Martinsville: Tums QuikPak 500 Courtesy of NASCAR MEDIA Jeff Burton In The Hunt Jimmie Johnson Eyes Third Straight Championship Loop Data: Hendrick Teammates Strong At Martinsville Virginians Plentiful In NSCS Garage Jeff Burton Establishes Himself As Title Contender As the 2008 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup reaches its mid-point, there have been ample storylines [...]

Tums QuikPak 500 NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway this weekend for the six race of the Chase. Here is a quick run down of trivial facts and statistics for this weekend’s Tum’s QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA. Martinsville Speedway History Opened in September 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville Speedway, originally a [...]

With Kyle Busch, Bobby Labonte and Elliott Sadler in pink paint schemes on Saturday night, Dale Jarrett attempted to explain why. Nearly everyone knows that the pink paint schemes are usually tied to the Susan G Komen foundation and the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Maybe it was Jessica Simpson singing the [...]

“Shown below is a picture of the new nail gun DeWalt recently came out with. The DW-15 is a semi-automatic, cartridge fed, cordless nailer. During this upcoming race weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Matt Kenseth will have an appearance during which he will demo the new DeWALT nail gun. The DW-15 can drive a 6-D nail [...]

I live in a neighborhood where it’s not uncommon for the residents to proudly hang the flag of our country off their front porch or garage. Even more common is the showing of support for their favorite sports team. Take enough turns around our neighborhood you’ll spot a banner or flag for a baseball or [...]

Despite the rainy weather, hundreds of fans showed up and helped collect $100,000 in donations and pledges at The First Official Jail and Bail charity event benefitting the Brienne Davis Scholarship Fund Oct. 8 at the Brickhouse Tavern in Davidson, N.C. The excitement could be felt throughout the crowd as fans watched and cheered as [...]

Ah, Charlotte. The only night race in the Chase, the best 1.5 mile track in NASCAR and it’s a home race for all of the teams, what more could you ask for? After a wild Talladega race, the top drivers should return to the top of the leader board this weekend. Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson [...]

NASCAR Day Annual Fundraiser Has Raised More Than $1.5 Million For Victory Junction Representatives for The NASCAR Foundation presented Victory Junction Gang with a $450,000 check today from funds raised through the NASCAR Day 2008 celebration. Mike Helton, NASCAR president and The NASCAR Foundation board member, and Jim Hunter, NASCAR vice president of corporate communications [...]

“A month ago NASCAR announced changes to the 2009 Bud Shootout format. It didn’t make many headlines and I didn’t comment at the time, but the decision is a mistake. Kvapil the Latest Casualty Last Saturday’s Talladega qualifying reinforced why it’s such a blunder. Travis Kvapil was the surprise winner of the pole. Sure, Yates [...]

Bank of America 500 Talladega turned out to be the crapshoot that I thought it could be with only 5 of the Chaser’s finishing on the lead lap. The other 7 Chaser’s were caught up in various crashes throughout the race with Carl Edwards causing the one that took most of the Chaser’s out of [...]