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Gateway Incident Adds to Carl Edwards' Dark Side

Carl Edwards certainly has been full of what marketing-types like to call "crossover appeal." He's been the star of AFLAC's main Olympic commercial. He's glanced the cover of Men's Health magazine while becoming a spokesman for healthy fast food chain Subway. And, of course, he's become a favorite of the "SportsCenter"...

NASCAR FanHouse Top 25 Year-in-Review:Elliott Sader, No. 19 Gillette-Evernham Dodge

Welcome to the 2007 NASCAR FanHouse Year in Review. Follow along each day until the end of 2007 as we look back on the top 25 drivers of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for the 2007 season.Driver: Elliott Sadler -- Emporia, VirginaTeam: No. 19 Dodge Dealers Dodge, Gillette-Evernham MotorsportsPoints: 25th (-3583)2006:...

Ray Lewis Turns to Champ Car After NASCAR Didn't "Help"

When Rick Hendrick started his racing team, NASCAR wasn't there to nudge and give anything he needed to be successful. The same goes for Jack Roush, Ray Evernham, Robert Yates, and fill-in-the-blank-here-with-a-NASCAR-owner.So what, Ray Lewis, made you feel so entitled that you can blame your failure to produce a racing...

Say What? Martinsville Friday Quotes

Some sayings, thoughts, and quotables from Denny Hamilin's pole-winning Friday at Martinsville Speedway.Matt Kenseth wouldn't take the blame for Dale Jarrett's spin last week at Bristol, and apparently, they haven't talked. The 17 better watch out for the Big Brown Truck Sunday because 500 laps is a long time to go without...

Bristol Motor Speedway 1982: Where Were They Then?

When Darrell Waltrip took the checkered flag in the Busch 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 1982, a sold-out crowd of 30,000 watched him do it. That August race began a consecutive streak sellout of Nextel Cup events that now stands at 50 strong with the upcoming Food City 500 and its 160,000 capacity crowd.Only three...