A little bit of Dodge City in Earnhardt Jr.'s back yard
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- There's a barbershop that advertises haircuts for a quarter, a jail with real locking cells, and a church with a steeple. There's a post office, a bank, and a hotel with bunk beds in the rooms upstairs. There's the Blazin Saddles Tack Shop and the Silverado Saloon, the latter of which features a pool table and genuine bottles of booze behind the long, polished bar.
Back to the Future With 2013 NASCAR Fusion
Ford on Tuesday unveiled the 2013 edition of its NASCAR Fusion racecar. | January 24, 2012 | Ford Motor Company CONCORD, North Carolina — NASCAR stock cars have not had much in common with their street-legal counterparts for some time now, but Ford's aim is to re-establish manufacturer identity with the 2013 NASCAR Fusion racecar that was unveiled Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Westlake Village teen among youngest on NASCAR track
Griffin Steinfeld of Thousand Oaks, who turned 18 in January, was only 17 when he became one of the youngest drivers ever signed up to race on the NASCAR circuit.
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Hickory man arrested for multi-state theft
Hickory police have arrested a man accused of stealing a quarter of a million dollars worth of property from at least five states.Frederick Charles Washburn, 48, of Hickory, was charged with 12 felonies after a potential victim spotted their stolen property on Craigslist. That person notified the police and the Department of Motor Vehicles, said Capt. Thurman Whisnant with the Hickory Police ...
12 places to visit in 2012
FROM historical celebrations to Oregon wines to a diamond jubilee in Britain to Warhol in Arkansas, here are a dozen places to explore and enjoy.
McGee: A rivalry revisited
And you thought the Richard Petty-Wood Brothers rivalry was long gone. Thanks to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and recent trips to Victory Lane, the greatest rivalry in American motorsports is back.