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Saturday night I met Kimberly Perry (and her brothers, too) backstage at the Ford Center. She was so nice and sweet and so petite! Neil and Reid were very pleasant as well. My NASCAR writin' buddy Blake Smith went with me. Now, I had had visions of Blake taking a picture of me with Kimberly using my camera or phone. The Band Perry had other plans...

By Blake Smith and Moon Mullins ALL STAR BREAK WEEK NASCAR has reached the weekend in the schedule where “big picture racing” and competing for points is out the window. It’s time for the Sprint All-Star Race with up to two million dollars in prize money! As ...

Weekend Preview: Bojangle’s Southern 50 By Blake Smith and Moon Mullins Thunder Valley, the magic mile, the tricky triangle, the beast of the southeast, the paper clip and the rock…these are some of the nicknames for NASCAR’s most famous tracks...

Weekend Preview: Toyota Owners 400 The Sprint Cup Series returns to the track under the lights for this weekend’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. This will be the ninth race of the season and the second night race of the year...

Weekend Preview: Auto Club 400 By Blake Smith and Moon Mullins                Chevrolet celebrated their second win of the season as Kasey Kahne drove his #5 Great Clips Chevrolet into victory lane at Bristol last Sunday.  Kyle Busch finished second, Brad Keselowski finished 3rd, Kurt Busch ended the race in fourth position with Clint Bowyer rounding out the top five...

Our NASCAR expert, Blake Smith is here to look at tomorrow night's race. WBKR Preview: The Sprint Unlimited                 The turkey has been eaten, presents unwrapped, the ball has dropped in New York City and Cupid has made his yearly visit so it can only mean it’s time for one thing … NASCAR...

WBKR NASCAR Report             As we enter into the final weekend of the off-season (AT LAST!!), NASCAR pays tribute to 5 hall of fame members inducted on Friday at the 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony. These drivers include Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Leonard Wood and Rusty Wallace...

More on Danica in a moment. Right now, Blake Smith has this week's: WBKR NASCAR Report             With the 2013 Daytona 500 just three weeks away, puzzle pieces are starting to come together to form what should be an exciting and revolutionary season for the organization’s 65th anniversary season...

WBKR is your NASCAR station and when the cars are not racing, we keep up with the off-season, too. Blake Smith is here with: WBKR NASCAR Report: Charlotte Media Tour   Charlotte was filled with motorsports media members from around the country for this week’s NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motorspeedway...

No, it is not Hank Williams, Jr. pictured with Blake. You'' have to wait to see who Blake picks as the winner after his preview of the season finale: Season Finale Preview: Ford EcoBoost 400                   After a controversial finish to last week’s Advocare 500K in Phoenix, only 2 drivers remain mathematically in contention for the 2012 Championship. Going into this weekend’s race at Homestead

Our buddy, Blake Smith has his analysis ready as we wind down the season.             Weekend Preview: Advocare 500K The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be traveling west for this weekend’s Advocare 500K at Phoenix International Raceway. Sunday’s event will mark the 33rd Sprint Cup Series race at the Avondale, AZ track which held it’s first race in 1988. This will be the 3rd race for the series on

Moon and Blake here with a look at a: Weekend Preview: AAA Texas 500 After a weekend of bumping, braking and short track tempers at Martinsville, teams head to Texas for this weekend’s AAA Texas 500. This weekend will be the 24th Sprint Cup Series race for the Texas track, which opened in 1997. Four drivers have competed in all the races at Texas Motor Speedway, they are Mark Martin, Jeff Burton,