Kyle Busch, now 23, is a weekly favorite to reach Victory Lane because he's won seven of the Sprint Cup Series' 19 races this year.
MOTOR RACING
who has four series titles and 81 career wins, sixth highest in history, for Hendrick Motorsports.

By Steve Ballard Jimmie Johnson wants to be the guy everyone else is chasing. That hasn't been the case for much of this season, but it will be today when

By NASCAR By Jane Miller The two-time defending Sprint Cup champion once wrecked so hard here he was knocked unconscious in a moving car.

By Dustin Long With tire wear a concern, Sprint Cup teams will receive extra tires and NASCAR is expected to have at least one competition caution early in

The first one's easy: Though Jeff Gordon has won here four times, no one has ever won this race in consecutive years. Tony Stewart won last year. Neither has won anywhere so far this year.
Who's ‘the guy'? The balance of power at Indy is on the line. Gordon's won four times, but not since 2004. Stewart's won two of the past three.
t than the rest of them, but it is." - Brian Vickers, who has won, but not this year.

By AL PEARCE Jimmie Johnson will lead the f ield into turn one at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Jimmie Johnson and his future teammate at

Jeff Gordon leads the third practice for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Gordon ran a fast lap of 174.496 mph in the

Jul 26, 2008 9:19 AM (1 hr 36 mins ago) AP Jimmie Johnson sits in his car as he waits to qualify for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis

Jimmie Johnson sits in his car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, July 25, 2008. The 15th running of the race is Sunday.

By SCOTT DUNCAN • sduncan@muncie.gannett.com • July 26, 2008 INDIANAPOLIS - In a weekend that could prove to be a historic one for Jeff Gordon, the four-time Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winner clocked in at 180.007 miles per hour during Friday's practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings. "I would love to get five, but not to match stats of other legends that have raced at this track. I think it's more that it's a challenging race track. It's a track that I love to compete at. It's a track that not too many guys have won at more than once or more than twice."
hat it looks like, too."

BY JOSH CHAPIN • STAFF WRITER • July 25, 2008 The Nextel Sprint Cup star has won seven of 19 races this season -- but he's never won the Allstate 400.