An electrical engineer who used to work for General Motor's engineering and research division in Flint, Mich., Dennis Abbey moved to Florida nine years ago. He had built race cars for himself all his life, so starting a business to build cars for other people "was kind of a no-brainer," he says. ...more

January 3, 2008

If Jimmie Johnson holds on to defend his Nextel Cup championship Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he will share the recognition with crew chief Chad Knaus and team co-owners Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon. ...more

November 13, 2007

Petty Enterprises will leave its longtime home in Level Cross and move its NASCAR shop 70 miles down the road to Mooresville next month to be closer to the center of racing in the Charlotte area. ...more

November 8, 2007

Nick Bollea's charges stemming from a car crash in August may get him in trouble on the racetrack. ...more

November 7, 2007

NASCAR race cars, like airplanes, are designed to move forward through the air. The bodies are sleek for low drag, yet they are equipped with a splitter and a wing (or spoiler), that 'grab' the moving air to create downward force on the wheels. But when a race car gets turned sideways or backward during a wreck, the air and other gravitational forces can cause it to go airborne, flip or raise up on its nose. ...more

October 11, 2007

Jack Roush sat in the pitch black, the generator that powers the lights having overheated. Flickers of light illuminated his face in snapshots each time the tinted glass doors to Greg Biffle's hauler were opened and closed to the daylight Friday. ...more

September 29, 2007