Grab hold of that steering wheel and hang on, guys. It's time to go racin' in Atlanta. ...more

March 8, 2009

A brief NASCAR era ends Sunday with the final Labor Day weekend running of a Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway. The "fall" race at the track formerly known as California Speedway moves into the Chase next year, and Atlanta will take over the holiday weekend slot. Tribune motor sports writer Tony Fabrizio takes a look at what's topical entering the second-to-last regular-season race: ...more

August 29, 2008

SPRINT CUP PREVIEW RACE NO. 25: CALIFORNIA A brief NASCAR era ends Sunday with the final Labor Day weekend running of a Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway. The "fall" race at the track formerly known as California Speedway moves into the Chase next year, and Atlanta will take over the holiday weekend slot. Tribune motor sports writer Tony Fabrizio takes a look at what's topical entering the second-to-last regular-season race: ...more

August 29, 2008

Last week's Coca-Cola 600 meant drivers were one-third of the way through the season, and Sunday's Best Buy 400 will make it halfway to the Chase. Pressure soon will start to mount on drivers fighting for the final few Chase berths, and that group currently includes Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth. Below, Tribune motor sports writer Tony Fabrizio takes a look at what's topical heading to the Monster Mile: ...more

May 30, 2008

The Nextel Cup champion will be crowned two weeks from today at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and the ultra-tight points race between Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson could turn decidedly in one driver's favor today at Texas Motor Speedway. ...more

November 4, 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

Jeff Gordon won't have to pass Jimmie Johnson this time. ...more

October 19, 2007

RACE FIVE: LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY Bank of America 500 (Coverage starts 7 p.m., Saturday, WFTS, Channel 28) ...more

October 12, 2007

Zephyrhills' David Reutimann is one driver who wishes NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow wasn't making its super speedway debut this weekend at Talladega. He had a very good run in the old car in Talladega's spring race, climbing into the top five when his engine expired in the closing laps. In this week's edition of his Tampa Tribune diary, Reutimann says he doesn't expect his COT Toyota to be as competitive. ...more

October 4, 2007

MAYHEM AT TALLADEGA Here are just a few of the more recent incidents that have made Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR's most notorious track: ...more

October 3, 2007