NASCAR driver Kurt Busch flaunted his celebrity status and hurled insults at Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies Friday night before being detained on suspicion of drunken driving, sheriff’s officials said.

Move over Young Guns. The Younger Guns are revving their engines.

Ted Musgrave could make the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points race even tighter after taking the pole in record fashion Wednesday for Friday’s Chevy Silverado 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.

The limitations are gone, the possibilities endless.

Tickets to the Nov. 8-11 NASCAR event weekend at PIR can be purchased by visiting PhoenixRaceway.com/Tickets or by calling 1-866-408-RACE (7223).

NASCAR at PIR

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup heads to Phoenix International Raceway this week, for Sunday’s Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented By Pennzoil – the ninth event in the Chase. That will be the capper of a national series tripleheader weekend at the 1-mile track.

Video preview of Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

DARLINGTON, S.C. - Jeremy Mayfield was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR on Saturday for failing a random drug test, becoming the first driver to violate a toughened new policy that went into effect this season.

No. 00 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing

JOLIET, Ill. - Although there will be floodlights all around the track, NASCAR teams still are very much in the dark going into the first Sprint Cup series night race at Chicagoland Speedway.

LOS ANGELES - Kelly Clarkson will soon be showing her racing stripes in the biggest partnership NASCAR has ever made with a music artist, the sports franchise announced Thursday.

Phoenix International Raceway turns into NASCAR Nation starting today. Among the drivers on hand to race and entertain the masses are former Formula One star Juan Pablo Montoya and Indy-Car Series champion Sam Hornish Jr., who will attempt to qualify cars for Saturday’s Busch Series race.

Now that NASCAR’s Nextel Cup drivers have had a week off from feuding, blaming, finger-saluting, road raging, chasing, shoving, bumping, spinning and crashing each other, maybe they will have cooled their engines enough for a kinder, gentler drive in Phoenix on Saturday night.

Spend some time at Phoenix International Raceway this week and you will see what long has been the face of NASCAR. White. Male. A beer in one hand, the keys to his Ford truck in the other.

Reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch found out the hard way Sunday that the sport’s sponsors, especially those that brew and distill beer and liquor, won’t tolerate any bad behavior, especially when alcohol is alleged to be involved.

 DALLAS - Richard Petty, the greatest living authority on Sprint Cup championships, never won three consecutive titles. He has a record 200 wins, 1,185 starts, 126 poles and a record-tying seven championships. But he failed in two bids for three straight championships.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kevin Harvick has received a crash course on privacy laws, learned how long different drugs stay in the system, and tested the drivers and crew chiefs on the teams he owns.