David Ragan News

Lap 161: David Ragan's car is smoking - tire rub. GREEN FLAG - Lap 161: Denny Hamlin leads field to the green.

By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service 2004: David Ragan makes his Nationwide Series debut in the Ford 300 at Homestead.

U.S. curler Chris Plys will appear on a new reality show and try to win some cash to get his family to the 2010 Olympics, including his ill father.

Lap 178: Jimmie Johnson leads the way at the start. CAUTION 4 - Lap 170: Another multi-car crash on the frontstretch, but this time it happened well after the restart.

Bayern Munich says striker Miroslav Klose and his family have been quarantined after his twin sons came down with swine flu.

Ford and Coke Zero are starting off the final race weekend of the season with South Florida's largest NASCAR themed event, Coke Zero Racefest at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Hollywood, Fla., from 3-11 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2009.

Ford will finally debut its new generation Cup engine this weekend at Talladega.

It doesn't matter if you're a redneck or not, you know Jeff Foxworthy -- from the Blue Collar Comedy shtick with Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy, or the ABC sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show , or any other glorious absence of sophistication associated with the Georgia native.

Nascar Ford says Mat4 Kenseth and David Ragan will both use the "FR9." The motor is the first new model produced by the company since the 351 Windsor in 1991, and the first engine the compan9 has ever produced specificall9 for use in NASCAR.

Ford Racing will finally debut their new FR9 engine during the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway Nov.

Even though Marcos Ambrose , Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan aren't battling for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, they all have things they'd like to accomplish in the season's final five races.

Today's number is this week's daily double. 11.1: Juan Pablo Montoya's improvement in average finish in Sprint Cup races this year over last year, the best in the series among drivers who have competed in all 29 races in 2009.

The three-time defending Sprint Cup champion easily pulled away from following a restart with three laps left to win the Pepsi 500 on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway for his fifth victory of the year and 45th overall.

I always joke with friends about the "NASCAR Mafia." Conspiracy theorists do more than joke, but I never really took them too seriously.

NASCAR drivers have been called a lot of things, asked a lot of things. Now comes the untimate question: Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Five Sprint Cup Series drivers are playing the fast-paced game for charity.

The two dance shows are getting to the interesting parts now. The Fox show finally wraps up its auditions.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009: Nascar drivers and owners visit the troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, District of Columbia on Thursday as part of NASCAR's annual visit to salute the troops.

The Frontstretch: Montoya AND Mystery Debris? The Perfect Formula For NASCAR To Ruin Martin's Hollywood Story ... Not by Thomas Bowles -- Monday September 21, 2009 September 21st - September 25th, 2009 Tuesday: Richard Childress Racing prodigy Austin Dillon stops by in our Beyond The Cockpit segment to talk about life driving for one of the sport's ...

Search the Frontstretch! September 21st - September 25th, 2009 Wednesday: Has NASCAR's Most Popular Driver become a mere footnote in a forgettable season? Tom Bowles takes a look at how Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s strong run went awry as just one of many stories he's following in Did You Notice? Thursday: Don't let the Monster Mile eat up and spit out ...

Penske Racing crew chief Pat Tryson says he's only welcome at the race shop for the once-weekly debrief meeting.