NASCAR demanded drivers be on their best behavior at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting sanitized what's usually one of the most spectacular races of the season. ...more

November 2, 2009

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Jamie McMurray was the unlikely winner of an uncharacteristically dull race at Talladega Superspeedway, where a ban on bump-drafting forced most competitors to treat the event as a slow Sunday drive. ...more

November 1, 2009

Mary and Lee Wilkerson have won preservation awards and accolades from travel Web sites for their painstaking restorations of older beach homes in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

October 22, 2009

Kyle Busch had the car to win Sunday's Daytona 500. He did not have the luck that's also needed in a restrictor-plate race. ...more

February 16, 2009

Zephyrhills' David Reutimann isn't racing for a championship during Ford Championship Weekend. He did steal a little thunder from one Friday, though. ...more

November 15, 2008

NASCAR has toughened its drug policy and will do random tests in 2009 on everyone in the three national series - from star Chase drivers to anonymous tire changers. ...more

September 21, 2008

It wasn't quite a gag order, but in a closed-door meeting last weekend at Michigan, NASCAR president Mike Helton asked drivers to quit criticizing the Car of Tomorrow in the media. ...more

June 18, 2008

Carl Edwards has come a long way from the days when he was handing out business cards to strangers, hoping somebody would give him a shot at moving up the racing ladder. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Almost $60,000 was presented to 32 nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and Rotary projects locally and internationally this morning, June 13, by the Rotary Club of New Tampa. The funds were raised through events, which included a pig roast, golf tournament and casino night, and the Happy Dollars fund, to which members donate money to share news at their weekly meetings. ...more

June 13, 2008

Every day for nine years, Barbara and James Roush have visited Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Funeral Home and Crematory to place an artificial flower on their daughter's grave. ...more

May 27, 2008