The hottest question going into the 2010 Nascar season isn’t whether the fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. can be a contender again, or if impending fatherhood will soften the four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson’s grip on the Sprint Cup.
The big question is this: Can Danica Patrick stand the heat?
Patrick’s decision to test stock-car racing with a limited schedule in the second-tier Nationwide Series while  … Details
NASCAR officials are encouraging drivers to mix it up more on the track this season, vowing that NASCAR is a contact sport and they want see a bit more bumping and banging.
Chairman Brian France and NASCAR President Mike Helton even declared that they will continue to lighten up on aggressive drivers, allowing them to use their bumpers, trade some paint and show more emotion when things get heated … Details
A non-profit company that’s used NASCAR racing technology to supply the U.S. Olympic bobsled teams with faster rides is moving to the heart of stock-car country in North Carolina.
Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project Inc. says it will move from Connecticut to Concord after next month’s Vancouver Olympics. The corporation was founded by NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine 18 years ago to ensure U.S. sleds would be made in America with racing know-how …Â Details
Several years back, well after that point when upward-zipping NASCAR had passed downward-spiraling IndyCars on the American racing-popularity charts, open-wheeler Greg Ray was asked his thoughts on that subject.
Specifically why, Ray was queried, were drivers scuttling life-long dreams of open-wheel stardom to get into bigger, heavier and slower stock cars?  … Details