NASCAR

• ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — After a frightening crash at Talladega, Eric McClure had to sit out six weeks while dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion — the third of his career.
(Washington Post)
• Its NASCAR weekend in the Bay Area and at the NASCAR council meeting in San Francisco Friday, everyone was talking about one thing: engagement.
(The Business Journal)
• NASCAR is a marketing phenomenon. On the track, drivers gulp their sponsor's sodas enthusiastically. Thanking a sponsor, say Home Depot, is right up there with kudos to wives and kids.
(Forbes)
• ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Danica Patrick is in the middle of her first full season as a NASCAR Nationwide Series driver.
(Union-News & Sunday Republican)
• Stock cars are rumbling, 850-horsepower monsters built to go real fast and turn left around oval tracks. But this weekend, those bulky machines leave their natural habitat.
(Vacaville Reporter)
• NASCAR made two rules changes this week that could impact some of top contenders, including Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(Sporting News)
• Double-file restarts seem to have doubled the mayhem at Sonoma, Calif., making for nonstop action at one of the two road courses on the Sprint Cup circuit.
(USA Today)
• Welcome back to Tales of the Track. From our darkest nights comes our brightest days. This is a phrase that has defined my life at some times, and has now come back into my brain this week. On Sunday, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(NASCAR)
• Heres a tip that will save you plenty of time and frustration this weekend: Avoid the Sears Point area, particularly Highways 37 and 121.
(Santa Rosa Press Democrat)