No one commands such attention simply by walking into a room. It’s not just the hat, with those ostrich feathers emanating from a bauble centered above the brim. It’s not just the sunglasses, which tend to reflect the bustle around him. It’s not just his height, that 6-foot-2 frame which stands out notably in an era where drivers tend to be much shorter. It’s not just the power of 200 race victories and seven premier-division championships, as much a part of the man as his chambray blue shirts.
It’s the total package, from the tip of his Stetson to the toe of his cowboy boots, usually with sleeves rolled up and a smile on his face and one hand wielding a … More
Nelson Piquet Jr.’s famous family name doesn’t quite have the same kind of clout in NASCAR as it does in the rest of the auto racing world.
Some of the baggage might have made its way here from overseas, though.
The son of a three-time Formula One champion, the Brazilian achieved his dream when he got an F1 ride of his own in 2008. But it ended in scandal after Piquet deliberately … More
SONOMA, Calif. — Clint Bowyer’s victory in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma was a surprise to the driver who chased him for more than 20 laps — Kurt Busch — but in retrospect, history may have been on Bowyer’s side.
“I just kept thinking, ‘He’s a dirt late model racer from the Midwest — there’s no way he can be able to run the road course,’ but he did,” said Busch, who finished third despite hitting  … More
OK, it’s just one win. The first in four years, no less.
And as Tony Stewart pointed out, Dale Earnhardt Jr. returning to Victory Lane doesn’t exactly warrant a national holiday.
But there is a level of importance to Earnhardt snapping his 143-race losing streak that goes beyond the immediate boost to NASCAR, which has been starving of late for any sort of scintillating story line unrelated to another Kurt Busch meltdown.
What Earnhardt did Sunday … More