David Pearson left his job as a roofer to win his first Cup race. He left retirement to win the last of his 105 victories in the 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Pearson was a fresh-faced 26-year-old who was about to give up on making a career as a full-time race driver when he was called on to replace Junior Johnson at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the 1961 World 600 — which he won despite finishing the race on just three wheels  … More
Fresh off her highly publicized dust up with Sam Hornish Jr. at Talladega Superspeedway, Danica Patrick is about to get her first competitive test at what may be the toughest track in all of NASCAR, Darlington Raceway.
Patrick, who is running a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year and a full-time one in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will pull a doubleheader this week at Darlington  … More
Five time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson teaches Travis Pastrana and Andy Bell 5 steps to becoming a champion.
Step 1. Overcome fear
Step 2. Motivational haircut
Step 3. Anger control & retaliation techniques
Step 4. Victory celebration
Step 5. Richmond, VA 4/27/12
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been creeping up on his first Sprint Cup Series win in four seasons, and he might have taken a giant step Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.
The best part, both crew chief Steve Letarte and Earnhardt said, was that the team finished better, second to Kyle Busch in the Capital City 400, than what the car should have  … More