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First practice

for the GoBowling.com 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway is over after 55 scheduled minutes, the top five, slowest and notes: #41-Busch 185.893 #78-Truex, Jr. 185.478 #19-Edwards 185.020 #3-Dillon 184.925 #6-Bayne 184.811 slowest: #32-Gase 175.131 & #...

Changes coming to All-Star Race? UPDATE:

With just over two weeks remaining until the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a format for the May 21 exhibition race still hasn't been finalized. Until a few weeks ago, it seemed the 2015 format - four 25-lap segments ending with a 10-lap shootout...

Jeff Gordon publishing first authorized biography:

Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and current FOX NASCAR broadcast analyst, is publishing his first-ever authorized biography in October. 'I purposely waited until I retired from driving so the book would encompass my entire career,' says Gordon. '...

Lesa France Kennedy named Honorary Chairperson for Motorsports Hall Of Fame Of America Induction:

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) announced that International Speedway Corporation CEO Lesa France Kennedy will serve as honorary chairperson for its 28th Annual Induction Ceremony Presented by Bridgestone on June 29 in Daytona Beach. Kennedy, also ISC...

Crew member reinstated:

NASCAR has reinstated crew member Chris Jamieson upon his successful completion of NASCAR's Substance Abuse Road to Recovery Program.(NASCAR) Jameson was suspended following the Las Vegas race....

Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation teams with Brown for Charlotte:

Brandon Brown will have the name of one of NASCAR's iconic drivers on his Camping World Truck Series ride at Charlotte Motor Speedway later this month. Brown's team, Fredericksburg-based Brandonbilt Motorsports, announced that the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation ...

Haas driver to enter 2 events:

Nick Drake, a Haas Racing development driver will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut next weekend at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Drake, 20, will drive the #49 Haas Automation Chevy Silverado in the Dover 200 on May 13 in a collaborative effort...

New rules package contributing to closer races:

NASCAR drivers and fans alike have heralded the quality of racing this season, and there are plenty of statistics to reinforce their empirical observations. Seven of the first nine races featured victory margins of less than one second, the exceptions being Atlanta...

Current top 10 in Sprint Fan Vote revealed:

The Sprint Fan Vote is underway, and now, we have updates on (perhaps) your favorite driver. There's still plenty of time left to vote but, so far, the top-10 vote-getters are as follows, in alphabetical order: #47-AJ Allmendinger, #6-Trevor Bayne, #21-Ryan Blaney, #...

Kansas Goodyear Tire Notes:

NASCAR Sprint Cup teams will run a completely different tire set-up than those in the Camping World Truck Series at Kansas this week . . . this is the first time Sprint Cup teams have run either of these two tire codes . . . compared to what was run at Kansas last ...

Kansas Driver Notes & Facts:

-124 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas; 95 in more than one. -Five drivers have started all 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway - Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman. -Joey...

Watkins Glen repave complete; would NASCAR run ‘the boot’?

After a five-month, $12 million-plus facelift that started with the boot - and continued with the remaining 2.45-mile road course that NASCAR uses for the Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series following the races last August ' Watkins Glen president Michael Printup is ready...

2017 NASCAR schedules released:

NASCAR announced the 2017 schedules for its three national series, giving fans and stakeholders a significant head start in planning for next season's thrilling slate. A credit to unprecedented industry collaboration, specifically the five-year sanctioning agreement...

NASCAR says as many as ten companies in the mix to be premier series title sponsor:

NASCAR Chief Marketing Officer Steve Phelps was on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Wednesday (5-4-2016) with Jim Noble and Chocolate Myers and talked at length about the search for a title sponsor [to replace Sprint, which is leaving at the end of 2016 season], what the sport...

Allmendinger’s Darlington throwback scheme revealed

AJ Allmendinger and JTG Daugherty Racing's family of brands revealed their Darlington Raceway Bojangles' Southern 500 throwback paint scheme, raced by Topeka, Kan.-native Bruce Hill in the 1970s (1974-1977). The throwback #47 Kroger/Kingsford Chevrolet SS maintains...

Talladega post-race warnings:

Three teams were issued warnings following the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway: #44-Scott, failed LASER inspection twice, written warning; #98-Whitt failed template inspection twice, written warning; #48-Johnson, failed template inspection three times, written...

Gase returning to the #32 at Kansas:

For the third time in 11 races, Joey Gase will take the green flag for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series action. This time, the 23-year-old will take to the 1.5-mile track of Kansas Speedway for Saturday night's GoBowling.com 400, returning to the #32 Ford. The first two races...

Earnhardt Jr. won’t race ‘Amelia’ again:

Earnhardt's favorite car, which he drove to wins at both Talladega and Daytona in 2015, will rest on his property in the woods with a collection of torn-up race cars he has collected from his team and others over the years. Earnhardt said Tuesday that the car, which...

Special look for Earnhardt, Jr at Kentucky:

Earlier Tuesday morning, Kasey Kahne revealed a brand new paint scheme for the #5 Chevrolet SS. Tuesday afternoon, #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. got in on the action. The driver of the #88 Chevrolet SS unveiled a new scheme of his own ' this one for the race at Kentucky ...

Arrest warrant issued for driver that injured Kenseth’s spotter and family:

An arrest warrant has been issued for Michael Dale Kellison after he failed to appear in court Tuesday in Randolph County, North Carolina, for charges related to his Dec. 17 crash with Chris Osborne, spotter for Matt Kenseth and Daniel Suarez, near Sophia, North Carolina...