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By: FTW Staff | February 21, 2017 9:38 am If Jimmie Johnson wins another championship this season, to make it a record-setting eight, will he be considered the greatest driver in NASCAR history? Or should he already be the considered the greatest driver of all time? USA TODAY Sports’ Brant James and Fox Sports analyst Larry McReynolds III talk about where Johnson ranks among the sport’s greats. Take Our Poll…

Bold prediction: Kasey Kahne will lead a lap in 2017. Along with leading a lap, Kahne will grab a win and make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The fact is if he doesn’t, there will be a ton of pressure for Hendrick to hand over his ride to one of the young guns, like William Byron, sooner rather than later. After two disappointing seasons, Kahne…

3:46 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The 40th anniversary of the iconic movie “Slap Shot” will be celebrated on Feb. 25 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Steve Carlson, Jeff Carlson and Dave Hanson, better known as the Hanson brothers, will host the “Boys are Back in Town” celebration on the original site of the film. Many consider the movie, which starred Paul Newman, as one of the…

NASCAR’s cup series will have a new sponsor this year, Monster Energy. The storyline ahead of the 59th running of the Daytona 500 was the sons of two Hall of Famers, Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt, starting in the 1 and 2 position.

As Jimmie Johnson stood alongside fellow title contenders Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, and Joey Logano in the back of a pickup waving to the fans before the start of last season’s Cup Series championship final, he witnessed something unfamiliar. Instead of the boos and middle finger salutes that customarily accompanied him during pre-race driver introductions, fans inside Homestead-Miami Speedway were actually indicating their support for the man who in just…

BELGRADE, Serbia — Partizan Belgrade midfielder Everton Luiz was in tears after persistent racist chants during his team’s victory over Rad in the Serbian league. The Brazilian, who joined Partizan last year, played through monkey chants and other abuse, including a racist banner in the stands where Rad fans were standing. The banner was removed after intervention from the referee. There were scuffles between the players after the match on…

Caption Close Latham Abigail and Chloe Batchler were greeted with hugs and tears Monday as they walked into Afrim’s Sports Dome in Latham. It was the first time that friends, teammates and the larger Rotterdam community had seen the 11-year-old twins since a car crash left them orphaned and injured on Jan. 22, and it was an emotional reunion. Their grandparents trailed behind, wiping tears and watching closely over the…

If NASCAR fans were shocked by the appearance of the Monster Energy Girls’ outfits this weekend, they clearly didn’t hear the promises that the company’s vice president of sports marketing, Mitch Covington, made earlier this year when discussing Monster Energy’s debut as the title sponsor of NASCAR’s Cup Series. Via NBC Sports: “Monster, we were built on girls, music and racing,” Covington said in January. “We think that fits with…

Race fans were thrilled that the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series began over the weekend at Daytona International Speedway, where Joey Logano won the Advance Auto Parts Clash and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. swept the front row in Daytona 500 qualifying. And from the looks of things, the drivers and teams were pretty happy to be back, too. , LAT Images www.latphoto.co.uk John…

Retired U.S. women’s soccer player Lauren Holiday took to social media over the weekend to open up about her life as a new mother and the obstacles she faced upon learning she had a benign brain tumor while six months pregnant. Holiday, 29, posted a photo of daughter Jrue on Saturday to her Instagram page and wrote, “I have never quite known suffering like I experienced the last 6 months….

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

From left, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Austin Dillon and Joey Logano wait on pit road for a turn on the track during NASCAR auto racing practice at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

Photo credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images One of the biggest stories of last year’s NASCAR season wasn’t on track, but rather, about who was missing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. sat out the last half of the season recovering from a concussion. Unlike other series whose sports rhyme with “schmootball,” NASCAR actually beefed up their concussion protocol after last year’s string of concussion-related headlines. Advertisement NASCAR released a few important changes ahead of…

BUY TICKETS: See the Daytona 500 live! MORE: Hamlin wears special pair of Jordans for ‘The Clash’ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski checked over the damage to his No. 2 Ford’s right-front fender, the result of a last-lap crunch in a tense contest for the lead with Denny Hamlin‘s No. 11 Toyota in the Advance Auto Parts Clash. The contact cost Keselowski a victory in a season-opening exhibition that…

Details will be released Monday   on SoccerCity,  the $1 billion-plus, soccer-based redevelopment proposal for Qualcomm Stadium property in Mission Valley. Officials of the La Jolla-based FS Investors group said they will brief the news media at 11 a.m. at the La Jolla Map Museum, owned by FS Investors principal Mike Stone. The group announced plans last month to seek a Major League Soccer franchise by promising to build a $200…

No sport enjoys messing with its points system more than NASCAR, and it reached new heights in confusion this time around. Drivers don’t even know how it’s going to work. Something about stages and playoff points and more arbitrary phrases like “carryover to the Round of 8” are being tossed around all in the name of adding excitement to races. Does Chris Buescher know how far regular-season wins or points…

Two of the biggest pieces of Langley Speedway’s 2017 schedule fell into place Sunday, when NASCAR announced that the track will host two of its touring series events. NASCAR said in a press release that its Whelen Modified Tour will stop at Langley on May 13, and the K&N Pro Series East will be there on Sept. 2. The Modified Tour is a new creation, combining NASCAR’s northern-based tour with…

Chase Elliott is two-for-two in winning the pole for the Daytona 500. Now, it’s up to Elliott to perform better in the race than he did a year ago. Elliott won the pole for next Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway with a final-round speed of 192.872 mph. Joining him on the front row is Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., making his return to racing after missing 18 races…

Photo credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images What a day this has been. When the leaders wrecked out on the final lap of the rain-postponed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, NASCAR let the other cars race to the line rather than ending under caution. Watch the wild finish below. This wasn’t exactly the start of the NASCAR season, considering that the Clash…