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It looked like the Batmobile. The front and rear portions of the usually-familiar blue and silver Chevrolet were covered in plates of generic black sheet metal -- prefabricated for just the kind of emergency the No.

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.

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.

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.

In its 42 years of existence, the half-mile oval track outside Jefferson has seen its share of racing legends going 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.

If you are a fan of racing you'll want to visit the Arnot Art Museum to see its two newest exhibits -- The Promise of Speed, and Charles Addams and the Automobile.

A picture of NASCAR drivers Matt Crafton and David Gilliland. Matt Crafton sits on the pole for Friday night's Camping World Truck Series race in Texas.

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.

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.

Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Sunday, November 8. Race: Dickies 500. Site: Texas Motor Speedway.

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.

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.

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.

Who said the following, heading into this weekend's NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: "Right now, more than anything, we have to focus on just doing the best we can, and try to collect every point we can." It could be a number of drivers who feel they still have a chance at the Top Fuel dragster, ...

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.

For this Sunday's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Super Speedway in Talladega, Ala., RYAN NEWMAN spoke to the media Tuesday from the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. This will be his seventh race in the 2009 chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

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

If Kevin Buckler had his way, TRG Motorsports' NASCAR arm would have a well-structured, multi-car Sprint Cup program embellished by entities in at least two stock car feeder series; well-funded and empowered by high-caliber personnel.