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A Pay Cut for NASCAR Teams: Purses Slashed by 10 Percent

The struggling economy has reached out and touched NASCAR in a new way: reduced purses. In a cost-cutting measure, NASCAR is decreasing race purses - the amount it pay drivers and car owners in race winnings - by approximately 10 percent in 2010 for all three national series. â¬âª"Last year we launched an...

France: We Will Keep Chase, You Will Like It

NASCAR Chairman Brian France really loves the Chase for the Nextel Cup.And because of that, don't expect any major amends to the format, or a complete reversal back to the standard point system -- regardless if many fans and at least one top driver questions how it affects the sport's future integrity.France cited the...

Phoenix Chase-ing: The Jeff and Jimmie Show

(This will be the first part of a two-part series airing here on the Fanhouse. It will break down the final two races of the season for the two drivers, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, who still have a manageable shot of winning the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup. Watch for the next one just before Homestead next...

Viva Las Vegas: Smith Buys New Hampshire

So that Thursday announcement didn't pan out.But the the Friday one certainly will. (At 12:30pm EST, actually!)That announcement also won't likely carry any new news along for Lowe's Motor Speedway vs. Concord City Council, either, as Speedway Motorsports CEO Bruton Smith is expected to announce a purchase of Bob Bahre's...

NASCAR isn't 'Stagnant,' It's Confused

So yesterday, I harped on NASCAR's -- err, I mean ISC's -- plan to drop the current Washington track idea. And today, I've got more food for thought on the future of NASCAR.The Roanoke Times said today that NASCAR has finally admitted that the sport's growth spurt has leveled. They use the term "stagnant", and I use the...