Despite efforts to buff their image, NASCAR is still a sport where racism pulses below the surface and sexism in the form of bikini clad NASCAR eye-candy is proudly paraded around the speedway.
Steve Parker | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment
The Pentagon is convinced that NASCAR delivers one of its most dependable pools of potential recruits, so NASCAR's top drivers and teams over the years have carried sponsorships from the Armed Forces.
Washington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Even skyrocketing gas prices aren't slowing down Roberta McCain, the indefatigable 96-year-old mother of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). The would-be fir...
AP | JENNA FRYER | Posted 06.14.2008 | Home
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two officials suspended by NASCAR are accused in a $225 million lawsuit of exposing themselves to a former co-worker, the Asso...
Fox News | Kathryn Tuggle | Posted 05.31.2008 | Business
With oil setting record highs, daily commuters aren't the only ones hurting; soaring gas prices are also hurting the racing industry. From the "week...
Lucas Conley | Posted 05.23.2008 | Business
As lawmakers in the UK have figured out, when marketers mingle among consumers, the results are often more artifice than advertising.
Indianapolis Star | Susan Guyett | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media
Live from IMS: It's Brian Williams "NBC Nightly News" will be broadcast live from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday when anchorman Brian Will...
MSNBC | David Sweet | Posted 02.14.2008 | Business
Around the tracks they speed, drivers hidden by helmets and car roofs. For fans sitting in bleachers from Bristol to Pocono, there is no chance to see...
Claudia Cruz | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home
Vacations to Southern Florida usually involve visits to the beach, bike or boat rides through alligator territory, or day cruises to the Bahamas. Sel...
Michael Giltz | Posted 12.14.2007 | Entertainment
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($34.99; Warner Bros.) is just out on DVD to satisfy the fans who've read the final book three times already...
Washington Post | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics
Now, Rudolph W. Giuliani says, he "really" is a NASCAR fan. The Republican presidential candidate is better known as a New Yorker, of course, one who...
NY Daily News | DAVID SALTONSTALL and MICHAEL McCAULIFF | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics
Who's your NASCAR daddy? According to the latest filings in the White House campaign cash race, it's America's most famous big-city mayor, Rudy Giuli...
Dave Johnson | Posted 10.13.2007 | Politics
Republicans are circulating a new smear, saying that Democratic Congressional staffers advised aides to get vaccinations before visiting NASCAR events.
The Charlotte Observer | LISA ZAGAROLI | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics
NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious? Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and A...
BrandWeek | Mike Beirne | Posted 09.19.2007 | Business
On the eve of a Dallas press conference where Dale Earnhardt Jr. will disclose his chief sponsor and the number of the new car he will drive, Nascar's...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
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John McCain's famously cozy relationship with the press is getting a bit testy. Taking questions in...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
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WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When...
Dave Zirin | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment