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Sprint Cup drivers trade barbs at NASCAR After The Lap

By · November 30, 2012 · 10:49 AM

Put the 12 drivers from the Chase on a stage, add a cooler full of beer and questions from NASCAR fans and you get a raucous, funny and sometimes raunchy look at the drivers from the 2012 season.

Chevy unveils new Sprint Cup car in Las Vegas

By · November 29, 2012 · 3:53 PM

Over the past several years, one of the most frequently heard complaints from NASCAR fans is that Sprint Cup cars hardly resemble the street models as they once did.

NASCAR After the Lap event coming to Las Vegas

By Mike Smith · November 4, 2012 · 4:50 PM

Once again NASCAR is prepared to make its annual trek to Las Vegas to host the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Weeks where the Sprint Cup champ will be crowned.

Electric pace car: extension cord not included

By Mike Smith · April 17, 2012 · 4:53 PM

Hummmmmm. Can you hear it? That’s the sound of an electric pace car at a Sprint Cup race.

C-postgate? I don’t think so

By Mike Smith · March 28, 2012 · 5:14 PM

We’ve all become cynics. Maybe that’s our own fault, but maybe it’s also a symptom of the culture we live in.

Twitter and Dale Jr. are cartoon subjects that can’t be ignored

By Mike Smith · March 11, 2012 · 3:41 PM

I’ve done a few cartoons on the Tweeting talents of Brad Keselowski and I approach the subject again today in one of my sketches from the press box at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

You have to be creative to get a driver’s autograph

By Mike Smith · March 10, 2012 · 4:34 PM

The Neon Garage in the infield at Las Vegas Motor Speedway allows racing fans to get a closeup view of the drivers and teams as they prepare their cars in the garage area.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sketch Pad

By Mike Smith · March 9, 2012 · 2:03 PM

I love the smell of exhaust fumes in the morning.

Going off-road in style

By Mike Smith · March 6, 2012 · 8:58 PM

If I could choose to own any high-performance vehicle available today, I would have to pass on the exotic names that would initially come to the mind of any car fantastic.

SCORE off-road racing returns to Laughlin, Nevada

By Mike Smith · January 15, 2012 · 6:33 PM

The NASCAR offseason is always tough for me. As soon as the Cup season ends, I find myself counting the days until the Daytona 500.

Jeff Gordon break-dances at the NASCAR After The Lap event

By Mike Smith · December 1, 2011 · 10:32 PM

Consider it the verbal version of “boys have at it.” Each year, as part of the weeklong series of events leading up to the championship banquet, Ford and Coca-Cola sponsor the NASCAR After The Lap event.

Kurt Busch is now a YouTube sensation

By Mike Smith · November 27, 2011 · 4:47 PM

Maybe it was the transmission failure at Homestead. Maybe it was the fact that his crew chief is leaving.

A Stewart and Edwards cartoon retrospective

By Mike Smith · November 20, 2011 · 5:48 PM

Tony Stewart is a shark.

Now that Stewart pays the bills, he has adjusted his attitude

By Mike Smith · November 1, 2011 · 8:32 PM

Opinions are often based on personal experience and a fear of consequences. So it was no surprise when I read today that Tony Stewart wants NASCAR to hold drivers accountable for retaliation on the track.

Objects in Carl Edwards’ rearview mirror may be closer than they appear

By Mike Smith · October 30, 2011 · 9:08 PM

Carl Edwards needs to keep checking his rearview mirrors now that a resurgent Tony Stewart is riding his rear bumper in final stretch to the Sprint Cup trophy.

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