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Jimmie Johnson Dominates Pepsi 500

Jimmie Johnson made his case Sunday night at Auto Club Speedway in California that Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards aren't the only contenders for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.And, boy, did he do it in style.Johnson started from the pole as the green flag waved over the Sprint Cup Pepsi 500 and simply overpowered...

NASCAR to Finally Step Up Drug Testing

If nothing else from NASCAR's Labor Day weekend trip to Auto Club Speedway in southern California is a positive, at least the sanctioning body is taking steps to make the sport safer in the coming weeks.NASCAR CEO Brian France announced Sunday at the track that NASCAR will be unveiling a new drug testing policy in the...

Allmendinger Deserves Red Bull Ride in '09

A.J. Allmendinger has a lot in common with Patrick Carpentier.Both are former open-wheel racing drivers. Both have struggled at times to get a strong foothold on NASCAR racing. And both have now been strung along by their race teams, with Carpentier finally getting the word this week that his services aren't a top priority...

It's Over: No Minced Words for Carpentier

Reed Sorenson made his way to Gillette-Evernham Motorsports earlier this week, transferring across Sprint Cup team lines from Chip Ganassi Racing. And as he did so, rookie Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier in first year with GEM's No. 10 car could read the writing on the wall.Simply, the team was placing him on the back...

Dale Jr. Hates the New Shootout Format

I wrote the other day about how much I disliked the new format NASCAR is going with for the season-opening Budweiser Shootout in 2009 at Daytona, mainly because of the qualification procedure. Dale Earnhardt Jr. hates the new format for a completely different reason, though:"I don't know what the extra five laps are for,"...