Nascar

• 12 years ago today, NASCAR lost one of its brightest young stars on a bright afternoon that belied the somber mood in the garage.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Friday afternoon at Darlington Raceway, word began to filter through the NASCAR Sprint Cup garage about the loss of racing legend Carroll Shelby, one of the true heroes and icons of American motorsports.
(FOX News)
• NASCAR Bojangles Southern 500 racing Darlington live streaming Sprint Cup online HQD TV Link directly on your PC.
(Salon)
• Quicken Loans announced they are sponsoring the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on June 17. Quicken Loans, Inc. is a Detroit, Michigan based online mortgage lender.
(Examiner)
• The rebel yell that once echoed throughout NASCAR nation has turned into more of a yelp.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• In the longest green-flag run at Darlington Raceway since NASCAR began recording caution flag statistics in 1979, the Bojangles Southern 500 went 171 laps before the first yellow flag of the race flew.
(SB Nation)
• The start of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season has been far away from stellar for the team of four time champion driver, Jeff Gordon. 40, 8 , 12, 35, 26, 14, 4, 21, 23, and 33 No, those are not the winning numbers to this week's Mega Millions jackpot.
(NASCAR)
• Busch bumped Harvicks driverless car into the interior wall and headed into the garage. Both were called into the NASCAR hauler and each left composed -- although with different versions of what happened. Busch said Harvick engaged in unacceptable racing.
(CBS Sports)
• RICHMOND, Va. — Travis Pastrana crawled through the window of his No. 99 Toyota, kissed his wife and flashed his magnetic smile.
(New York Times)