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NASCAR Docks Carl Long $200K

NASCAR dusted off the ol' penalty paddle Wednesday, and did so in historic form. Carl Long, a part-time driver that has likely sold fewer team T-shirts in his career than Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car number old or new, was slapped with a $200,000 fine after NASCAR found his engine to be too big during last weekend's All-Star...

Sprint Cup Notes & Quotes: All-Star

Musings, rumblings and ramblings from Geoffrey Miller after Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Challenge'Wooooooooo!' to LMS, NASCARI'm not sure who makes the final call on the All-Star race format, but Saturday night's version is about as a good as it gets. That 10-lap finale? Adjectives don't describe that, but honorary...

Bring On Two-Wide Restarts, NASCAR

I can no longer grin and bear it.Never again will I propose a slight substitute or alteration, nor will I pitter-patter around the bush when asked what NASCAR can do to make racing better. Consider this the start of a crusade -- likely a powerless one, but meaningful nonetheless -- to help NASCAR see the ills of its head...

FanHouse Warmup: All-Star Challenge

The Essentials Race: Sprint All-Star Challenge Where: Lowe's Motor SpeedwayTime: Saturday 7:00 p.m./EDTTV/Radio: SPEED, MRN RadioTwitter: Updates at FanHouseRacingForecast: 63 degrees, 80% chance of rainDistance: 4 segments, 100 laps (150 miles)Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson2008 Winner: Kasey Kahne The Storylines The last...

Fun Qualifying Leaves Johnson On Top

If NASCAR's looking for a good way to spice up qualifying, they've already got the format ready to roll.But before we tackle that issue, Jimmie Johnson will lead off Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway after he and his team dropped a fast time of 121.416 seconds in the three lap and...