Furniture Row Racing

Part 2 : continues.... WHERE HE STANDS: 17th, 39 points out of the top 10. CHARLOTTE RECORD: Eight top-10 finishes in 24 starts. Has won nine poles. LOOKING AHEAD: Newman feels "if it is super-hot, it (the 600) is very demanding because this (Charlotte...

The Busch brothers are NASCAR's guilty pleasure. Fans celebrate them with a passionate fist bump. Or they want to use that fist for a sucker punch, connecting square on the noggin. They have that effect on people. Kyle "Rowdy" Busch and Kurt...

The Busch Brothers are NASCAR's guilty pleasure. Fans of all shapes and sizes embrace them with a passionate fist bump. Or they want to turn that fist into a sucker punch, connecting square on the noggin. They have that effect on people. Kyle...

CONCORDJUTTER@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM -- jutter@charlotteobserver.com After a couple of slower-than-usual pit stops during last weekend's Sprint Cup race at Darlington, two changes have been made to the pit crew for Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team....

The Sports Xchange NASCAR Driver Capsules, May 15 Capsules for the top 20 drivers in the Sprint Cup stands, plus five additional drivers of note. By Jerry Bonkowski and Bob Moore 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON, Chevrolet Team: Hendrick Motorsports WHERE HE...

While they weren't on record pace, NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Kurt Busch and Trevor Bayne spent valuable time testing at Michigan International Speedway on Tuesday in advance of the Quicken Loans 400 here on June 16. Unlike last April's Goodyear tire...

The Sports Xchange Kenseth relieved at outcome of JGR's appeal By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Matt Kenseth was grateful for the appeals process that restored him to the top 10 in NASCAR...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: Fixes coding of quotes NASCAR Driver Capsules, May 8 Capsules for the top 20 drivers in the Sprint Cup stands, plus five additional drivers of note. By Jerry Bonkowski and Bob Moore 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON, Chevrolet Team:...

The Sports Xchange Bowyer knows luck is crucial at Talladega By NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange Anything can happen at Talladega Superspeedway. Anyone can win at Talladega. That's the allure of racing at the 2.66-mile...

Kurt Busch once was at the front of the NASCAR pack. He won the series championship in 2004. From 2002 through 2011, Busch won 24 races. He has 174 top-10 finishes in 435 races. He once was a contender in almost every race he started. He drove for...

And so what's The Big Bang Theory following a 12-car pileup during pre-season testing at Daytona International Speedway this past week? Seems that everybody needs to go back to school and take a driver's-ed course. That's right, the best of the best...

LAS VEGAS -- NASCAR moves toward the future in a sweet ride. It rolled out the 2013 NASCAR Chevrolet SS race car Thursday morning in Las Vegas -- the perfect place for all things hip and cool. The Chevy model looks very much like the street model that...