WHO'S HOT Carl Edwards has won half of the eight races run this year on 11/2- and 2-mile tracks, a show of championship strength given that half of the 10 Chase races are run on intermediate tracks. Two of Edwards' five Sprint Cup victories have come in the past three races. ...more

August 20, 2008

Nobody could touch Brian Vickers on Friday in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. ...more

August 16, 2008

SPRINT CUP PREVIEW RACE NO. 23: MICHIGAN The auto racing season is winding toward its homestretch. Scott Dixon has all but wrapped up the Indy Racing League title. Clint Bowyer, surprising Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards have separated themselves in the Nationwide Series. And the Sprint Cup Series has four races left before the cutoff for the Chase. Tribune motor sports writer Tony Fabrizio takes a look at who is still fighting for a Chase berth and other news heading into Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan: ...more

August 15, 2008

Team owner Jack Roush got a second-place finish in Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard from Carl Edwards, but he was not in a good mood. ...more

July 28, 2008

Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season. ...more

July 13, 2008

With a line of strong storms moving through the area, NASCAR officials canceled Thursday night's Sprint Cup Series qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway. ...more

July 11, 2008

Casey Mears will not return to NASCAR's most star-studded team next season, Hendrick Motorsports announced Friday, opening the door for veteran Mark Martin to drive the No. 5 Chevy in 2009. ...more

June 28, 2008

Casey Mears will not return to NASCAR's most star-studded team next season, Hendrick Motorsports announced today, opening the door for veteran Mark Martin to drive the No. 5 Chevy in 2009. ...more

June 27, 2008

Kasey Kahne continued his recent hot streak Friday by winning the pole at Infineon Raceway for his best career starting position on a road course. ...more

June 21, 2008

Tony Stewart called him "a dart without feathers." Other veterans fumed. David Ragan made no friends in a premature and disastrous Sprint Cup start at Martinsville in October 2006. Instead, he got blamed for holding up faster cars and causing at least three wrecks. ...more

June 18, 2008