The Muscle Car Forever Stamps: Why the autos of youth never truly die

“Oh when will their glory fade, Oh the dying charge they made.” Tennyson may well have been referencing the glory days of our Midwestern boyhood. The days we spent as kids at US-30 Drag Strip in NWI and the Great Lakes Drag Strip in Union Grove, Wisconsin. (Great Lakes remains open though US…

Gordon proud of NASCAR milestone

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Jeff Gordon is proud he has reached 700 straight Sprint Cup starts. He's even prouder he has accomplished the feat while still near the top of the sport.

Allmendinger enjoys taking 1st laps at Indy

INDIANAPOLIS | AJ Allmendinger needed help buckling down Saturday.

Late caution costs Montoya much-needed victory

RICHMOND, Va. | It's been a season of bad breaks for Juan Pablo Montoya, so it was only fitting when things again didn't go his way.

Late caution costs Montoya much-needed victory

Dallas Cowboys NFL football player DeMarcus Ware, center, waves to the crowd along with drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, left, and Joey Logano, right, prior to the Toyota Owner's 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., on Saturday.

Kenseth calls harsh penalties 'grossly unfair'

RICHMOND, Va. | Mild-mannered Matt Kenseth is spitting mad at NASCAR.

Kyle Larson holds off Logano to win at Rockingham

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. | Kyle Larson picked up his first NASCAR national series win on Sunday by holding off Joey Logano on the final restart of the Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway.

Kyle Larson holds off Logano to win at Rockingham

Kyle Larson pits for tires and gas during NASCAR Camping World Truck Series auto race in Rockingham, N.C., Sunday. Larson won the race.

Blocking theories like opinions - everyone has 1

Driver Tony Stewart talks with a crew member Saturday in the garage after practice for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.

Blocking theories like opinions - everyone has 1

MARTINSVILLE, Va. | Tony Stewart says never. Joey Logano says late in the race. Jimmie Johnson says to protect a victory in the final laps, except, perhaps, if Stewart is behind him because of the potential consequences.

$Hamlin has compression fracture in lower back$

Hamlin has compression fracture in lower back

Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower spine during a last-lap crash while racing for the win against former teammate Joey Logano, and Joe Gibbs Racing gave no indication Monday how long its driver could be sidelined.

Tony Stewart hoping for more good luck at Fontana

FONTANA, Calif. | A few hours after putting his footprints and signature in drying concrete on Fontana's walk of fame, Tony Stewart hopped on his jet with Kyle Larson and flew 400 miles north to Stockton, Calif., where Larson beat him in a dirt-track race.

Tony Stewart hoping for more good luck at Fontana

Two-time winner Tony Stewart poses with his footprints and signature with a plaque in concrete in the Auto Club Speedway walk of fame before Friday's practice and qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Auto Club 400 race, in Fontana, Calif.

IndyCar season about to begin, sans rivalries

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. | If only the rest of the world could have seen how Bobby Rahal looked at a picture of Michael Andretti during his daily workouts and realized how emotionally charged their rivalry used to be.

Kasey Kahne wins 1st career race at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. | Kasey Kahne won his first career Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway after Brad Keselowski struggled on the final restart.

Kasey Kahne wins 1st career race at Bristol

Denny Hamlin (11) leads Kyle Busch (18), Kasey Kahne (5) and others during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 auto race on Sunday in Bristol, Tenn.

NASCAR's new Gen-6 car goes to Bristol's bullring

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ryan Newman (39) leads Dave Blaney, Travis Kvapil, and Danica Patrick during morning practice for the Sprint Cup Series Food City 500 on Saturday in Bristol, Tenn.

NASCAR's new Gen-6 car goes to Bristol's bullring

NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brad Keselowski, left, signs an autograph prior to practice for the Food City 500 on Friday in Bristol, Tenn.

NASCAR's new Gen-6 car goes to Bristol's bullring

BRISTOL, Tenn. | There's an expectation from fans that a ticket to Bristol Motor Speedway will get them a seat to NASCAR's version of the Roman Colosseum.

Matt Kenseth holds off Kahne to win in Vegas

LAS VEGAS | Matt Kenseth won on his 41st birthday in just his third start for the Joe Gibbs Racing, barely holding off Kasey Kahne at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday for his 25th career victory.