Despite participating for six years in stock-car racing, Patrick never won a NASCAR race. Her highest finish in stock-car racing was fourth place, which she collected in March of 2011 at Las Vegas ...

Kansas became the site of the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history last spring ... The surface is old (2012) and drivers slide around as if they are on a high-speed dirt track.

Are all NASCAR tracks the same? All NASCAR tracks are different. They can differ in length, configuration, surface and banking -- even tracks that are the exact same distance (say, 1.5 miles ...