NASCAR for the holidays: The Jeff Gordon Santa Sled (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Throughout December, we've brought you the finest in NASCAR holiday memorabilia. Today, we wrap up with a perfect capper, and even throw in some good Christmas spirit. The deal: The Santa Claus Dupont #24 Sleigh is a fine piece of elfin workmanship to decorate your tree ... and your heart, if you happen to be a Jeff Gordon fan. The rest of you may take delight in ramming into the wall ...
NASCAR for the holidays: The Kasey Kahne bootie stocking (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Throughout December, we're bringing you the best in NASCAR holiday goodness. And we're only halfway through our pile! Man, this is going to last until March! Anyway, we continue with the most precious little souvenir of the most precious little driver... The deal: The Kasey Kahne stocking fun set assortment is a whole passel'a happiness in a tiny little bootie! That pic there is very ...
In Grim Economic Times, NASCAR Sputters (NPR)
The economic slowdown has begun to pinch NASCAR. Stock car racing is an expensive sport and waves of layoffs are filtering down now that corporate sponsors are driving away.
TLC, NASCAR will track checkered lives (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
TLC is gearing up a new reality show tracking the spouses of NASCAR drivers.
NASCAR: Davis, Logano to face off again at All-Star Showdown (Everett Herald)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In a race where there are no points at stake and the only thing on the line is bragging rights, Marc Davis will get the chance to even the score with Joey Logano, his friend and teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, when he heads out to Irwindale, Calif., in two weeks for the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.
NASCAR: Expanded roles for Massaro, Reid, Welch on ESPN (Everett Herald)
Three veterans of ESPN’s motorsports team, Mike Massaro, Marty Reid and Vince Welch, will have new NASCAR responsibilities on ESPN in 2009, the cable network announced on Tuesday.
Following a NASCAR Dream: East Aurora Grad Joins Racing Team (East Aurora Advertiser)
"The first time I went over the wall," said 2005 East Aurora High School graduate Greg Cwiklinski, "I felt like I was flying and everything was in slow motion." That's quite something, considering over the wall is a NASCAR term meaning hefting two 80-pound racing tires over a 36-inch-high concrete wall in Pit Row, removing the old tires from the race car or truck, installing the new ones, ...
NASCAR ring among missing items (The Charlotte Observer)
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating break-ins involving the theft of large amounts of jewelry and firearms, including a NASCAR 2008 Championship ring valued at $5,000. Authorities said that on Dec. 19 someone broke into a residence in the 5300 block of King Wilkinson Road and took the ring engraved with the victim's name (Heffner), Hendrick Motorsports and the number “48.” ...
Bruce Martin: Diehard fans jaded by changes in NASCAR (Sports Illustrated)
MOORESVILLE, North Carolina -- After 10 days away from this community known as "Race City USA," I was quickly reminded that I was back in NASCAR territory.
Tickets on Sale for Labor Day NASCAR Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (The Auto Channel)
HAMPTON, Ga. January 6, 2009: Due to requests for Labor Day NASCAR race weekend tickets, the general on-sale date for Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Labor Day weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race has been moved up to Jan. 7.
