CONCORD, N.C. Dale Jarrett admits his feelings grow stronger as he heads toward his final NASCAR Sprint Cup start in tonight's all-star race. Although he hasn't raced since March, there was always this last night to race before a 24-year career ends. After tonight, he'll focus on his duties for ESPN.

North Carolina A&T 4, Norfolk State 2 No. 2 seed North Carolina A&T scored two runs on a two-out dropped fly ball in the eighth inning Thursday and held on for a win over the fifth-seeded tourney host in a first-round MEAC tournament game.

CONCORD, N.C. There's no need for the typical explosive pre-race show heading into Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. There will be enough fireworks ... and tempers ... and grinding sheet metal. All are products of the kind of all-out, pedal-to-the-metal racing featured in an event that pays the winner $1 million.

David Ragan needed a little extra time, but he's showing that his sophomore year holds little resemblance to his rookie season. Ragan heads into Charlotte 12th in the points standings - something few would have predicted based on his performance last year.

DARLINGTON, S.C. Let ’em boo. It just might make Kyle Busch go faster. Greeted with a thundering chorus of boos before the race by the pro-Dale Earnhardt Jr. crowd at Darlington Raceway, Busch brushed it off and dusted the field to win his third NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season.

DARLINGTON, S.C. | Former champion Terry Labonte will join younger brother Bobby as a teammate for Petty Enterprises next month when Kyle Petty moves to the TV booth. Petty is scheduled to run the Coca-Cola 600 before a seven-race break. He'll miss Dover for his daughter's wedding, then spend the next six races as a TNT analyst. Petty will return to the No. 45 car at Indianapolis in late July.

DARLINGTON, S.C. Clint Bowyer wins, and few outside of family, friends and his fans notice. Jeff Burton wins, and the focus is elsewhere. Talk in the garage is not about those two. It's about how to catch those Joe Gibbs Racing cars, what Carl Edwards' crew has done to win three races and when Hendrick Motorsports will reassert itself.

DARLINGTON, S.C. | The key to tonight's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway could be survival. A repaved track creates higher speeds and less room for error. At least four drivers, including a former champion, qualified with backup cars after crashing in practice Friday. More bounced off the wall in qualifying Friday night.

DARLINGTON, S.C. Speeds soared and questions persisted on a fast and furious Thursday at Darlington Raceway. NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide teams arrived a day earlier than usual to test drive this repaved track. As is the case with repaved tracks, speeds were faster. Much faster.

CONCORD, N.C. | Jon Wood is getting more comfortable in a Sprint Cup car and feeling more energized as he helps lead Wood Brothers. Before the Las Vegas race in March, Wood gave up his seat to Johnny Sauter, who failed to qualify. Wood ran at Talladega last month, finishing 36th, and failed to qualify at Richmond last week.