Stock Car Racing History Articles

Brickyard 400 Pit Stop - ' A Journey Down Racing's Memory Lane

Exclusive Journey Down Racing's Memory Lane, featuring the Brickyard 400 Race, Lowe's Motor Speedway, and More! more

Dirt Late Model Racing Career - A Thinking Man's Driver

Exclusive look at Jeep Van Wormer's Dirt Late Model Racing Career, featuring full-bodied Street Stock, 20 wins, and More! more

Scott Bloomquist - Obsessive But in a Good Way

Scott Bloomquist has been racing for 25 years and commands complete control of the track more

The Real Deal - NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin Shows His Talent With Joe Gibbs Racing

Denny Hamlin's talent in a race car has long been evident on the short tracks of Virginia and the two Carolinas. But it took a call from Joe Gibbs Racing to elevate the young driver from local star to the top of the sport more

40 years in the fast lane: A Brief History of Stock Car Racing Magazine

When Stock Car Racing was launched in 1966, Robert Yates was working as a mechanic for hourly wages, Richard Petty was on his way to becoming the King, and a young man by the name of Richard Childress was on the verge of a career that parallels the growth of the magazine. Their stories, and those of more

Stock Car Magazine Interview: Chad Knaus

Pushing the envelope of NASCAR's rules and his driver's skills, Chad Knaus has been one of the main driving forces behind the succes of the No. 48 Lowe's stock car more

History of Martinsville Speedway Race Track

From it's infamous red hot dogs to a track surface that has a love/hate relationship with drivers, Martinsville Speedway gives fans and racers a smile no matter what more

Year One Hot Rodders Hurricane Relief Fund

By now, everyone knows of the havoc caused by Hurricane Katrina. Never before in our country's history has such an enormous number of Americans suffered so greatly from a single-or even series of-natural disasters. There's nothing we can say about the devastat more

Toyota Headed To Nextel Cup

Toyota is expected to shift the money it is spending on open wheelracing in America to NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series and its Busch Series asearly as 2007. more

Chasing Cale

The 2005 Pepsi 400 at Daytona will have the usual pomp and flair that the mid-season race always has, but for Jeff Gordon, something more than just points and a win will be at stake. more

King of Michigan

Nine of David Pearson's 105 NASCAR Cup events and a ton of close finishes were at Michigan International Speedway. more

Tyler Walker Bush Racing Interview

BioBirthdate:July 16, 1981 more

Cotton Spry Car Racing Weight Distribution - Making Weight Work For You

Cotton Spry weighs nearly 200 pounds once he's put on his driving shoes, protective suit, gloves, and helmet. The Legends Car he races weighs just under 1,100 pounds without any lead. When you add in his weight, including his personal safety gear, he's already more

Jack Roush NASCAR Roush Racing Team - Jack's Way

The engines are still. The grandstands are emptying. Jeff Gordon's voice is filling the infield with yet another description of how he just won his third Daytona 500. It's all just white noise to Jack Roush. more

Todd Higdon Racing Budget Financial Success - Fun And Profit

There isn't much that separates Todd Higdon from racers all over the country. He started out in go-karts and moved up a step at a time until he got to the V-8 cars. He works a full-time job, considers racing a hobby, and has raced all his life out of his own p more

Phillip & Mark Whitley Legends Racing - Two Guys And A Title

Imagine the reaction Mark Whitley gets when a fellow racer asks the inevitable question-How did you get your start?-and he tells them he began his racing career in Soap Box Derby competition. The reply typically draws a puzzled look and a follow-up question, s more

Short Track Racer Rich Pratt is Headed North

Short-track weekly race Rich Pratt travels more than 2,000 miles tocompete. more

Stock Car Racing Good Old Days - Pit Stop

I love to hear Willie Nelson sing, and when he does "Yesterday's Wine" it touches the heart and puts my mind to rambling-rambling back to the early days of stock car racing. more

Alan Kulwicki's Phoenix Link

Like the burning embers of a campfire rising into the evening sky,Phoenix International Raceway will shine brightly when the NASCAR NextelCup Series competes in the first-ever night race at the famed desertoval on Saturday, April 23. more

Jeff Burton: NASCAR Driver or Cameron Crazy

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Jeff Burton can relate a bit to thedie-hard race fan. You know the type of fan who knows every little thingabout his favorite driver, has followed that team for years with greatanticipation, and won't miss a televised even more

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2005 Speedweeks Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway

Daytona. Speedweeks. In this era of profound growth and change on the NASCAR landscape, those words evoke everything that's good about the sport of stock car racing. Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway envelop the tradition, the passion, and the compe more

Frank Kimmel ARCA Wins - 6 And Counting

Now With A Bond That Goes Beyond Mere Chemistry, The Team Is Striving For A Seventh Championship more

A Daytona Facelift

Competitors and fans attending events at Daytona International Speedwaythis season will hardly recognize the place after a multi-million dollarinfield renovation totally changed the look of the famed raceway. To saythe Daytona infield has undergone a maj more

SCR Contributor Earns Two Writing Awards

Two Stock Car Racing cover stories took top honors in the 15th AnnualInternational Automotive Media Awards competition, announced lastNovember in New York City. The IAMA draws thousands of entries frombooks, magazines, newspapers, television and advertis more