NASCAR

JOLIET, IL -- Scott Dixon will be the first to admit he is a far different individual than when he won his first IndyCar Series title in 2003.

(With NASCAR's 12-man Chase field being finalized this weekend, with or without cooperation from Hanna and Mother Nature, SI.com's team of writers will weigh-in with periodic updates and musings throughout the weekend.)

Are we witnessing the end of NASCAR's open-wheel era? Just one season after Juan Pablo Montoya electrified the racing world by moving from Formula 1 to NASCAR, the whole experiment seems to be stumbling towards a...

Jeff Gordon was mediocre Sunday at the Auto Club Speedway in California, finishing 15th and remaining winless through 25 races of the Sprint Cup season. Teammate Jimmie Johnson was untouchable, leading virtually from...

DETROIT -- One of the biggest complaints about Brian Barnhart is that the IndyCar President, Competition Division, is usually "all bark and no bite" when it comes to enforcing penalties, that he often warns drivers...