Darrell Waltrip News

By starting his car at Sunday's race in Homestead, Paul Menard took home the 2009 FLOPPER award.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s season of unrelenting misery and inexplicable failure came to a merciful close on Sunday at the Ford 400 .

Following Sunday's race in Phoenix , Paul Menard takes a commanding 164-point lead in the FLOPPER standings going into the final race of the year.

The driver of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo received minor injuries and was transported to the hospital this morning after his car was struck by a propane truck attempting to turn left across the northbound lanes of Grissom Parkway at Executive Drive, according to Myrtle Beach police.

Not that anyone noticed, but ... * RCR had three cars in the top 10 at Texas: Kevin Harvick , Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton .

As the trainer stood on the Santa Anita Park apron Monday morning, he was asked about the four consecutive winners he had saddled at the track less than 24 hours earlier.

Test your knowledge of current sports events of the past week: What is the most startling revelation in Andre Agassi's autobiography? A) He lied about wearing a hairpiece.

AJ Allmendinger, shown in a May 21 file photo, is on probation -- not that it means all that much.

Game 3 tonight in Philly...Top-ranked Gators enterain 'Dawgs PHILADELPHIA After yesterday's travel day, the World Series resumes tonight at Citizens Bank Park tied at one game apiece between the defending World Series champion Phillies and New York Yankees.

Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol.

Mere hours after finding out he was to inherit the famed No. 43, AJ Allmendinger was arrested this morning in North Carolina for driving under the influence.

Another NASCAR driver is in trouble for getting buzzed before getting behind the wheel.

Tired of seeing their beloved Browns lose, some Cleveland fans are fighting back.

A week ago Phil Blackmar wasn't sure he wanted to keep playing competitive golf.

The arrest early Thursday morning of NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger for driving under the influence unfortunately won't surprise many sports fans who have grown accustomed to athletes running afoul of the law.

NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger was arrested early Thursday morning on a charge of drunken driving.

Richard Petty Motorsports will put driver AJ Allmendinger in the famed No. 43 car in 2010, according to published reports.

Seven drivers who hail from California took the green flag at Martinsville on Sunday afternoon after rain washed out Happy Hour on Saturday.

36. Wheeler Boys Dodge 89.962 Failed to qualify 37. Tim Bainey Jr. Chevy 89.880 38.

AJ Allmendinger and Elliott Sadler will get a taste of 2010 a few months early. Allmendinger will run the last three races of the Sprint Cup season in a Ford Fusion, a team source told FOXSports.com. According to a Dodge source, Sadler will drive a Ford beginning next week at Talladega and finish the season driving for the make.