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Johnny Benson: 2008 Truck Series Champion

Does NASCAR need a 10-race playoff to make a championship race close and exciting? If you ask the newly-crowned Craftsman Truck Series champion Johnny Benson, he'd probably tell you no. After all, Benson won the title -- his second career NASCAR championship to follow up his Nationwide Series title in 1995 -- by just a...

Karma Truly Isn't Kyle Busch's Friend

I'd imagine you've seen a thing or two about this story in the past couple of days, but in case you haven't, it's worth reading about.Essentially, the gist of the of the story is that somebody, somewhere is very happy to rain on Kyle Busch's parade in 2008. You remember Busch, right? That guy who has won eight Sprint Cup...

Scenes from the Sprint Cup: Atlanta

Carl Edwards may have won the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but Jimmie Johnson walked away needing only to waltz through the next three races to claim his third-straight Sprint Cup championship. Here's a look back at the weekend: Pedal on the Right The 43-car Sprint Cup field takes the green flag for Sunday's Pep Boys...

Truck Series Fist Slingin' Earns Penalties

I didn't get a chance to watch last weekend's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but I certainly heard about the melee that took place after the race on pit road.If you missed it, the tiff was a result of David Starr making contact with both Germain Racing Toyotas -- Todd Bodine and David...

Hornaday's Steroid Use Not Really An Issue

ESPN put out a story Thursday afternoon about Craftsman Truck Series driver Ron Hornaday Jr. admission to steroid use a few years ago and it effectively made the rounds across the entire network -- from SportsCenter, the bottom line ticker, and the web site.In the article, though, it specifically acknowledges a few of...