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NASCAR fans rejoice, we are 35 days away from seeing our favorite drivers take to Daytona International Speedway in the Budweiser Shootout. Well some of us will see our favorite drivers, others will have to wait a few more days for qualifying and the Duals. Anyway, this is part one of ...

After more than 60 years in racing and 10 championships, it appears the most well known name in NASCAR is hanging up the keys. According to FoxSports.com multiple sources have confirmed that America's first family of stock car racing will shut its doors down and merge with Gillett Evernham Motorsports. The report ...

Top-10 New Years Resolutions for the NASCAR fan! 1. I will not punch my friend when he cheers after my favorite driver wrecks — OK, so we've all been in this situation before right?? No?? Well maybe my friends and I watch the races a little different than you all, but ...

It looks like the merger between Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises is going to cost one driver his job -- Elliot Sadler. Sadler piloted the #19 Dodge in 2008, but according to ESPN.com multiple sources close to the organization have confirmed the change... Allmendinger has limited experience at the cup level, ...

Well given the apocalyptic events of the last two weeks we've decided we couldn't wait until after the holidays to chat about it. Josh, Chris and George talk about the big news that Honda is out of F1 next year...and Chris sheds a tear for Audi...who has announced that ...

Various circumstances and the ensuing holidays made the posting of this show about a friggen month late. Which is sad because it's a pretty good one. Johnny from LiveFastRacing.com joined us to wrap up the various professional road racing motorcycle series' seasons. We talk MotoGP, AMA Superbike, ...

Jimmie Johnson did enough during the Chase to end up on top. Carl Edwards ran out of events to win... leaving him in second place. The presumptive Chase winner, Kyle Busch, never did overcome his early Chase problems. Let me proclaim it here first, Jimmie Johnson will not win four ...

The nitro fumes in Pomona have yet to dissipate and the NHRA rumor mill is already in full churn. Drag Racing Online is reporting that Top Fuel Champion Larry Dixon will be leaving Don Prudhomme's Snake Racing and will drive the Al-Anabi Top Fueler next season. That car, as you ...

Well, Jimmie Johnson won his third-straight championship by doing what he had to do at Homestead: not crashing. Carl Edwards won another race by having just a touch more fuel than everyone else did and he did his part to at least made the first part of the race ...

Lunch one Thursday in 2003 was interesting. We met, as usual almost every week, at the local Lions’ Club for their cheap hot dogs. This gathering has included at times, Chris Economaki, drivers, crew, retired drivers and owners, journalists, etc. The weather and home crises cut into attendance that week ...

With Carl Edwards qualifying fourth and Jimmie Johnson starting 30th, there is a chance Jimmie could finish below 38th overall, with Edwards leading the most laps and winning the event to claim his first Sprint Cup National Title. But I really don't see that happening. Johnsom isn't going to be ...

First off, apologies to all for no posts in a while; the reasons for my absence are numerous and personal, but I'm happy to be back with you for the last bite of the NASCAR season.  I'm going to do this post in reverse today so let us get this ...

Sorry this is a week late..... Chris and Josh are joined again by George Katinger to cover the end of the 2008 season. We'll also talk a little NASCAR, mention WRC...and talk about how Josh rode in a rally car upside down in Rally New York. Show notes below ...

After the fall trip to the desert, the Chase is virtually over. With Jimmie Johnson leading Carl Edwards by 141 points I think it would be safe to drop the hardware off at jewelry store and have Jimmies name printed on the trophy for the third consecutive time. Only Cale ...

Well if you haven’t seen or heard of the outcome of the Brazilian GP yesterday, you must have been in a coma. In a bid to win the driver’s championship Felipe Massa, in front of his countrymen, drove a brilliant weekend, from practice right through to his race win. And ...

There is one more race to go in the season, and at least one champ has it in the bag and another is just about there. At the eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Tony Schumacher locked up his sixth Top Fuel ...

The Formula 1 schedule is coming to a dramatic close this weekend at Interlagos in Brazil, where Lewis Hamilton is fighting to hold on and win the 2008 driver's championship. Felipe Massa did his best to make Hamilton's clinching of the title difficult as he took pole today for ...

Several A1 Teams made final preparations this week for round two of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in Chengdu, China on November 9th. Among them were the Chinese team and Pakistan, both appearing for the first time this year on the A1GP testing surface at the UK's Silverstone circuit. ...

I've been writing for Fastmachines.com for about five years now (wow, has it really been five years?) and each year I try my hand at predicting the NHRA's Rookie of the Year. The official award is called the Auto Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award (what would ...

Chris and Josh review all the hub bub leading up to the final, Championship deciding Grand Prix of 2008. We also talk NASCAR - Johnson has it about sewn up - as well as a little IRL, ALMS and even some DTM and V8 Supercars to round things out. ...