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Rivalries, fights, and smack talk in NASCAR are rich and deep rooted in tradition.  Go back to the 1979 Daytona 500 for the most notorious fight in NASCAR when Bobby Allison and his brother Donnie took on Cale Yarborough at the end of the race...

Well not exactly. But there is a major connection between NASCAR and and some high speed competition at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

We all know I am a Jimmie Johnson fan, but this would be a  really a great story no matter what driver's team it was about. In fact, while I believe they are really great and train hard, I think most could argue that some other crews like that of Matt Kenseth may indeed be the standard bearers in NASCAR.

This week NASCAR officials announced a new championship format for the 2014 Sprint Cup series that puts greater emphasis on winning and sets up a playoff elimination system at season's end similar to other major league sports.

I am so excited to get down to Daytona for the first race of the new NASCAR season! It's almost my unofficial EARLY welcome to spring. This is about the time of year I start checking out the websites for the changes in cars and drivers for the year, try to get up to speed on all the changes that always take place. What I found today though is not a change I expected.

NASCAR Hall of Fame racer Rusty Wallace returned to the driver's seat on Friday at Daytona International Speedway for some pre-season testing.

Carl Edwards has made a number of video and television appearances during his NASCAR career and the latest is coming up this week.

With the Daytona 500 less than two months away, NASCAR star Tony Stewart is looking forward to his return to driving as he recovers from the surgeries that were performed to fix his leg that was badly broken in a sprint car crash back in August.

It was a black tie and evening gown night at the Wynn in Las Vegas last night as NASCAR crowned its new champion Jimmie Johnson and a native from the Capital Region got to enjoy the festivities.

With the 2013 NASCAR season coming to an end last weekend in Florida, it doesn't take long for race fans to direct their attention to the new year ahead.

Wow! What a great year for Jimmie Johnson and the 48 team! As you may know, I head down to Daytona every year to watch the start of each NASCAR season with its biggest race. I have always been let down as Jimmie and Chad have always had a hard time winning that race. This year was different. This year they won it as a team for the first time ever and I had to think to myself, this is going to be a

Barring major disaster on Sunday, Jimmie Johnson will pick up his 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. But there is much more to this final weekend of the season.