NASCAR.COM - Casey Mears

600 reasons why a career isn't made in one night

Sat, 17 May 2008 02:06:52 EDT

It was a strange night capped by an even stranger finish, a fuel-mileage scramble that resulted in perhaps the most unlikely lead quintet in modern NASCAR history. The winner had never won before, the runner-up had never been in the top five, the third-place finisher hadn't placed that high in a decade. Fourth place had struggled to finish races, fifth place just to make them. To each driver, the events of that evening at Lowe's Motor Speedway seemed a needed career boost.

Pressure produces results for some on top-35 bubble

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:26:31 EDT

When the going gets tough, NASCAR drivers get up on the wheel, evident by a handful of performances in Sunday's Sprint Cup race.

HMS drivers find clearing on a cloudy day at M'ville

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:31:33 EDT

Usually when it rains, it pours.

After two DNFs, Mears needs a good run at Bristol

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:24:40 EDT

During preseason testing at Daytona, Casey Mears and his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, told the media they enjoyed flying under the radar. With four-time champion Jeff Gordon, two-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson and the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., as teammates, the quiet and unassuming Mears was easy to overlook.

Vegas crucial stop if Mears is to make a run in 2008

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:37:25 EST

This wasn't the way Casey Mears wanted to start his 2008 season. Running third in the closing laps of the Daytona 500, he tried to block Tony Stewart and crashed hard into the outside wall, finishing 35th. And at Fontana, Mears lost control of his car after running over water on the track, and wound up having to climb out of his overturned vehicle, saddled with a 42nd-place finish (watch video).