Ben White and Nigel Kinrade. A behind-the-scenes look at the hard-driving elite of stock car racing, NASCAR Racers: Today's Top Drivers immerses readers in the action of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season from garage and pit lane to finish line and winner's circle. Get the inside scoop on today's top stock car racers-the legendary veterans, the hot newcomers, the Rookie of the Year. Here are stars-Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.-in profiles that give the full story on each driver's career from his earliest racing efforts to the very first Nextel Cup; in year-by-year statistical tables; and in photos that capture the action on the track and off at America's greatest racing venues.