JTG Daugherty ready to move ahead — on its own

Sometimes, even in racing, you have to go backward so you can eventually move forward.
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Harvick honored with induction into hometown hall of fame

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick returned Wednesday to where his racing career began — his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. — to be inducted into the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame.
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Burton wooed Blickensderfer, who in turn pursued others

Driver Jeff Burton likes to call Drew Blickensderfer “a great recruiter” who has initiated significant and promising personnel changes on the No. 31 Chevrolet team at Richard Childress Racing.
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Major sponsor deals indicate NASCAR economy is turning

At last, there’s a large patch of blue to break up the doom and gloom that has clouded the NASCAR economy for the past three seasons.
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Ragan learned lessons during offseason job search

Forget talent.
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Ten treated for smoke inhalation after fire at JGR

A Charlotte television station reported that 10 people were treated and released for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out inside the Joe Gibbs Racing complex in Huntersville, N.C., on Tuesday.
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Patrick locked into Daytona 500, thanks to TBR

Danica Patrick is in the Daytona 500 field, and she didn’t even need to turn a lap to get there.
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Allmendinger cherishes drought-ending Rolex win

A.J. Allmendinger had tried to win the Rolex 24 At Daytona for six years. In fact, he hadn’t won a race anywhere for five years.
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Championship rut? Johnson wants to go back

Without the obligations that come from being a NASCAR champion, Jimmie Johnson spent more time during the offseason with his wife and 1 ½-year-old daughter. It also allowed him to correct a mistaken impression that “December only had two weeks in it.”
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Sadler excited to go for Daytona retribution

You can’t blame Elliott Sadler for thinking that the Daytona 500 might owe him one.
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Former 500 champ Foyt hospitalized for infection

A.J. Foyt has been hospitalized in Houston for complications from knee surgery and will skip the 50th anniversary of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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Most pressure put on Truex comes from inside

Patience is running thin at Michael Waltrip Racing. The owner wants to see improvement. The sponsor wants to see improvement. But perhaps the least patient man in the entire organization is the guy behind the wheel of the No. 56.
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France, NASCAR seek to carry momentum into 2012

The bottom line in the state of the sport address delivered Thursday by NASCAR officials: 2011 was such a great year that the big challenge is building on the momentum it generated in 2012 without changing too much.
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Pocono Raceway founder and visionary Mattioli dies

Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway founder and chairman of the board, passed away Thursday at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness. He was 86.
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Pocono Raceway founder and visionary Mattioli dies

Dr. Joseph Mattioli, Pocono Raceway founder and chairman of the board, passed away Thursday at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, surrounded by his family, following a lengthy illness. He was 86.
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