NASCAR Cup Series

Dave Marcis was one of the last of a dying breed. He chose to walk his own path as an independent owner/driver with little or no factory support. The life he led was not an easy one but Marcis was never afraid of a little hard work.

Tony Stewart was looking forward to his second year in a row of spending his NASCAR off season down under. Unfortunately, this year's Australian adventure did not turn out quite as Stewart had planned.

I hope all of the readers will read the title of the article before actually reading it. France is now proposing new changes for the Chase, which include now 15 drivers instead of 12 and an elimination style/knockout format.

While the snow and ice and artic temperatures blanket most of the country, the heat is just beginning to find it's way home to Daytona. Like birds migrating back after the winter. The power, and the roar of racing engines combined with the heart and determination of champion thoroughbreds is returning to Daytona.

NASCAR announced that the eligibility criteria for the 2011 Budweiser Shootout would be expanded.

Last week, Brad Keselowski tweeted, "Needed a good laugh tonight after being ruled ineligible for both shootout and NW championship in one loooong week.

In today’s modern high tech era, the internet has made it easy for any fan to get up to date information which at one time was hard to come by.

Best Buy announced earlier this week that they were renewing their partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports and AJ Allmendinger.

Brian France has stood stalwart against the verbal stones and arrows aimed in his direction because his approach to the operation of NASCAR is so different from that of his father and grandfather.

While the NASCAR focus should be squarely aimed at the upcoming test session at Daytona, there seems to be some other very interesting story lines this week.