NASCAR Scene: Supreme success for McMurray, Ganassi; Nationwide visits Iowa

Looking into the NASCAR crystal ball before the 2010 season, if you were to pick a driver to win both the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400, chances are it would be four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson.

NASCAR should be racing to Vegas at the end of 2011

Jim Utter: There are plenty of reasons to recommend Las Vegas as a destination.

Speedway pays only part of bill for track security

New Hampshire Motor Speedway has paid $86,000 of a $156,300 bill submitted by the town for police and fire coverage of Juneâs NASCAR race and says that it wants to sit down and talk with local officials over those costs.

Langley drivers think NASCAR will rebound from attendance, ratings declines

Weekly stock-car drivers are, by nature, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series fans. Most of the guys and gals tooling around at tracks like Langley Speedway dreamed of banging doors with Tony Stewart or Dale Earnhardt Jr., or were inspired to race because of such superstars.

Brickyard coverage ranks 4th on cable

ESPN's coverage of Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ranked fourth in cable TV pro

Fans await NASCAR decision

Beginning with threats prompted by a dispute over security costs, and perpetuated by Bruton Smith's noncommittal answers at a press conference in June, local race fans have been holding their breath for more than a month as they fret the future of New Hampshire Motor Speedway and wait to hear whether Loudon will lose one of the top-level NASCAR races that have highlighted its schedule twice a ...