For most of her career she has been synonymous with cars outfitted with side pods and nose cones, vehicles that emit an insectile buzz rather than a throaty, animalistic roar. Danica Patrick long has been the queen of the IndyCar circuit, its top draw and most popular driver, as much a part of that racing discipline as brick start/finish lines, Brazilian winners, or victorious swigs of milk. Next weekend, though, that chapter comes to an end when Patrick competes in her last open-wheel race—for now—and her full-time NASCAR career begins  … More
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Jimmie Johnson didn’t qualify where he wanted, and his car never quite cooperated during the final practice session at Kansas Speedway. So he spent Saturday evening in the garage area, going over different setups with the rest of his team.
That dedication, that attention to detail, is a big reason he’s chasing his sixth straight Cup title.
Johnson and his team must have figured things out … More
In 1971, NASCAR banned Chrysler’s winged cars, forcing teams like Bobby Isaac’s K&K to park their fastest rides. K&K owner Nord Krauskopf decided to take the team’s Charger Daytona to Bonneville for one last romp. They’d end up setting 28 world records.
They arrived at the Flats on September 12th, with a few others in tow. An engineer from Chrysler, George Wallace, used vacation time to be there. There was also a USAC official named Joe Petrali.
The entourage spanned a tarp between their trucks for a makeshift garage on the Flats. They drilled holes in the salt with a power drill and stuck in doweled markers to lay out a course … Pictures and more