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Drag racing fans in the Pomona Raceway grandstands could have been excused if they thought they were at a NASCAR race witnessing a last-second drafting pass for a win.

The manager took the envelope and handed it back to the guest. The guest gleefully thanked the manager and gave her a $100 bill.

The Nationwide Series race that had the biggest influence on Sam Hornish Jr. last season wasn't his breakthrough victory at Phoenix.

After what seemed like an unusually long off-season, the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign officially kicks off Saturday night with the running of the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.

It's a warm-up to qualifying for the front row for next Sunday's Daytona 500, the first points event in a 36-race sprint -- or marathon or drama or roller coaster, take your pick -- that will decide the Sprint Cup champion.

Star reporter Curt Cavin and assistant sports editor Steve Ballard predict which drivers will win 2012 championships: NASCAR Sprint Cup » Cavin: Tony Stewart.

NASCAR fans will now have additional reasons to cheer events at Kansas Speedway: the new Hollywood Casino, the first land-based, Vegas-style gaming facility in the area.

Despite the cold, hundreds of people came out to taste fish, fowl and game at this year's Wild Game Cook-off. "We had more than 30 teams participate, which is almost double the teams that participated last year," said Tommy Tidwell, Wild Game Cook-off coordinator for the Alabama Wildlife Federation.

After a long, cold, windy day at Texas Motor Speedway, the checkered flag finally dropped on the field of battered sub-$500 race cars some of which were worth much less than their value when the green flag waved on Saturday morning.

Watkins Glen International launched a mobile website on Friday to allow fans to keep up with all of the latest news and information while on the go.

Note: With the Automobile Racing Club of America celebrating its 60th season in 2012, ARCA will look back throughout the season on the racing body's most notable and historical moments, chronicling the best stories of every era from ARCA's dawn in 1953 to today.

Jeff Burton has often been regarded as a senior statesman in the garage and his words typically resonate with NASCAR drivers and officials alike.

The Chiefs and their fans will join the Royals, Rams, Cardinals, Blues, The University of Missouri and NASCAR to build 35 new homes in Joplin When a devastating EF-5 twister cut a six-mile stretch of terror and ruins through Joplin, Missouri last May, the state's professional and collegiate sports programs went to work rebuilding the city alongside ... (more)

Just a few months before NASCAR was scheduled to return to the Glen this summer, its sponsor has left the track.

Suzuki is offering amateur racers riding Suzuki models more than $18,000 in contingency at the 3rd Annual Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross.

As many NASCAR fans know the revelry at Talladega Superspeedway extends from the spacious infield to the ample campground acreage surrounding NASCAR's longest oval track.

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has apologized for calling British singer Adele "a little too fat", saying he is a huge fan.

The NHRA gets its 2012 racing season going this weekend with the 52nd O'Reilly Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif.

According to Bristol Motor Speedway general manager Jerry Caldwell, curious fans have been gobbling up tickets in anticipation for Patrick's adventure in the March 17 Nationwide race at BMS.

Editor's note: Cathy Elliott is preparing for the 2012 NASCAR season and this column by Mike Forde is being used in place of her weekly submission.