Impressive combination: Earnhardt’s 1985 paint scheme

By Ben White In 1979, Dale Earnhardt’s Wrangler Jeans Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles were owned by Rod Osterlund and carried solid blue sides with yellow areas on their tops and hoods. When Earnhardt moved to RCR Enterprises for 10 races in 1981, their cars featured yellow V-styled front fenders and blue rear side sections. Earnhardt’s Bud Moore’s Fords of 1982 and ’83 again carried yellow and blue and when he returned to RCR in 1984, the familiar markings, albeit one radical yellow rear quarter panel design was rejected after one race at Talladega, remained. Masking tape stuck in a dozen directions before they…

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Tick-tock: Juniors covets another Martinsville clock

By Jared Turner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was raised around the famous grandfather clocks that Martinsville Speedway awards to winners at the fabled short track. His father, the late seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Dale Earnhardt, took home six of them. So when Junior decided early on that he wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps and drive race cars for a living, claiming his own Martinsville grandfather clock someday was naturally high on his bucket list. After joining NASCAR’s top series full time in 2000 – a season that, coincidentally, would be his father’s last – Earnhardt Jr. struggled for awhile…

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Smoke, but no fire: Tony Stewart should quiet down

By Jared Turner Tony Stewart had a lot of audacity walking over and lambasting Martin Truex Jr. on pit road for allegedly cutting him off in the closing laps of Sunday’s Auto Club 400. This is the same Stewart – mind you – who, despite competing for one of the sport’s best organizations, entered Sunday’s race having finished no better than 30th in four previous outings this year. Moreover, Stewart hasn’t won a race since June 2, 2013 – an eternity ago by NASCAR standards. Truex, meanwhile, is off to easily the best start of his Sprint Cup career, with five finishes…

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Who will win at Martinsville? Find out now in ROAR!

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In Focus: Kurt Busch not smiling, just racing

By Jerry Bonkowski I spend a great deal of time scanning wires for photos of NASCAR drivers, seeking the photo that best illustrates the story that I am writing or editing. The past two weekends – particularly the most recent race weekend at Auto Club Speedway – I came upon a rather interesting observation. Since he came back from a NASCAR-imposed three-race suspension to start the season, I’d say that at least 90 to 95 percent of photos of Kurt Busch have shown him without a smile on his face. Big deal, right? But bear with me as I explain further. In…

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NASCAR Pole Position Martinsville Edition Now Available

NASCAR Pole Position Martinsville edition is now available. Please head to Walmart, or other area retailers that offer free magazines, to pick up your free copy. You can find a list of preferred retailers distributing NASCAR Pole Position here. Magazines were shipped to area Walmarts that feature Tire & Lube Express departments. Be sure to tell them NASCAR Pole Position sent you! And remember the magazine is free for all race fans! If you are not in the race market, you can get a subscription to NASCAR Pole Position here right now. WANT A FREE WEEKLY NASCAR MAGAZINE? ROAR! is a digitally-delivered, weekly magazine that reviews the week…

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