Jeff Gordon has happy balance as family man, fierce competitor

  NASCAR's winningest active driver
As the 15th running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard approaches, a couple hours spent recently with four-time race winner Jeff Gordon reveals that, in many ways, he's still the 23-year-old kid who won the inaugural Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Aug. 6, 1994.  Despite the fortune, the fame, the Gordon one meets today is still in many ways the polite, funny, humble Gordon who left Pittsboro, Indiana in the early 1990s to seek NASCAR success.

Richard Petty memories of a middle-aged racing fan

  by Dave Grayson
This past July 12th marked the 50th anniversary of Richard Petty's first ever race and with that came the appropriate congratulations and media attention that a milestone like this richly deserves. This prestigious event took place in 1958 in Columbia-South Carolina. Petty started the race from the 13th position, worked his way to a sixth place finish. It also marked the beginning of one of the most prolific legacies in the world of auto racing.

Busch's Toyota outduels Johnson's Chevy in Chicago

  by Rick Schenk
The best driver in NASCAR has done it again.  Kyle Busch looked like he was beaten by Jimmie Johnson when Johnson passed Busch with about 15 laps to go and began to pull away.  But a late race caution bunched up the field and with two laps to go on the final restart Kyle Busch motored his Toyota around the outside of Johnson's Chevy in Turn 2 and then held off Johnson at the finish to win by 2 car lengths.

There is no stopping Kyle Busch and his Toyotas

  NASCAR Nationwide Series
With a 10-second lead after a round of green-flag pit stops cycled through on Lap 155, Kyle Busch drove his No. 18 Toyota to a comfortable victory over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin in Friday night's Dollar General 300 Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway. Busch's fifth 2008 victory, the 16th of his career, gave JGR a series-record-tying 13 victories.

Rains washes out Cup qualifying at Chicagoland

  NASCAR Sprint Cup
Thundershowers soaked Chicagoland Speedway on Thursday, forcing cancellation of qualifying Thursday night for Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400 Sprint Cup race.  The field was set according to the NASCAR rulebook, with the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of points leader Kyle Busch starting from the pole.

JGR and Tony Stewart to Part Ways after '08 Season

  Stewart to leave #20 Car
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) and Tony Stewart have agreed to part ways upon the conclusion of the 2008 season. The two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion will finish the 2008 Sprint Cup season with JGR behind the wheel of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota.

Kyle Busch wins again with Toyota

  Sprint Cup race at Daytona
In a wild and wooly finish so typical of races at Daytona International Speedway, Kyle Busch won by a whisker over hard-charging Carl Edwards with a chain-reaction accident behind them sending up a cloud of smoke that covered the track. The race ended in a green-white-checkered finish after a spectacular night of racing that more resembled a Saturday night short track event. Press Conference

Coke Zero 400: Post-race press conference

  Sprint Cup race at Daytona
An Interview With;

J.D. GIBBS

KYLE BUSCH

STEVE ADDINGTON

Toyota Powers No. 20 Car To Ninth 2008 Victory

  Nationwide Series
Same car. Same racetrack. Different driver.  The cast of characters in Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 Toyota is such a successful game of musical chairs that even Dale Earnhardt Jr. got confused.  Tony Stewart took the No. 20 Camry to victory lane to open the NASCAR Nationwide Series season at Daytona International Speedway in February. The car, sans Stewart, returned to the winner's circle in Friday night's Winn-Dixie 250 with Denny Hamlin behind the wheel.

Menard leads DEI 1-2 in Coke Zero 400 qualifying

  NASCAR at Daytona
Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Paul Menard captured his first career Sprint Cup pole Friday to lead an all DEI front row in qualifying for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Menard is joined on the front row by veteran Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Mark Martin, who will start on the outside of Menard in the second position. In addition, DEI rookie Regan Smith will start eighth in the race.

Kurt Busch wins rain shortened Cup race in Loudon

  Sprint Cup Series
Kurt Busch and his No. 2 Miller Lite team decided to go for fuel mileage Sunday, hoping to salvage a good finish in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  For most of the afternoon, Busch raced under the radar while Tony Stewart, Casey Mears and a few others battled way ahead for the lead.  But Mother Nature smiled on Busch and a few other drivers after 284 of the 301 scheduled laps, drenching the track just 17 laps from completion.

Stewart leads JGR to 1-2-3 at New Hampshire

  Nationwide Series
Tony Stewart became the 22nd different driver to win in 22 NASCAR Nationwide Series races held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday taking the checkered flag in the Camping World 200. Stewart took only two tires on the final pit stop of the day and that proved to be the winning move and put him in position to win his fifth Nationwide Series win of the season.