Who would have been a more fitting winner of the 50th Daytona 500 than Tony Stewart, a two-time NASCAR champion and larger-than-life figure yet to win his sport's biggest prize? ...more

February 18, 2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was tantalizingly close enough to the front of the field for most of the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Close enough for his legions of fans to feel the first spark of elation that would have accompanied a victory in the biggest race of NASCAR's season. ...more

February 18, 2008

Tony Stewart won the Camping World 300 on Saturday, his third victory in four years in the Nationwide Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. ...more

February 17, 2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr. couldn't win any more with his family's race team. Now that he's with Hendrick Motorsports, he can't lose. ...more

February 15, 2008

Knocked back? Yes. Humbled? Not so much. Only three months removed from a debut season in NASCAR's top series in which Toyota teams placed only one car in the top 35 in the owners standings, Toyota Racing Development general manager Lee White sounds almost brash about 2008. ...more

February 14, 2008

The winner of the first race of 2008 ... NASCAR. Not only did its most popular driver get back to Victory Lane in his first race with his new team, but its much-maligned next-generation race car put on a great show in its Daytona debut. ...more

February 10, 2008

At Hendrick Motorsports' preseason company luncheon, owner Rick Hendrick gave his usual speech about how the whole organization wins when one of its teams does. ...more

February 10, 2008

Richard Petty The history books barely mention Petty completed only eight laps and finished 57th in the inaugural 500. But why should they? NASCAR's all-time leading winner went on to win the Daytona 500 a record seven times: 1964, '66, '71, '73, '74, '79 and '81. Petty won in four different makes of car - Plymouth, Dodge, Oldsmobile and Buick - finished ahead of six different runners-up and led at least one lap in 20 Daytona 500s. ...more

February 10, 2008

New titles for NASCAR's top two series and full-season use of the Car of Tomorrow are the main changes fans will notice for 2008. ...more

February 10, 2008

Tony Stewart called it "the flying brick." Kyle Busch won the first race with one and said he "couldn't wait to tell everyone how terrible the thing is to drive." ...more

February 6, 2008