...Mears win his first 400.Their son was born two years later ? Greg Allmendinger named him after A.J. Foyt, his favorite driver ? and for a time it seemed like the Allmendingers would make it back to Indy with him. Allmendinger had risen through...

...NASCAR president Mike Helton said. "A lot of those relationships are even older than the relationship with their favorite drivers. We believe this will help build the identity of the driver with the race car and their relationship with the manufacturer...

...have to say," Stewart said after the win. "He's not going to sleep for the next three weeks."? Stewart's favorite driver is A.J. Foyt. That's why he switched to No. 14 when he formed Stewart-Haas Racing.He drove like Foyt down...

INDIANAPOLIS - Dan Wheldon's biggest fans wanted one more chance to thank their favorite driver.One by one, they turned In dianapolis Motor Speedway's main gate into a memorial for the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner...

...and wealth at Joe Gibbs Racing. When he climbed out of his No. 14 Chevrolet -- he used that number to honor his favorite driver, A.J. Foyt -- Stewart quickly transformed from the driver who took the lead with two laps to go and sped away...

When 12-year-old Skylar Robinson watches auto racing, he doesn't have to look too hard to find his favorite driver; he's usually sitting right next to him. The Augustan idolizes his father, former professional driver Chip Robinson...

...Tasmania this week, especially since many fans Down Under still get up in the early morning hours to watch their favorite driver. The Australian won Saturday's Nationwide Series race, then he drove the No. 21 for Wood Brothers race from a...

...altercations over the years, which is one of the things that attracted Stewart to him when he was searching for a favorite driver. He loved Foyt for his grit and machoism, and was wowed when he saw the driver get out of his car during an Indianapolis...

...video conference calls to U.S. troops serving in Iraq before the race. Servicemen were able to talk to their favorite drivers as each took a turn working the phones at the Dodge Boys fan plaza in front of the racetrack. Mayfield just returned...

...Richmond in Chesterfield, and his family had season tickets to the track, where he sat in the Turn 4 stands cheering on favorite driver Bill Elliott. His parents mortgaged just about everything they owned to fund his racing career, all in the hopes...