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OCTOBER 31: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, drives during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on October 31, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Points leader Jimmie Johnson spent a little more than one hour and fell 112 laps behind after crashing on the third lap in Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

For James Buescher, the 2010 NASCAR season will be a busy one, as he's going to run full-time in the Nationwide Series with James Finch's PhoenixA Racing and also run 19 races for Turner Motorsports, LLC in the Truck Series.

In its 42 years of existence, the half-mile oval track outside Jefferson has seen its share of racing legends going to door-to-door. But with aging facilities and flagging attendance, Peach State Speedway had seen better days when the founder of an Atlanta insurance brokerage firm last year decided to take a high-stakes gamble on the old track.

RAY BUCK Ryan Newman stands out from the pack this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.Trust me, he'd rather not ... certainly not because of some horrific crime that took place 170 miles south of here at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood on Thursday afternoon.Thirteen dead.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team.

ThorSport Racing's Matt Crafton won the pole position for Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

AMA Pro Racing DAYTONA BEACH , Fla. AMA Pro Racing officials announced today the 2010 race schedule for the AMA Pro Superbike Championship that will see the series visit the foremost road courses in the United States.

In light of what transpired at Talladega Superspeedway last Sunday, what ever happened to those folks calling for higher banks and/or restrictor plate racing at Auto Club Speedway? Granted, cars were going around NASCAR's longest track at breakneck speeds.

AP Photo/Chris Graythen Jamie McMurray takes the chechered flag ahead of Kasey Kahne to win the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, Nov.

Reporting from Talladega, Ala. - It was shortly after Ryan Newman's No. 39 Chevrolet flipped and landed on its roof, crushing the roll cage onto his helmet and preventing him from getting out of his car, that Jimmie Johnson all but won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.

A picture of the Kinetic Motorsports version of the Kia Forte Koup for the Grand-Am KONI Challenge.

The main storyline coming from Talladega Superspeedway wasn't the final result, but how NASCAR exposed itself to more controversy after tweaking the rules in hopes of better and safer restrictor- plate racing.

More importantly, though... Two cars went upside down during two different wrecks in the final eight laps of NASCAR's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Who knew? If hiring an Indian medicine man was all it took to banish evil spirits from Talladega Superspeedway, certainly the management would not have waited 40 years.

Jimmie Johnson last started from the pole at Talladega Superspeedway in 2002, as the points leader, lined up next to Mark Martin.

Phoenix Racing announced Thursday that James Buescher will drive the organization's No.

Lost in the wave of Tony Stewart's success in his first year as a driver-owner has been the other Stewart-Haas driver.

NASCAR announced Wednesday that Steve Wallace, driver of the No. 66 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, has been fined and penalized due to rule violations that occurred immediately following this past weekend's event at Memphis Motorsports Park.

Don't blame Denny Hamlin for feeling cheated by the mathematics of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.