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Some drivers though, are not as good as they seem to be. Not everyone can be a Jimmie Johnson or Matt Kenseth, but there are a handful of drivers who get paid way too much money - for doing very little.

Brad Daugherty has accepted the fact that his Sprint Cup racing team is not one of the big boys.

There's going to be an interesting change behind the wheel for the Phoenix Racing team owned by Lynn Haven's James Finch in the coming weeks.

The 2000 Sprint Cup champion will drive the No. 51 for Phoenix Racing that became available when AJ Allmendinger was announced to drive the No.

The NASCAR Foundation and the USO teamed up as part of the NASCAR: An American Salute initiative to create packages for children of active military members.

Labonte, the 2000 Cup champion, is 28th in the Sprint Cup points standings. Team co-owner Brad Daugherty says the team is trying something different to get their season on track.

AJ Allmendinger will replace Bobby Labonte as the No. 47 Toyota for the Sprint Cup race next weekend at Michigan International Speedway, along with the Watkins Glen road course on Aug. 11 and possibly three other races this season.

I had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer this weekend at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.

By Brad Gerhart As a race fan of the IZOD IndyCar Series you are probably saying "lets have more of these double race weekends." As a member of one of the race teams or as a team owner, well, they probably want to limit them with the amount of tireless countless hours they'll have to put in to fix up the cars and the cash it will cost to fix them ... (more)

Overnight television ratings for the Dual in Detroit nearly doubled that of last year's IndyCar race on Belle Isle.

Edith Bunker had to deal with her trying husband Archie and more. Here are challenges that faced the "All in the Family" character played by Jean Stapleton, who made the most of these series highlights.

IndyCar driver AJ Allmendinger talks with team owner Roger Penske before a practice session for the Detroit Grand Prix auto tace on Belle Isle in Detroit on May 31, 2013.

Changes are coming for IndyCar. In particular, changes are coming to the focal points of the racing series: The cars.

The Frenchman finished 5.6 seconds in front of James Jakes in the second of two races on the 2.36-mile Belle Isle street course.

He was in a pack of cars when he hit a wall Sunday, saying he made a mistake. Allmendinger also took the blame for getting squeezed between two cars in a crash Saturday.

Eric Mangini, a former Browns and Jets coach, has been hired by the 49ers to serve as a senior offensive consultant, a league source confirmed Saturday.

Wilson started 16th and nearly got sucked into an early race incident but managed to finish third in Saturday's 70-lap IndyCar race on Belle Isle.

Two-time Belle Isle winner Helio Castroneves didn't walk away with another in Saturday's IndyCar doubleheader opener, but he did leave with the points lead.

Logano changed his team and his car, just not the result, and raced to his third straight Dover victory in the Nationwide Series on Saturday.

Allmendinger has been running a part-time schedule with Penske's IndyCar program.