NASCAR has placed drivers Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch on probation for the first six races of the 2008 Sprint Cup Series season, a result of their on-track altercations this past Friday during practice for the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

There was a real, live, actual, authentic dust-up during practice for Saturday night’s Bud Shootout, and you would have thought a hidden vault had been discovered containing the secret scrolls of NASCAR’s rebirth.
When two of NASCAR’s most volatile drivers — Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch — rammed into each other on the track during Friday [...]

MARK MARTIN, NO. 8 U.S. ARMY IMPALA SS met with media and talked about his second place Daytona 500 finish, his part-time schedule, his workout routine, and more:
FROM A SPONSOR’S PERSPECTIVE, ARE THE DEMANDS OR EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ARMY ANY DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE PFIZER OR VALVOLINE, SPONSORS YOU’VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST?
“You know, each [...]

In a garage-turned-theater a couple of weeks ago at the sprawling Hendrick Motorsports complex (smaller than Montana, bigger than Waikiki Beach times the King Ranch), seven banners commemorating NASCAR championships hung from a crossbeam at the back of the room — but nobody hung Dale Earnhardt Jr. out to dry.
Oh, the guys ragged him a [...]

Richard Childress discussed with media his memories of Dale Earnhardt’s emotional 1998 Daytona 500 win, details of the Chevy race car, the lucky penny on the dashboard, some history of the Great American Race, and more.
AS YOU GUYS PREPARED FOR THESE RACES, DALE EARNHARDT HAD SO MANY DISAPPOINTMENTS, WHAT WAS THE ATTITUDE COMING TO DAYTONA [...]

The 1997 Daytona 500 catapulted Jeff Gordon from star to mega-superstar.
At that point, Gordon already had a resume a mile long — one championship, 19 wins, millions of fans (and just as many detractors).
But he didn’t have a Daytona 500 win.