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A NASCAR icon has been saved

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, January 9th 2009

Petty Enterprises, NASCAR’s oldest team, has been saved from extinction by...

Jacques Villeneuve still hopes for a second career in NASCAR

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, December 15th 2008

Early this year Jacques Villeneuve tried to break into NASCAR with Bill Davis’...

Johnson stands shoulder to shoulder with Yarborough

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, November 17th 2008

Carl Edwards did all he could to try to steal this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Jimmie Johnson dominates in Arizona

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, November 10th 2008

Jimmie Johnson drove another superb race on Sunday, scoring his seventh win of...

Carl Edwards makes his case

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, November 3rd 2008

Carl Edwards has kept his NASCAR Sprint Cup championship hopes alive with a...

Paul Newman, the driver

Question and Answer by Nigel Roebuck, October 24th 2008

Dear Nigel, I've been an avid reader of your 'Ask Nigel' columns since the...

Can anyone beat Jimmie Johnson?

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, October 13th 2008

Halfway through NASCAR’s ten-race Chase for the Cup play-off with just five of...

Steve Hallam’s move to NASCAR

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, September 22nd 2008

It was confirmed last weekend that Steve Hallam (below) will leave his post as...

The Sprint Cup’s chase for the title is underway

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, September 15th 2008

NASCAR’s ‘Chase for the Cup’ championship playoff was designed to shake things...

Can Carl Edwards beat Kyle Busch?

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, August 20th 2008

Carl Edwards has emerged as the strongest challenger to Kyle Busch for this...

Mario Andretti vs Juan Pablo Montoya

Question and Answer by Nigel Roebuck, August 19th 2008

How do you feel Juan Pablo Montoya’s modern achievement of having won races in...

An Aussie wins in NASCAR & Franchitti shows his stuff too

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, August 13th 2008

NASCAR ran it’s twenty-third consecutive Cup race at Watkins Glen last weekend...

NASCAR has arrived in Canada

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, August 8th 2008

It’s taken NASCAR only twelve months to take centre stage in Canadian motor...

Jacques tries NASCAR again

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, August 1st 2008

Jacques Villeneuve will try to kick-start his stalled attempt at breaking into...

Busch and Toyota are NASCAR’s hottest combination

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, March 14th 2008

Kyle Busch (above) has threatened to win every NASCAR Sprint Cup race run this...

'The show' rolls on

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, March 7th 2008

Three races into the world’s longest racing season and NASCAR’s soap opera...

Start your engines

Opinion by Ed Foster, February 27th 2008

What a weekend; annoyingly much of the racing at California Speedway for the...

LA and NASCAR... the perfect weekend?

Opinion by Ed Foster, February 25th 2008

As this goes live on Monday February 25 I will be 30,000 feet above the...

At Daytona, it's all about the show

Opinion by Gordon Kirby, February 15th 2008

NASCAR is where the show and entertainment is king and the sanctioning body is...

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