Truck rookie still practices, builds motocross tracks.
There’s no disguising how much love former Supercross and motocross hero Ricky Carmichael has for the sport that financially fixed his destiny for life.
But there’s also no question that Carmichael, 29, who plans to race more than half of the 2009 Camping World Truck Series schedule for Kevin Harvick Inc., has no desire to revisit the atmosphere he thrived in for more than a decade…. Details
Empty seats? NASCAR doesn’t want to see this at the races.
How can a person try to justify going to the races, when some can’t even pay their mortgage these days?
Times were good last year and race fans renewed their tickets to the next race they had been attending yearly no matter what the cost. They want to be locked in to their favorite seats for years to come, and you just can’t give up that RV spot or next time you try to get one you’ll be out in the sticks.
How fun is it to go when you can barely afford the gas to get there, much less miss out on all …Â
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Forbes is out with its list of the world’s richest people. And it’s been a rough year for billionaires.
Last year there were 1,125 billionaires in the world. This year there’s only 793 folks with fortunes that have at least nine zeroes.
That includes NASCAR’s stable of …Â Details
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Each week, we watch qualifying prior to a race and see the top 43 fastest drivers make it based on time. Most of the time, making the actual race is only a formality for these most skilled, likely veteran drivers on the best teams and in the best equipment.
But sometimes, as seen most recently as early 2008, but especially 2007, sometimes a driver has to rely on his past success just to get him into the show that was once so easy.
What I am referring to is the past champions provisional that allows a driver … Details