FONTANA, Calif. — Kyle Busch still smiles at the memory of getting thrown out of California Speedway during his first competitive trip here in 2001. The 16-year-old upstart dominated a NASCAR Truck Series practice, only to be told he couldn’t run in a race “That was my ‘Welcome to NASCAR’ moment and my ‘Welcome to California Speedway’ moment,” Busch said. …
“The colors used to be much more reserved,” Los Angeles-based artist Eugene Huang remembers. “At one point, Vince asked me to, and I quote, ‘Push it until it breaks.’” Huang is thinking back to “Study of Change,” the digital painting he created for the cover of “99.1% Pure: Breaking Bad Art,” a spiffy new book full of fan art inspired …
Five thoughts after Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway… 1. Kurt Busch said it kept the cars more bunched up than before and Chase Elliott said the racing felt different in relation to “the art of drafting and what you could do with the runs.” “But the end result was the same,” Elliott said, “so I’m …
CONCORD, N.C. — The first thing Rick Hendrick thought about as Kyle Larson crossed the finish line to win the Coca-Cola 600 was April 29, 1984. Larson’s dominating win at Charlotte Motor Speedway gave Hendrick Motorsports a record-setting 269th win, passing Petty Enterprises. “I can’t get in my brain around it right now.” “With nearly 40 years of excellence, Hendrick …