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This week we travel back to the place that was the start of my NASCAR days. Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International marks my 19th consecutive year at The Glen and it's a track near and dear to my heart, and no matter where life takes me, it will always serve as my 'Hometown Track'.

Marcos Ambrose has won the last two Sprint Cup races at Watkins Glen and he will start his run at a third consecutive victory from the pole with Michael Waltrip Racing's Clint Bowyer 2nd. Marcos seems untouchable at this track and a pole to kick off his pursuit for his third win in as many years at this historic race track is very bad news for the competition.

After some exciting races at Pocono Raceway and Iowa Speedway last weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series head north for some road course racing at Watkins Glen International, the always entertaining 2.45 mile road course in Upstate New York. This weekend

Well it wouldn't be a weekend at Watkins Glen International without Mother Nature interfering with the racing itinerary.  The weather has been slightly less...

Just a few weeks ago what had been the original version of this column came to fruition. There weren’t that many surprises, no bold assessments...

Where there is Smoke, there is an ambulance. Three Sprint races, three wrecks. A 19-year old driver got carted away with a back injury after Stewart caused a July 16th crash in New York. He flipped five times in a race July 29th in Ontario. Now we have this one where the flashing lights were for Smoke himself in Iowa.

With the amount of injuries and fatalities in sprint cars this year, and considering how many races NASCAR champion Tony Stewart competes in during...

At a track known as tricky, with a bowling sponsor for its second race of the season, here is what was surprising and not...

Every race weekend, fans see a nicely done broadcast by NASCAR’s TV partners. They see the finished product of a weeklong production broadcasting the race is. Countless hours go into preparing the show to make sure it’s as accurate as can be. It’s rare to get inside information on what goes on behind the scenes, but if you were to get it, who better to get it from than the host.

Johnson started from the pole at Pocono but found trouble on lap 76 when he cut a tire and hit the wall. Despite the damage, he finished 13th and actually increased his lead in the points standings to 77 over Clint Bowyer.