December 05, 2007

WITH A SECOND STRAIGHT CUP TITLE, JIMMIE JOHNSON STAKES OUT HIS SPOT AS THE BEST DRIVER OF THE CHASE ERA

THE YEAR THAT WAS FOR NASCAR FANS, 2007 HAD IT ALL—BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK. FROM CHEATIN' AT DAYTONA TO MEETIN' WITH PARIS, TO BANGIN' AND BEATIN' AT THE GLEN, THE ACTION WAS WILD, WOOLLY AND...

IN A SEASON OF CHANGE—HOLA, JUAN PABLO, MOSHIMOSHI, TOYOTA, GLAD TO SEE YA, CoT—A PAIR OF FORMER CHAMPS LED THE WAY TO THE CHASE

AFTER 500 MILES THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE CAME DOWN TO A MATTER OF INCHES

WITH HIS TEAM IN TURMOIL, DALE JR. TOOK HIS FUTURE OUT FOR A QUICK TEST DRIVE

CASEY MEARS GOT HIS FIRST CUP VICTORY, UNDERSCORING THE DEPTH OF THE HENDRICK TEAM

WHEN THE WEATHER HEATS UP, SO DOES TONY STEWART, WHO WENT ON A SUMMER TEAR

THERE WOULD BE NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR 2006 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR DENNY HAMLIN

KASEY KAHNE, LAST SEASON'S WINNINGEST DRIVER, COULDN'T GET IT IN GEAR IN 2007

AFTER 49 YEARS OF CLOSE CALLS, CHANGING CARS AND CRAZY CRASHES, THE DAYTONA 500 REMAINS THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE

THE TWO HENDRICK HEAVYWEIGHTS SLUGGED IT OUT FOR 10 ROUNDS, BUT IN THE END JIMMIE OUTPOINTED JEFF AND DROVE BACK TO VICTORY LANE

WITH HIS MAIDEN WIN, CLINT BOWYER BECAME A SERIOUS CONTENDER AND FIRED UP THE CHASE

ROOM FOR TWO MORE? DARIO FRANCHITTI AND SCOTT SPEED TEST-DROVE NASCAR FOR 2008

ROUSH TEAMMATES CARL EDWARDS AND MATT KENSETH COLLIDED ON AND OFF THE TRACK

RICK HENDRICK'S PEP TALK GOT JIMMIE JOHNSON'S TEAM REVVED UP TO WIN A SECOND STRAIGHT TITLE

FROM THE GREEN FLAG AT DAYTONA TO THE CHECKERS AT HOMESTEAD, NASCAR'S BEST RACED INTO THE RECORD BOOK

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE, WHERE EVERY DAY IS "TOMORROW," TONY STEWART DRIVES A TOYOTA, OPEN-WHEEL DRIVERS ABOUND, AND HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS GETS EVEN STRONGER

HOW DOES AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR DRIVER FEEL ABOUT THE PRESSURE OF TRYING TO WIN HIS FIRST CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WITH NASCAR'S MOST POWERFUL TEAM? HE'S LOVING IT

IN THE VOYAGE TO RACING'S MOST GLITTERING PRIZE, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. HERE'S AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD LOOK AT THE SPORT'S BALANCE OF POWER

CHANGE IS GOOD, RIGHT? WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IN A SEASON FULL OF NEW (AND OLD) FACES IN NEW PLACES

CAN JIMMIE JOHNSON WIN IT ALL AGAIN? OR WILL ONE OF HIS CHALLENGERS GRAB THE CUP? HERE'S HOW NASCAR'S BEST WILL FARE IN 2008

THE LEGACY OF THE PETTY FAMILY IS NO LONGER BUILT SOLELY ON RACING WINS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS, THANKS TO THE GOOD WORKS OF KYLE AND PATTIE PETTY AND THE VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP

THE FOX BROADCASTER AND THREE-TIME CUP CHAMP TELLS US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR NEXT SEASON