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NASCAR confiscated part of Jimmie Johnson's Daytona 500 car because of illegal modifications; defending Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart wrecked during practice for the exhibition Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. More>>
The buildup for Danica Patrick's first Daytona 500 began in earnest at Thursday's annual media day, where auto racing's sweetheart was saddled with a full schedule of commitments. More>>
Danica Patrick will be guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500 via a partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing. More>>
It's the second fire at the Gibbs race shop in about a year. The fire last year caused substantial damage to the JGR engine shop. More>>
Speaking at a preseason press conference, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said Thursday two-car drafting has "evolved into something that no one saw coming, and now we're going to deal with that." More>>
NASCAR says it will stop issuing undisclosed fines going forward and will no longer keep certain penalties private. More>>
Ford on Tuesday became first manufacturer in NASCAR to unveil its 2013 car.; Chip Ganassi says his NASCAR organization was "just pathetic" last season, and that led to sweeping personnel changes to his teams. More>>
The 2012 Sprint Cup rookie stole the spotlight from her boss and reigning Cup champ Tony Stewart by announcing she will run in the Coca-Cola 600 instead of the Indy 500 More>>
Richard Petty Motorsports has hired Aric Almirola to drive the famed No. 43 in NASCAR's elite Sprint Cup Series. More>>
Zipadelli received his release from Joe Gibbs Racing earlier this week. He's been crew chief of the No. 20 at JGR since 1999 and spent 10 years with Stewart. More>>
Crew chief Mike Ford told The Associated Press the team informed him Tuesday he won't be back with Hamlin next season. The move was presumably made so JGR can pursue championship-winning crew chief Darian Grubb. More>>
Kurt Busch and Penske Racing have parted ways after yet another embarrassing incident for the 2004 NASCAR champion. More>>
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart has fired Darian Grubb and hired Steve Addington effective immediately. Addington quit as Kurt Busch's crew chief last week. More>>
NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch $50,000 for poor behavior during the Sprint Cup finale last weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. More>>
Kevin Harvick will have a new crew chief next season after falling short in his bid to win the Sprint Cup title for a second consecutive year. More>>
Steve Addington has been with Busch the last two seasons. He is the second crew chief in three years to split with the 2004 NASCAR champion. More>>
Austin Dillon, the 21-year-old grandson of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, finished 10th in the Truck Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday night - good enough to win the series championship. More>>
The two championship contenders sat side-by-side Thursday trading verbal barbs in their final joint news conference before NASCAR's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway More>>
A person familiar with the plans says Kyle Busch will be allowed to race in the final two Sprint Cup Series events but not with main sponsor M&M's. More>>
NASCAR has fined Kyle Busch $50,000 and placed him on probation through the end of the year for wrecking Ron Hornaday at Texas. More>>
Danica Patrick will make her Sprint Cup debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, her first of 10 races in NASCAR's highest division for Stewart-Haas Racing next season. More>>
Sprint Cup points leader Carl Edwards has qualified seventh for Sunday's race at Texas and will start just behind Tony Stewart. More>>
MWR has a news conference scheduled Friday at Texas Motor Speedway, and is expected to announce Mark Martin will take over the No. 00 Toyota next year. More>>
NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick has been hospitalized to treat injuries he suffered when his private plane ran off the runway during a landing. More>>
Officials say the Gulfstream 150 aircraft carrying Rick and Linda Hendrick ran off the runway Monday at 7:45 p.m. More>>
NASCAR is providing all its teams a decal that honors Dan Wheldon to place on their cars this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. More>>
Johnson believes the IndyCar cars are built for street circuits and road courses, and drive too fast to race on ovals. He says the car is not built to withstand the bumping that occurs on ovals. More>>
Kurt Busch goes into Saturday night's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway surrounded by whispers that crew chief Steve Addington will bolt at the end of the season. More>>
Tony Stewart took the pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway, outracing Matt Kenseth and points leader Carl Edwards on Thursday night. More>>
Bowyer will join David Reutimann and Martin Truex Jr. in creating a three-car Cup team after he wraps up the final year of his contract with Richard Childress Racing. More>>
Carl Edwards will start on the front row for Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway, giving him an advantage over fellow Chase leader Kevin Harvick. More>>
Kurt Busch stormed into contention for a second Cup championship, holding off fellow Chase drivers Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards to win Sunday at Dover International Speedway. More>>
Carl Edwards dominated again at Dover International Speedway, winning his seventh race of the season in the Nationwide Series. More>>
Martin Truex Jr. returned to the site of his only career Cup win and turned a lap of 159.004 mph to win the pole at Dover International Speedway. More>>
The odds are against Tony Stewart winning his third straight race because Dover International Speedway has been one of his worst tracks for years. More>>
NASCAR made no major changes to the 2012 Sprint Cup Series schedule aside from flipping a few race dates and moving the start of the season back one week. More>>
Matt Kenseth says he was "over 90 percent sure" his wife was injured when she crashed while practicing for a charity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. More>>
Ryan Newman was the last car out and the fastest on the track, turning a lap of 135.002 mph to win the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. More>>
Tony Stewart has snapped a 32-race losing streak by winning the opening race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. More>>
Richard Childress is denying his team ordered Paul Menard to cause a caution at Richmond in an effort to help teammate Kevin Harvick win the race. More>>
Both Bowyer and team co-owner Michael Waltrip said Friday at Chicagoland Speedway that they are talking about a deal. Waltrip says the discussions are "very productive." More>>
Jeff Gordon wonders if Richard Childress Racing intentionally caused a caution at Richmond to help Kevin Harvick win the race. More>>
Reutimann turned a lap at 127.383 mph Friday night, taking the top starting spot in tonight's Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway — a race that will start with 14 drivers trying to secure one of the three spots left in the 10-race playoffs. More>>
Kyle Busch took the lead from Carl Edwards during pit stops with just over 30 laps to go and won his eighth NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season Friday night at Richmond International Raceway. More>>
The team owner said Thursday a new contract with Bowyer has not been ruled out, but spoke of Bowyer in the past tense in an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. More>>
President Obama welcomed Jimmie Johnson and seven other drivers from last year's Chase for the Sprint Cup series to the White House Wednesday More>>
Jeff Gordon has won the rain-delayed NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his third victory of the season and 85th of his career. More>>
NASCAR stars Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle say they can't attend next week's visit to the White House because of scheduling conflicts. Both insist they mean no disrespect toward President Obama. More>>
The extension keeps NASCAR's most popular driver with Hendrick through 2017. The deal had been in the works most of this season, with both sides in agreement they wanted to continue the relationship. More>>
Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon has clinched at least a wild-card berth in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. More>>
Gov. Steve Beshear says the state will make $3.6 million in road improvements around the Kentucky Speedway racetrack where massive traffic jams marred a Sprint Cup race in July.
Beshear joined Kentucky More>>
Despite not being listed as in Saturday night, further review from NASCAR reveals Harvick will earn a wild card spot at the very least with two races left before the Sprint Cup Chase More>>
Ryan Newman has won the pole for Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. More>>
Kyle Busch has won the Nationwide race at Bristol Motor Speedway to become the series' all-time wins leader. More>>
After months of skirting speculation, Patrick announced Thursday that she's leaving IndyCar in 2012 to run a full Nationwide schedule with JR Motorsports and up to 10 Sprint Cup races for Stewart-Haas Racing. More>>
Dale Earnhardt Junior ran out of gas coming out of the final turn of the Coca-Cola 600, giving Kevin Harvick the win in NASCAR's longest race of the year. More>>
Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne has been released from the Mayo Clinic after being treated for what doctors are calling an inflammatory condition. More>>
Jimmie Johnson surged past Kurt Busch with three laps left to win the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. More>>
David Reutimann blew by Jeff Gordon and cruised to the victory in the Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway. More>>
Kyle Busch pounced on Joey Logano on a restart in overtime, then pulled away to win the Nationwide series race at Chicagoland Speedway. More>>
Denny Hamlin continued his hot streak, dominating Sunday's NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway to pick up his second straight victory and fifth of the season. More>>
Denny Hamlin won again at Pocono, pulling away from teammate Kyle Busch following a late restart Sunday in the 500-mile race at the massive 2.5-mile oval. More>>
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