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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Says No to 'Circus'; Tells Tracks to 'Get Back to Work'

Friday afternoon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. graced the web pages of Sports Illustrated after writer Bruce Martin hung around with the driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for a day's-worth of commercial work recently.The piece was mostly centered around Earnhardt Jr.'s status as a commercial icon and previewed an ad for sponsor...

NASCAR, TV Partner Reject Bruton Smith's Local Race TV Blackout Idea

Never will a season go by in the NASCAR world without Speedway Motorsports, Inc., chairman Bruton Smith stirring things up.Fans got a glimpse of that earlier this week during the annual Sprint Cup Media Tour hosted by one of his tracks, Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.Smith, answering a question from a reporter on...

Live from Lowe's: The Humpy Plot Thickens

Geoffrey Miller is in Concord, N.C. for Sunday's Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He'll aim to eat as many elephant ears as possible while blogging away "Live from Lowe's" throughout Memorial Day weekend.As I left Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon, I read that NASCAR's penultimate promoter, H.A. Humpy...

Atlanta to Lose Race Date Instead of NHMS?

You've really got wonder if now-former New Hampshire International Motor Speedway owner Bob Bahre really believes the words that are coming out of his mouth:"He didn't make any promises, I want to make that clear," Bahre said. "But I don't think he's going to move any dates out of here.Bahre's speedway was sold last week...

Johnson Slices, Dices Kenseth for Win

(Yes, that picture IS the most ridiculous one you've ever seen. Anyways, back to the regularly scheduled programming...)Jimmie Johnson looked a chef in the final laps of the Dickie's 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday night.First, he sat Matt Kenseth on the table with a charge to his rear bumper with 15 laps to go.Then,...