Dropping the checkered flag on the season

Auto Racing Confidential

By Tania Ganguli

These are the Auto Racing Confidential season-ending awards, and they're a very serious matter. We'll break down this year's best, worst and most amusing.

TMS announces reduction in ticket prices, seats

Backstretch ticket prices for the Spint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway will be reduced to $20 and $40, officials announced today.

Forget what you've heard; S.C. SpeedPark is still open

By Lisa Fleisher

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- It's hard to get tourists to come spend money at your business when even the taxi drivers think you've closed. That's the frustrating problem faced by NASCAR SpeedPark in Myrtle Beach.

Numbers that would make even Carl Sagan blush

THATSRACIN.COM OPINION

By David Poole

David Poole: I am as suspicious as the next guy when it comes to the way numbers can be played with in assessing things like economic impact a Sprint Cup race has on a community or what value a sponsor gets out of backing a race team.

Hospital confession makes dream come true

Teen gets chance to live out fantasy of driving Camaro around speedway

By Mark Price

A Wisconsin teen got the chance to live out his fantasy of driving his Camaro around one of NASCAR's big tracks.

Penske may replace Castroneves

By Mike Brudenell

Penske Racing might announce before Christmas whether it will replace two-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves on its IndyCar Series team for 2009.

Season Superlatives

More suspense seemingly lies ahead with car, economy

David Poole and Jim Utter look back on the year in racing, including their picks for driver of the year.

Hits, misses in preseason predictions

By David Poole

In the Turn Lane: Now that the season is over, I guess it's only fair for us to look back to see how I did with my preseason predictions.

Big NASCAR souvenir sale to last longer this weekend

Usual Friday-only event expanded until Sunday because vendors have surplus of hats, T-shirts and other fan gear.

By Jefferson George

A day-after-Thanksgiving tradition at Lowe's Motor Speedway will run through the weekend this year, due partly to the sour economy's effect on spending by NASCAR fans.