NASCAR docked Martin Truex Jr. 150 points and dealt a serious blow to Truex’s Chase hopes because his No. 1 car failed inspection last week before the Sodie Zero 400 at Daytona.

NASCAR’s template to measure the roof of cars…

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s NASCAR victory Sunday at Michigan on “fuel strategy” — fuel strategy!!! – ended a 76-race-win drought for the wildly popular Hendrick Motorsports driver, and perhaps it will calm down his rabid fans at least for a day or two.…

Checking in with musings about NASCAR …

 – News: Petty Enterprises “partners” with a venture capital firm, Boston Ventures, which actually takes over controlling interest of the Petty race teams and the Richard Petty Driving Experience.

Views: Another one bites the dust, with…

On the tailpipe of his eighth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600, Elliott Sadler has signed a contract extension with Gillett Evernham Motors.

Sadler, he of bolgona burgers and helmet-tossing, has been with Evernham since the middle of the 2006 season…

All righty, I’ve drank too much of the caffeinated beverage (AGAIN!) and I’m feelin’ the rush, so I’ll jibber-jabber about Sunday’s races — Formula 1, Indy car and NASCAR.

– Lewis Hamilton rocks! Dude won again in the Grand Prix…

News — Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing is being courted by Haas CNC Racing and other teams for when his contract runs out.

Views — The ol’ leverage trick: get an offer from somewhere else and play it against your employer for…

There’s a reason Jimmie Johnson is the two-time NASCAR Cup champion.

He’s got the best crew chief in the biz on his pit box – Chad Knaus. Chadman’s clever (Left Turns still marvels at the upside down shocks a couple of…

A Left Turns reader from Georgia sent a link to the new Dale Earnhardt Jr. billboard that replaces the edgy billboard to which DEJ had objected.

We wrote about the flap over that billboard earlier this month. Earnhardt Jr. and his sister/agent Kelley…