Sporting News: Tony Stewart believes the media - not just the drivers - needs to rein in negative comments toward NASCAR.

Opinion: Ryan Newman confronted Joey Logano at the end of the Carfax 400, telling the younger driver that he needs to "learn how to drive.

Sporting News: When Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chaseless streak is extended to two seasons in a row, his detractors will say he is, at best, overrated as a wheelman. Just a racing celebrity. But Junior isn't as overrated as they might believe.

Sporting News: With speculation about where Kasey Kahne will be driving next season now at an end, it's time to free Mark Martin from that distraction and let him fight for a spot in the Chase with a clear head and the confidence that his entire organization is behind him.

Opinion: Refusing to put his Pocono clash with Jimmie Johnson behind him, Kurt Busch escalated the feud by calling the Hendrick drivers "pretty boys" and giving the budding rivalry the feel of a high school spat.

Opinion: Kurt Busch didn't need to say much to show how angry he was with four-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson following Busch's violent crash at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. His face said it all.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) -NASCAR star Tony Stewart made his return to North Dakota - and failed to cross the finish line.

Opinion: Drivers that have trouble early in the Chase, while mathematically still alive, are often virtually eliminated from contention. A new format proposal could make that more formal.

Sporting News: While fines in the NBA and NFL are no big deal, NASCAR's emphasis on personalities and lack of a labor union make this sport's fines much more difficult to take.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -Scott Dixon won a controversial Honda Edmonton Indy on Sunday after driver Helio Castroneves crossed the finish line first, but was penalized for blocking his teammate.

Real life beat Hollywood to the finish line at the 73rd Annual All-American Soap Box Derby on Saturday. With actor-director Corbin Bernsen filming the movie "Hill 25," based on the Soap Box Derby, 14-year-old Sean Brown rolled to victory in the Rally Super Stock Division in a way that no script writer ever imagined.

Sporting News: Even if NASCAR is trying to stop micromanaging every driver interaction, there still has to be a line drivers can't cross. You have to keep the drivers and fans safe, don't you?