With 59 races and 12,956 laps under his belt this year, Zephyrhills' David Reutimann heads into the final race of his first season competing full-time in NASCAR's top two divisions. He is fourth out of five drivers in the Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year standings - 19 points behind third-place Paul Menard and 10 ahead of fifth-place A.J. Allmendinger - and second overall in the Busch Series standings heading into Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead. In the final edition of his Tampa Tribune rookie diary, Reutimann discusses how his results have measured up against his expectations: ...more

November 16, 2007

Brian Pattie sat at the conference table, a laptop open and printouts of lap times and other data scattered on either side of it. ...more

November 10, 2007

One of the best stories from David Reutimann's Busch Series victory Oct. 27 at Memphis didn't get much attention. The special flame paint scheme on Reutimann's Aaron's Sales and Lease-sponsored Toyota was designed by Wiley King, an 18-year-old man from Mississippi who has a slow-growing brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma. King's design was chosen as part of the St. Jude Children's Hospital "Design A Dream" contest. ...more

November 9, 2007

NASCAR Nextel Cup Checker Auto Parts 500 SITE: Avondale, Ariz. ...more

November 9, 2007

Kevin Harvick won another race, and runaway points leader Carl Edwards finally wrapped up his first NASCAR Busch Series championship Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. ...more

November 4, 2007

Like a small dog locked onto a pants leg, Zephyrhills' David Reutimann is stubbornly refusing to give up the Busch Series championship to runaway points leader Carl Edwards. ...more

November 3, 2007

NASCAR Nextel Cup Dickies 500 SITE: Fort Worth, Texas ...more

November 2, 2007

By the time Zephyrhills' David Reutimann arrived at Atlanta Motor Speedway late Saturday night aboard team owner Michael Waltrip's plane, he already had thoroughly celebrated his breakthrough Busch Series victory at Memphis Motorsports Park. ...more

October 29, 2007

MEMPHIS, Tenn. David Reutimann failed to qualify for today's Nextel Cup event at Atlanta, so he soothed his feelings with his first Busch Series win. ...more

October 28, 2007

Nearly forgotten after missing the Chase, Greg Biffle continued something of a late-season surge Friday by winning the pole for Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500. Biffle edged Kurt Busch - who is in the Chase - with a one-lap speed of 192.453 mph. ...more

October 27, 2007