Boris Said has made a living helping NASCAR drivers master road courses with the expertise he's accumulated racing around the world. With his 48th birthday looming in three weeks, he finally helped himself.

Although it's not official, Speed Channel flashed on its screen during coverage of Friday's Sprint Cup practice that the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup title would begin at Chicagoland instead of New Hampshire.

Kyle Busch's day at the Brickyard 400 finished much better than it began.

For the third year in a row, Carl Edwards made the most of his cross-country commute to Wisconsin.

In time-honored tradition, the show went on.