This week, Tulsa, Oklahoma becomes racing central with the Chili Bowl Nationals. While the name conjures up injures of a cook-off, what's really being served up is Midget car racing at its finest with an all-star roster of racers that include some of NASCAR's biggest stars. As this is being written, Kyle Larson and Rico Abreu have already posted qualifying wins. Their victories qualify them for Saturday's main event. Abreu- who has had a couple of cups of NASCAR truck series coffee- is se ...

No more need to speculate, Daniel Suarez is joining Stewart-Haas Racing as the new pilot for the 41 car, succeeding Kurt Busch. At worst, it's a lateral move for the native of Mexico, as he goes from one top organization to another. Even if Busch had a middling tenure at SHR, Suarez has some big shoes to fill. Love him or hate him, Kurt Busch has an impressive resume. A championship and 30 Cup wins puts him in some rare company. Trying to weed through all the media spin, who really knows ...

For the first time in about a decade, the No. 8 is returning to the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. Rookie Daniel Hemric will drive for Richard Childress Racing with the number best known for being used by NASCAR's favorite son- Dale Earnhardt Jr. It's the second time in recent history that RCR has employed a number once used by one of racing's most iconic families. Fortunately for Hemric, this move won't raise nearly the eyebrows that the resurrection of the No. 3 did for Austin Dillon ...