“NASCAR” on The Daily Caller

It took five years for the competition in Nascar to finally offer a real challenge to Jimmie Johnson’s reign as the Sprint Cup champion. Who knows how much longer it will take for somebody to actually knock him off. (more)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An angry Jeff Gordon hit Jeff Burton with a hard two-handed push after Burton sent Gordon’s car crashing into the outside wall during a caution period Sunday. (more)

Because I’m an ardent NASCAR fan — and look unquestionably adorable in a firesuit — I was recently invited to participate in the Stock Car Racing Media Challenge at Pocono Raceway. It meant that I’d get to drive a real race car like the big boys do on Sundays, at top speeds and all by myself. (more)

During my day at Pocono Raceway, I also got a chance to meet a real driver, named Mackena Bell. She’s part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity, the industry’s leading development program for minority and female drivers and crew members. She is the 2010 NASCAR Drive for Diversity/Revolution Racing Selected Driver, and the only female selected from 30 participants to earn a position on the K&N Pro Series East Team. (more)

The economic sink hole is sucking everybody in, whether you are white collar, blue collar or wear a fire suit to work. (more)

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — One more race to go until the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, and all of a sudden Tony Stewart looks like a serious contender. (more)

Kyle Busch was booed unmercifully by the crowd at every turn, and called a name over the public address system by Brad Keselowski. (more)

Jeff Gordon is racing toward an even bigger, happier family: The NASCAR star is now the father of two. (more)

After years of jam-packed races, sky-high television ratings and record merchandise sales, Nascar has seen attendance at nearly every track slip this year as recession-weary fans continue to cut costs. (more)

Leave it to the gas guzzlers of NASCAR to pull off building one of the United States’ largest alt-energy installations. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jamie McMurray’s a big believer in fate, that things work out in the end if you just keep at it. (more)

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – The “Queen City” may be Charlotte’s nickname, but the city now wears a new crown, America’s Manliest City. (more)

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin is so enamored with the No. 11 Toyota he won in Sunday at Pocono that he’s asked team owner Joe Gibbs if he can keep it when it’s finally taken out of the rotation. (more)

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch would like to keep driving in the Nationwide Series — and for good reason. (more)

So, let’s get right into it. I’m getting ready for the release of my newest book, “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity,” out April 27 by Simon & Schuster. To that end, my Daily Caller editor’s exact words were, “Please promote the shit out of it in your column.” Thus: watch a salacious promotional video here, pre-order your copy here, get an autographed copy here, and go here to see where and when I’ll be speaking, signing and appearing. (more)

NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. (more)

The Winter Olympic Games began, as they always do, with the Parade of Nations—many of which we have yet to invade. By parading like that, however, they seem to just be asking for it. (more)

Anyone who managed to stick with the Daytona 500 through more than two hours of delays because of a pesky pothole were rewarded with a fantastic finish: Jamie McMurray held off hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr., then broke down in tears in Victory Lane. (more)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR officials are making a change to its green-white-checker rule, providing up to three attempts at a green-flag finish after late-race crashes that would otherwise cause races to finish under caution. (more)

I’ve been planning my trip to this year’s CPAC, and am mulling over the idea of greeting everyone I see there with an inappropriately enthusiastic high-five, just because. I share this with Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, and he suggests we modify it to a low-five instead. Even better. He’s right, as usual. (Read his “We The People” pamphlet, and see what I mean.) (more)