Passing Lane
A NASCAR BLOG BY Mike Hembree
Where’s Darlington?
Our friends at ESPN are quite fond of lists. They busy themselves ranking everything from the best all-time pitchers to the best stadium hot dogs.
Watching Joey run
LOUDON, N.H. - What should we expect from 18-year-old Joey Logano as he shoots to make his Sprint Cup debut this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway?
Johnson ready to roll?
For those who've been wondering where Jimmie Johnson has been this season, he's right there - on the pole for tonight's Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway.
An idea whose time has not come
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Saturday night is one of the coolest nights of the Sprint Cup season, although it will be a hot August night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Forty-three drivers will hurtle around a half-mile track at about 15 seconds per lap and occasionally slam into each other. It is the motorsports definition of chaos and mayhem.
Allmendinger's run into top 35 remarkable
Pardon AJ Allmendinger if his smile is three-car-lengths wide today.
A NASCAR trade deadline?
Thursday was a big day for Major League Baseball. Not because of the games played. Because of the trades made.
Explain Martin's move? No chance
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Don't look for those of us who have been around racing virtually for Mark Martin’s entire career to explain him.
A great story waiting to happen
It’s unlikely, of course, but what a great story it would be if Terry Labonte wins a race while he’s sitting in the driver's seat for that TV guy, Kyle Petty.
Play ball!
DOVER, Del. - I'm leaving Dover in the rear-view mirror this morning with the Pocono Mountains on next weekend's schedule. In between, however, the NASCAR Scene cruiser will make stops in New York City, Pittsburgh and Toronto - all part of a week's worth of racing-related endeavors, with a little baseball thrown in.
Food for thought: Stewart and Hendrick
Now that Tony Stewart has basically declared himself a free agent, one of the biggest guessing games of the next year or so will be trying to figure out where he might land.
Talladega has the prescription
Dissatisfied with racing that you consider not quite up to snuff? Relax. Talladega’s coming.
It's up to teams to figure out new car
NASCAR’s new car – well, it’s not really new any more, but, whatever – got some rotten reviews again at Texas.
Martinsville: Tiny and intimate
They'll race at Martinsville today, and this is what you'll see: really big race cars on a really small track.
He said vs. he said
HAMPTON, Ga. - Well, gang, what we have here is a good ol' fashioned Mississippi throwdown, a gloves-off, bare-knuckles, in-your-face kind of fuss.
Look out for Hendrick
Good grief! One race in the books already and no Hendrick Motorsports victory? What is racing coming to?
One race, two versions
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After all these years – almost 30 now, still they differ on the particulars.
Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison. Combatants – literally – on the last lap of the 1979 Daytona 500. Participants, along with Donnie’s brother, Bobby, in a fight that, many say, helped launch NASCAR on its way to broader national acceptance.
Extra incentive?
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR’s ruling tribunal has spoken, and Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart are under the dreaded probation sword.
Daytona: A place apart
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Say what you will about Darlington or Indianapolis or Charlotte or even the dear-departed North Wilkesboro. Daytona is the vibrant heart of NASCAR.
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