• Restart timing loops, coming to NASCAR track near you?
    Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Subway Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.  (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

    Every basketball official has been accused of swallowing his whistle. Every football officiating crew has been accused of taking over a game with countless yellow hankies. Too much oversight. Too little. Nobody’s ever right. So, on those rare occasions when a sport can eliminate human judgment, it should. NASCAR is currently using timing loops to nail pit road speeders, and

  • NASCAR’s history requires heavier penalties for racial wrongs
    Nationwide Series driver Jeremy Clements. (Photo by John Harrelson/NASCAR via Getty Images)

    I’ve never spoken to Jeremy Clements, and have no idea what was in his heart when he uttered the n-word to MTV blogger Marty Beckerman at the 2013 Daytona Nationwide opener. I just know that he shouldn’t be allowed back at a NASCAR track until the 2014 Daytona Nationwide opener. Sure, whatever he did pales in comparison to other issues of

  • Attorneys: Turner Scott could be sued if violations found after NASCAR crash
    Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood, left, holds a news conference with NASCAR Nationwide Series President Scott O'Donnell after an incident on the last lap of the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

    Several fans injured during the final-lap crash of Saturday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 are already in the process of suing Daytona International Speedway after parts of Kyle Larson’s car made it through the catchfence. But will the defendants list soon include Larson’s car owner, Turner Scott Motorsports? FOXSports.com has reported that NASCAR met earlier this week with Turner Scott representatives over possible

  • Jeff Gordon’s sponsorship with soon-to-be-sold DuPont division will be ‘re-branded’
    Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont 20 Years Celebratory Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag as he crosses the finish line to win the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

    The sale of DuPont’s automotive paint division will lead to a re-branding of Jeff Gordon’s 14-race sponsorship with his longtime sponsor, a Gordon spokesperson said Monday. Questions about Gordon’s sponsorship arose last August when private equity firm the Carlyle Group announced it would acquire DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter

  • DuPont division sale won’t affect sponsorship of Jeff Gordon in 2013
    Jeff Gordon drives the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 8, 2012 in Long Pond, Penn..  (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

    DuPont’s sale of its automotive paint division will not affect the brand’s sponsorship of Jeff Gordon in 2013, spokesperson Jon Edwards confirmed Friday. Questions about Gordon’s sponsorship arose last August when private equity firm the Carlyle Group announced it would acquire DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013. “DuPont

  • Stewart-Haas Racing: Scott Riggs has ‘no official role’ with team
    Photo by HHP/Harold Hinson

    If Scott Riggs is going to work full-time for Stewart-Haas Racing, the team isn’t saying. Last month, Jayski.com reported that NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran Riggs had an opportunity to work as a driver coach for Danica Patrick and/or serve as a test driver for Stewart-Haas Racing, along with a limited schedule in a fourth Stewart-Haas car, pending sponsorship. When contacted