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If Jimmie Johnson has a good run at Talladega -- far from a given considering his spotty luck there -- you can basically go ahead and crown him.

The $845 million sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the Tribune Co.

Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon does a burnout after winning at Talladega Superspeedway in 2007.

Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. . Track: Martinsville Speedway .

In the beginning, the team was named All-Star Racing despite the fact that there were no all-stars. They would come later.

For 2010 Chevrolet is bringing back the Grand Sport name as in the Corvette Grand Sport .

Denny Hamlin showed that Jimmie Johnson is beatable with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

After a three week hiatus, the Camping World Truck Series is back in action this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Stewart-Haas Racing's Ryan Newman earned his second pole of the season at Martinsville Speedway Friday.

A picture of Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Chevy running next to Matt Kenseth at Charlotte.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. "At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall." Optimus Prime to Megatron in Transformers Ryan Newman plans to be the one still standing at the end of Saturday night's clash under the lights in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway near Charlotte, N.C. Taking the top spot this weekend at Charlotte would not ...

Ride Along with J. Gordon, Newman, Montoya and Johnson at Charlotte on DIRECTV Event: NASCAR Banking 500 Previous Winner: Jeff Burton Date / Time: Saturday, Oct.

There will be racing at Hollywood Park next year. There had been questions about the track's future since the Inglewood City Council in July approved a $2 billion retail and residential development on the site where there has been racing since 1938.

Greg Biffle edged both Kurt and Kyle Busch for the pole in Sunday's Best Buy 400 Sprint Cup race at the Dover International Speedway.

This is an April 3, 2009, file photo showing Sam Hornish Jr. helping push his car up pit road during qualifying for the NASCAR Samsung 500 auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Eleven races without a win is an eternity for Kyle Busch , but the prolific Joe Gibbs Racing driver returned to Victory Lane decisively Friday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Felix Sabates was in the middle of a poker tournament on Wednesday night, trying to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, when his cell phone rang.

Jimmie Johnson is returning to his dominant ways at the perfect time. His latest accomplishment: the fastest qualifying lap of the NASCAR season.

Jason Wolf had never fired a gun in his life that wasn't attached to a video-game console.

Date: Oct. 11, 2009 Event: Pepsi 500 Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

FONTANA, Calif. Joe Gibbs Racing's Joey Logano and Kyle Busch swept the front row in NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying, with Logano earning the pole for Saturday's Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway in California.

It was a taste David Gilliland does not want next week. Early in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway, he took over for an ill Kyle Busch but never mounted much of a challenge and finished two laps behind winner Jimmie Johnson.

A picture of NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson smoking his rear tires after winning race in Fontana, Calif.

Martin McKeefery of Milpitas piloted the Trinity Racing Concepts Chevrolet for Dick Midgley Racing to a tenth place finish in the "Toyota/Copart 150" in the NASCAR Camping World Series West at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

In an effort to avoid another disastrous TV-ratings tumble, NASCAR and its broadcast partners will switch to standardized start times for next year's Sprint Cup races.

Brad Keselowski Racing Press Release - Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Rockingham Speedway and the ARCA American 200 to close out the 2009 racing season for 17-year-old Chad Finley.

ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina - - NASCAR Camping World East Series standout Brett Moffitt will pilot the No.

AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Tony Stewart crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Price Chopper 400 auto race, Sunday, Oct.

Mark Martin was 29th in the qualifying order today and for the seventh time this year, the "old man" landed the pole.

Reporting from Kansas City, Kan. - NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series is on its way to Southern California this weekend, with its championship playoff in tow, and several title contenders are looking forward to coming west.

Car : No. 5 Carquest/Kellogg's Chevrolet At Kansas: 8 starts, won in 2005 Last week: Maintained his lead in the Chase by finishing second behind teammate Jimmie Johnson at Dover, though even he marveled at how Johnson, the three-time defending champion, dominated the field.

Wednesday September 30, 2009 Date: Sept. 20, 2009 Event: Sylvania 300 Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon Start/Finish: 2nd / 14th Winner: Mark Martin of Hendrick Motorsports Tony Stewart proved to be a formidable force in the first half and then some of Sunday's Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ...

In today's NASCAR, it appears that the younger generation of drivers have become the top guys on track.