What is wrong with the American racing scene? As I watch NASCAR, I get to the point that I enjoy it less and less, as the season goes on. I only watch the IRL/CART during the Indy 500 and only because I’ve always watched the 500. I have been an avid drag racer and have promoted the sport and use to follow Pro Stock faithfully.
Now it seems almost uninteresting, I’ve moved to following the Top Fuel and Funny Car ranks, and pray I get to see a Sportsman class race. Yet, I still love Sports Car racing and I’ve even gotten back into watching Formula 1.
Why have I gotten so down about the professional auto racing series in America? … Details
If Mark Martin keeps winning like this, even he might have to concede that he is racing for a Sprint Cup championship.
Martin, 50, won for the second time in the last four races, outlasting Jimmie Johnson in a wreck-filled show at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night.
“Once we got out front, man, it was just easy,†Martin said. “The car was awesome.â€
Martin’s only other Darlington win was in the 1993 Southern 500, a 16-year stretch.
Martin led the final 46 laps …Â Details
Mayfield, a driver and owner, is suspended indefinitely over the violation.
Reporting from Darlington, S.C. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and owner Jeremy Mayfield has been suspended indefinitely after failing a random drug test administered at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway last week.
“We have zero tolerance for violation of our substance-abuse policy,” said Jim Hunter, NASCAR’s vice president of corporate communication. “We’ve made it very clear that we’re going to stick to that. . . . Overall I think the random testing program is working…Â Details
2009 Southern 500 – Michael Waltrip Fiery Crash Darlington, South Carolina.