When you win the Daytona 500 the day after you turn 20, everything about you is reported by the media. So when Trevor Bayne skateboarded around the infield upon winning this year’s Great American Race (and $1.46 million) on Feb. 20, it ended up being a small part of his story. Then he told someone he also snowboards. And wakeboards. Not your average stock-car-racin’ Tennessee Vol. In light of our need for more details, I caught “T-Bayne,” as he refers to himself, on his way to the airport nearing the end of a two-week, post-Daytona media tour  … More
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Mark Martin knew he had to save gas to have any chance of winning the Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Even then, he was going to need some help.
He got it when leader Brad Keselowski cut a tire on the final lap of Saturday’s race, and Martin … More
Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart is looking forward to his first run in a Formula 1 car as he confirmed he is set to swap drives with McLaren-Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in a demonstration run at Watkins Glen this summer.
Stewart, whose Stewart Haas NASCAR team is sponsored by longtime McLaren backer and test organizer Mobil 1, will drive last year’s grand prix-winning MP4-25 car  … Details