Polesitter Kyle Busch isn’t the only driver who will have to go to the back of the pack Sunday for NASCAR’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas.

He’ll be joined in the back by Brian Vickers and Scott Speed…

Son of Left Turns thought NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip was kidding in a TV interview the other day when he said fellow driver Scott Speed painted his toe nails.

‘Tis true about Speed, who might be the biggest character to join NASCAR in many…

After Mike McDowell’s horrific crash last week in qualifying, I wrote about how crash engineering saved the youngster’s life.

And Friday, Joe Menzer of NASCAR.com posted an excellent in-depth account about crash safety that’s a must-read if you dig the engineering of NASCAR.

If you intend to…

Rookie driver Mike McDowell of Michael Waltrip Racing hit the wall hard in a spectacular crash at Texas Motor Speedway in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying today … and walked away from the mangled car apparently unscatched.

Amazing.

Dude was cooking at about 195 mph when he…