ABC — are averaging 4.2% of U.S. TV households — down [...]

The #25 Chevrolet will make its final start for Hendrick Motorsports Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hendrick Motorsports first entered the #25 Chevy in the 1986 Daytona 500 with Tim Richmond behind the wheel.
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A Cabarrus County North Carolina commissioner considered an outcast among his peers, says the public has a right to know what is being done to keep Bruton Smith from moving Lowe’s Motor Speedway from Concord.
Commissioner Coy Privette released a private email, which lays out the incentives that are being discussed to keep LMS in [...]

The final NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race of the 2007 season will mark the end of an era for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS - the winningest nameplate for the bow-tie brand in NASCAR competition.
Since its NASCAR introduction in May 1971, the legendary Monte Carlo/Monte Carlo SS contributed to 24 of the 31 NASCAR Cup [...]

Officials with Fathead, a manufacturer of life-size wall graphics, have announced the launch of a line of images of NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hendrick Motorsports car.
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* Hendrick Motorsports To Capture Seventh Title Johnson’s Season
* Reminiscent Of Gordon In ‘98 Is Johnson NASCAR’s “Mr. October”?
* Blaney Close To Locking In No. 22 Toyota For Next Year Championship
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Below is a look at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 12 going into the season finale — the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 18.
1 — Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
The File:
*32 years old from El Cajon, Calif., 33 career wins
*10 wins, 20 top fives, 23 top 10s this year
*Three poles
*Average finish [...]