Clint Bowyer will not drive for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2016 Michael Waltrip Racing and Clint Bowyer are parting ways at the end of the 2015 season. The team will also not field a full-time car in 2016. MWR made the announcement Wednesday morning. The team is in a state of flux after news emerged earlier this summer that co-owner Rob Kauffman had agreed to purchase a stake of Chip Ganassi … [Read more...]

Random Recap: The 1985 Busch 500 Welcome to Random Recaps, a weekly feature at From The Marbles. In this space, we'll recap a random race from the past at the track the where Sprint Cup Series is racing next.This week's race is the 1985 Busch 500. And as always, Random Recap is truly random thanks to Random.org. Dale Earnhardt dominated the Busch 500 Saturday night, leading 343 of the … [Read more...]

Matt Kenseth enjoyed himself in Michigan win, but few others did If you're a fan of the good ol' days of NASCAR, boy, did you love Sunday's Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Let's be clear: when we say "good ol' days," we're not talking about the beer-drinking, hell-raising, fists-flying days of men like Earnhardt, Petty, Waltrip and the like. No, we're talking about the … [Read more...]

Ward family files wrongful death lawsuit against Tony Stewart The family of Kevin Ward Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tony Stewart on Friday, almost a year after Ward was killed when he was struck by Stewart at an upstate New York dirt track. The Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen on Sunday. A year ago this weekend, Stewart went racing at Canandaigua Motorsports Park the … [Read more...]

Buddy Baker dies at 74 Former NASCAR racer and broadcaster Buddy Baker died Monday morning. He was 74. Baker, who last hosted a show on NASCAR's SiriusXM channel, stepped away from his hosting duties earlier this year after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. The cancer had been found after Baker had been complaining of incessant shoulder pain. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football: Sign up and join … [Read more...]

Chase Watch: Kasey Kahne may need a win to get in Your browser does not support iframes. Kasey Kahne made the 2014 Chase after he won at Atlanta, the penultimate race before the Chase. He may need to execute similar heroics to make the 2015 Chase. A week after crashing early at Pocono and finishing 43rd, Kahne got stacked up on a restart and finished 42nd at Watkins Glen. Sam Hornish Jr. … [Read more...]

Joey Logano passes Kevin Harvick on last lap to win at Watkins Glen Your browser does not support iframes. Joey Logano ran out of fuel while leading with less than three laps to go last week at Pocono. On Sunday at Watkins Glen, he went to victory lane because of another driver's fuel misfortune. Logano passed Kevin Harvick entering the final corner of the race to win his first road course … [Read more...]

Defending race-winner AJ Allmendinger wins pole at Watkins Glen AJ Allmendinger completed a sweep of the road course poles in the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday. After winning the pole at Sonoma in June, Allmendinger was the fastest qualifier in both rounds of qualifying at Watkins Glen and will start first on Sunday. He won last year's race at Watkins Glen in a thrilling finish with Marcos … [Read more...]