...long after that, Johnson had a contract with Hendrick Motorsports and was ready to start the process of becoming a Winston Cup driver. He's spent this season finishing out his Busch series contract and quietly watching Gordon to learn as much as...

...Tony Stewart had one word for his critics: Idiots. Stewart, called selfish and accused of putting 42 other Winston Cup drivers in danger by trying to race in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day, successfully...

...and was second in the ARCA race -- the best finish by a woman in that series. Kranefuss, then partnered with Winston Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield, stepped up last year and put Robinson in a full-time ARCA ride while formulating a plan for her...