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While rivals struggle to regain footing, Rick Hendrick and his men are looking stronger than ever

   CONCORD, N.C.   You want the inside scoop on NASCAR 2012?   Easy: put your money on Rick Hendrick's guys.   Yeah, yeah, that sounds like an easy call. Hendrick always has contenders. Ten championships since 1995, and all those wins.   But as the new stock car racing season approaches, Hendrick's men look... Read More

And Heeere's the 2013 NASCAR stocker. Score one for Ford!

   CONCORD, N.C.   Ford scored a marketing coup Tuesday, and moved to put some buzz in the air here during Day Two of the annual preseason Charlotte Media Tour, as the first car maker to debut its new 2013 NASCAR stocker and put it out on the track.   Two, in fact, with Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse turning laps at Charlotte Motor... Read more

Bruton Smith, on Kentucky Speedway: "We're Fixing It"

  CONCORD, N.C.  Okay, let's be blunt:   Bruton Smith has been running big NASCAR races since 1960, and he's one of the biggest racing promoters in the world.   And Kentucky Speedway ran NASCAR Nationwide events for 10 years, to sellout crowds, before last summer's debut as the Sprint Cup tour's newest stop.  We all know, all too... Read more