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Johnson wins NASCAR All-Star Race; Danica, Earnhardt Jr. disappoint
Tom Bowles Say what you want about Jimmie Johnson. Critics have a long list of rebuttals for why he’s not the greatest driver of this era: Chad Knaus, superior equipment and more money through sponsor Lowe...
3 days ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Charlotte, All-Star Race, Charlotte, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing riding high after Darlington win
Tom Bowles The Southern 500, while no longer held on Labor Day is still looked at as one of NASCAR’s biggest races. Darlington remains the place where, in 1950, an egg-shaped, awkward-looking asphalt track ...
1 week ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Darlington, Darlington, HMS, JGR, NASCAR, Southern 500, Tom Bowles

David (Ragan) Slays NASCAR's Goliaths at Talladega
Tom Bowles Since it opened in 1969, Talladega has been NASCAR’s racetrack of extremes. When right, the sport’s decision to slap restrictor plates on brings out maximum excitement, the best opportunity for...
2 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, David Gilliland, David Ragan, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Regan Smith, Ryan Newman, Scott Speed, Talladega, Aaron's 499, NASCAR, race reaction, Tom Bowles

Harvick, Montoya, Kurt Busch highlight wild NASCAR night in Richmond
Tom Bowles One of the knocks on NASCAR in recent years has been that it’s too predictable Well, not anymore. Try telling that theory to Las Vegas bookies this week while they’re busy recovering from heart...
3 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Aric Almirola, Jeff Burton, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, Richmond, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Is Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing's Missing Piece?
Tom Bowles Two years ago, J.D. Gibbs came within a front bumper of stealing Carl Edwards away from Roush Fenway Racing. Then Ford’s hot young star, Edwards would have bumped Joey Logano out of the No. 20 ri...
4 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Aric Almirola, Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Kansas, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Penske Racing Awaits Penalties from NASCAR
Tom Bowles It’s hard to believe that last year Kyle Busch went a whole season and won just once in NASCAR’s top three series: Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Trucks. Why? Two months into 2013, h...
5 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Texas, NASCAR, NRA 500, penalties, Penske Racing, Texas, Tom Bowles

What Happened to All the NASCAR Rivalries?
Tom Bowles Joey Logano. Tony Stewart. Denny Hamlin. Clint Bowyer. Jeff Gordon. The list of NASCAR drivers ticked off, for one reason or another, entering Martinsville could even knock the former Jersey Shore ...
6 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Martinsville, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Logano-Hamlin rivalry manifested in last-lap wreck; Stewart fighting mad
Tom Bowles For 15 years, Fontana has played the role of weird aunt in the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. You know the one. It’s who you have to suck it up and speak with every reunion even though the hug creep...
8 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Auto Club Speedway, Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Logano and Hamlin: Old teammates, new NASCAR rivalry?
Tom Bowles There’s nothing about a rough start to the NASCAR season a short track can’t fix. During a thrilling weekend in Bristol, the sport had a near-photo finish in Saturday’s Nationwide race (remem...
9 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Paul Menard, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Tony Stewart, Bristol, Bristol, Food City 500, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

Early-season favorites emerge as NASCAR hypes Gen-6 car
Tom Bowles If Matt Kenseth were a betting man, he’d have bought a Play 4 ticket on the way out of Las Vegas. The numbers? 3-3-3-3. Kenseth, in the third race of the 2013 season, became career Sprint...
10 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

NASCAR's Gen-6 a work in progress; Carl Edwards relevant again
Tom Bowles In the midst of a near two-year winless skid on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, Carl Edwards, perhaps more than any driver, needed a confidence boost. And after winning the Subway Fresh Fit 500 — ...
11 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Phoenix, NASCAR, Phoenix, Subway Fresh Fit 500, Tom Bowles

Danica impresses at Daytona, NASCAR's Gen-6 does not
Tom Bowles The Great American Race, for the first 180 laps, looked more like the Great American Parade. Cars ran single-file for much of the Daytona 500, content to ride in packs for fear that pulling out for...
12 weeks ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NASCAR, News, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Daytona, Daytona 500, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

What's New is Old: NASCAR’s Aging Population Problem
Tom Bowles Quick, what do the names Kevin Conway and Andy Lally have in common? Are they: A) Two prominent Wall Street investment bankers B) Battling for the same role in One Life To Live C) Americans...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

NASCAR Throwing Caution to the Wind
Tom Bowles Exploring the lack of yellow flags in the Sprint Cup Series this season by Tom Bowles For years, NASCAR has given new meaning to the phrase “contact sport.” With 43 cars in close proxim...
1 year ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR, News, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, caution flag, Daytona, jet dryer fire, NASCAR, Tom Bowles

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