Gene Haas, a reclusive entrepreneur who built a multimillion-dollar company in Oxnard, surrendered to federal authorities Monday to begin serving a two-year prison sentence. The 55-year-old Camarillo resident was convicted of conspiring to cheat the government out of millions of dollars in taxes owed by his company, Haas Automation Inc., the country’s largest machine tool [...]

Dodge officials expect to have a new engine on the track sometime this summer.
The new engine should improve water flow and the ability to make power reliably, said Howard Comstock, Dodge’s Sprint Cup program manager.

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, 185.820
2. Michael Waltrip, No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, 185.357
3. Brian Vickers, No. 83 Red Bull Racing Toyota, 184.638
4. Dale Jarrett, No. 44 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, 184.600
6. Tony Stewart, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, 184.585

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Tony Eury Jr. says he’d be disappointed if the new Hendrick Motorsports driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., doesn’t win at least four NASCAR Sprint Cup races. The crew chief and his driver began testing at Daytona International Speedway today in preparation for the season. Eury seems pleased with the team’s progress and says that his [...]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will go bumper-to-bumper with his former backer before the Feb. 17 Daytona 500 if he makes the starting grid in a Feb. 3 Super Bowl ad for the company sponsoring his new ride. Earnhardt recently shot two ads for Pepsi’s Amp energy drink, sponsor of his race car this year. Pepsi is [...]

In an ongoing effort to improve race driver safety, NASCAR, General Motors and a select group of safety equipment manufacturers recently met to further evaluate ways to improve racecar seat standards for NASCAR racing at all levels. Randy LaJoie, owner of “The Joie of Seating”, was one of just a few manufacturers invited to participate [...]