Carl Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 48 laps remaining and cruised to victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series' Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.
Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 49 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, marking his second win at Gateway in three years in front of a nearly hometown crowd.
"It was so hard to leave victory lane, I didn't want to come down here," said Edwards, who grew up in Columbia, Mo., about a 2-hour drive from the track. "I have so many friends down there, they're taking pictures. It's just really, really special to win here for me."
Kyle Busch came up five spots short in his bid to make NASCAR history Saturday night and Johnny Benson took advantage, holding off Michael Annett to win the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
Jamie McMurray won the pole for Saturday night's Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 200 Nationwide Series race at the Gateway International Raceway just outside St.
The Built Ford Tough 225 at 7 p.m. today at Kentucky Speedway will afford Kyle Busch an opportunity to add to his masterpiece season that features 14 victories across Sprint Cup , the Nationwide Series and the ...
Dario Franchitti during practice for the Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE About a week after becoming a former Sprint Cup driver when his team was shut down, Dario Franchitti ...
Carl Edwards passed Jason Leffler with 48 laps remaining Saturday night and cruised to victory at the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 on Saturday night.
Kyle Busch came up five spots short in his bid to make NASCAR history Saturday night and Johnny Benson took advantage, holding off Michael Annett to win the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program.
Steve Peterson, NASCAR's technical director who spent 13 years helping make the circuit safer for drivers, was found dead in his home in Concord, N.C., on Tuesday. He was 58.
Kyle Busch passed Jimmie Johnson after a restart on the next-to-last lap Saturday night to win his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season by taking the Lifelock.com 400.
Top management of Joe Gibbs Racing wouldn't come out and say that Joey Logano will replace Tony Stewart in the Cup series next season, but didn't say anything to indicate otherwise.
Martin Truex Jr., is a week removed from seeing his primary car confiscated at Daytona and then receiving multiple penalties from NASCAR, and he is still searching for answers.
NASCAR's BAM Racing team is in discussions with Barack Obama's presidential campaign about a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series later this year.
NASCAR's 2008
Season Starts Its Engine In Daytona
The 2008 NASCAR season is revving up and
fans are preparing for a historic event. On Sunday, February 17 at
Daytona International Speedway, drivers will start their engines in the
50th running of the Daytona 500. The most highly anticipated NASCAR
event of the season, maybe even of the decade. This year's Daytona 500
promises to be chuck full of action...more
NASCAR's
Organizational Structure
Make no doubt about it, NASCAR is a business and is run like any other
major corporation. It's a family-owned business with Brian France as the
third-generation CEO. Brian France is the son of Bill France, Jr., who
passed away at the age of 74 in June of 2007...more
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Looks like Ryan Newman didn't have the patience to wait for Indy to make his move. Penske PR today put out a release stating that Newman and Penske Racing would part ways at the end of 2008. No big surprises there, but now the question becomes where will Ryan go?
The ...
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LifeLock's not doing its job, because on Saturday night, NASCAR's identity got stolen.
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