Motor Sports
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will qualify for this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. His return to prominence on the track begins Sunday when he wins the Daytona 500.
In an effort to pump more excitement into races, NASCAR has vowed to let drivers be more aggressive on the track this season without being penalized.
SPRINT CUP
For the first time during prerace introductions at a Sprint Cup race in Las Vegas, Jeff Gordon might not draw the most boos.
Five-time NHRA season champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is eager to get back in his Pro Stock hot rod when the drag racing season opens today with the Pro Stock Showdown at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch returns to his comfort zone this weekend after spending much of this week in the air or in an office.
NASCAR chairman Brian France proudly proclaimed last week that he listened to fans clamoring for changes in the Sprint Cup series.
On the same day, NHRA president Tom Compton — listening, we can only guess, to the mysterious voices inside his head — announced that the first four-wide professional drag race would take place in March at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NASCAR star Kyle Busch started a new racing season Tuesday morning with a dominating victory.
LAUGHLIN — Recent road trips by racers Robby Gordon and B.J. Baldwin should not be confused with the antics of John Candy and Steve Martin in the 1980s movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”

