On Saturday, NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was suspended indefinitely for failing a random drug test. He joined LA Dodgers OF Manny Ramirez as another sports figure hit with a suspension over illegal drug use this week.

Twenty years ago, Bobby Allison's crash at Talladega opened NASCAR's eyes and the restrictor plate was added. Joe Menzer says after Carl Edwards' horrific crash on Sunday, more changes are needed before tragedy strikes.

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing sought ways to lessen their environmental impact long before the economy faltered, and critics may scoff that a fuel-based spectator sport could yield benefits, but for NASCAR, the recession clouds may have many “green linings.”

The hope was that the Daytona 500 could be completed prior to the incoming rainstorm, but they didn't quite make it. Still, they have a winner, and it's Matt Kenseth, who won a race-shortened race that was called with 48 laps to go.

It's NASCAR's crown jewel: the Daytona 500. Rev up your engines, because Daytona 500 start time is almost here, though there are some weather fears.

Nascar results show an interesting sequence. Kevin Harvick started near the rear of the field and had problems all night long, but was in the right place at the right time to capture the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

Famous race car driver Danica Patric is seen in this video having a chat fight with another NASCAR driver Milka Duno. This time, Danica is confronting another female race car driver that was driving way too slow.

Jake and Elwood Blues, better known as the Blues Brothers, broke out of Joliet, Ill., in the summer of 1979 and led Chicago police on an inner-city chase that ended with a siege on the Daly Plaza in downtown.

Clint Bowyer, who joined NASCAR racing less than four years back, has managed to become one of the most popular racing champions in the country. Born in 1979, Bowyer stated racing in the motocross at the young age of five.

Kurt Busch has been one NASCAR driver who has been in the news for one reason or the other ever since his entry on the NASCAR circuits. This highly talented driver, who has been driving in both the Busch Series (#12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge) and the Nextel Cup Series(#2 Miller Lite Dodge), has been a Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year , an IROC champion and a NEXTEL Cup Champion to boot.

The safety of the new “cars of tomorrow” are truly amazing. To hit a wall at over 180 mph, flip multiple times, and walk away from it with no problem seems impossible, but Michael McDowell did it.

Once again, the NASCAR on Fox crew will be dealing with a dicey weather situation when they take to the air at 1:30PM for a scheduled 2:15PM Eastern Time green flag. The Sprint Cup race follows the Fox presentation of the Craftsman Truck Series on Saturday, as no Nationwide event is scheduled for this weekend.