NASCAR notes: Earnhardt has seen this show before

It’s beginning to look like the 2013 season is following a familiar pattern for NASCAR’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has never won a Cup title and had his best points finish — third place — 10 years ago. This season, like others in the past, started off ...

• 12:25 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013

NASCAR driver's girlfriend slaps, dislocates jaw of rival

It was the slap seen ‘round the NASCAR world Sunday when driver Max Papis was hit by rival driver Mike Skeen’s girlfriend. But Monday Papis announced the slap was a lot stronger than it looked — claiming it dislocated his jaw. “Papis and Skeen had a little dispute on the ...

• 1:26 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013

Max Papis says Sunday's slap dislocated his jaw

The NASCAR driver's smack in the face was just part of a day-long feud with driver Mike Skeen and Skeen's girlfriend.

• 12:01 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013

Kyle Busch gets AMS win

Kyle Busch scored his fourth win of the Sprint Cup season as he took the lead on a late pit stop and motored away to win the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday night. During a caution period with 33 laps to go, the crew of his No. 18 ...

• 11:32 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

Restart dominoes fall hard on Kahne

The race for the Chase for the Sprint Cup took an interesting turn on the first restart of Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Jeff Gordon was slow taking off on the outside lane and stacked up the field.The domino effect was particularly hard on Kasey Kahne as ...

• 10:19 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

AdvoCare 500

• 9:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

Kevin Harvick wins Nationwide race at AMS

A year after dominating the Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway only to lose to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on the last lap, Kevin Harvick rolled to a relatively easy win in Saturday’s Great Clips/Grit Chips 300.Harvick dominated the last half of the race and held off Kyle Busch in ...

• Updated: 10:39 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013

Already in Chase, Kenseth wants strong AMS finish

Matt Kenseth ranks only sixth in the Sprint Cup points standings, but with his circuit-leading five race victories and the momentum from a win last week at Bristol Motor Speedway, he’s one of the key drivers to watch with two races to run before the start of the Chase for ...

• Updated: 12:51 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013

Love affair with speed is undying

Speed is such a shifty concept. Usain Bolt has it to spare. His 2009 world record in the 100 meters (9.58 seconds) was more than a half-second faster than the best of Jesse Owens (10.2) 73 years earlier. We marvel at a man of such unlikely aerodynamics — Bolt is ...

• Updated: 1:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins pole for AMS Cup race

For most of the 2013 Sprint Cup season, rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has been known more for being the boyfriend of megastar Danica Patrick than anything he’s done on the race track. But on Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Stenhouse stole the show by winning his first career Cup pole ...

• 9:31 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013