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Darrell & Michael Waltrip receive NMPA Spirit Award:

Three- time NASCAR premier series champion Darrell Waltrip and younger brother Michael, a two-time winner of the Daytona 500, have been named fourth-quarter recipients of the National Motorsports Press Association Spirit Award for 2014. The two were recognized for ...

Most popular driver to be announced Friday:

The National Motorsports Press Association will announce the winner of this year's Sprint NMPA Most Popular Driver Award during Friday evening's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas. The award has been a part of the annual Myers Brothers Awards...

NASCAR considering changes to Xfinity, Trucks championship format:

NASCAR is discussing how to determine the XFINITY and Camping World Truck champions this coming season. Steve O'Donnell, executive vice president and chief racing development officer for NASCAR, declined to say Wednesday to Motor Racing Network what the format will...

Keselowski limits involvement despite financial loss:

Brad Keselowski says his NASCAR Camping Work Truck team lost $1 million this past season and admits he's at his financial breaking point. Keselowski revealed his team's financial loss Tuesday while speaking at the Motorsports Marketing Forum sponsored by Street and...

Print at home and have Martinsville tickets for Christmas:

What's the easiest way to make sure there are Martinsville Speedway tickets under the Christmas tree? Martinsville Speedway's print-at-home tickets. The print-at-home option allows you to have access to your tickets for the STP 500 on March 29 almost immediately. '...

TMS’s SCC Annual Tree Lighting & Grant Ceremony:

The season of giving came early for five North Texas non-profit organizations Tuesday, Dec 2nd, as Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter ushered in the holiday season by awarding more than $300,000 in funds, including the $150,000 Founder's Grant to the Tarrant...

Wise will return to #98 team:

After competing in 35 Sprint Cup races for Phil Parsons Racing in 2014, Josh Wise will return to the driver's seat for the team in 2015. Wise, who is in his first season with Phil Parsons Racing, finished 36th in the final point standings. Finishing on the lead lap...

NASCAR driver Brian Rose accused of scamming investors UPDATE:

A former NASCAR driver is at the center of a $15 million fraud investigation and is accused of creating a fake coal mining company to get money from investors. Federal agents launched a massive investigation into Brian Rose after an alleged victim from Charlotte came...

Arrest warrant issued for Tyler Walker:

Tuesday, 5th District Judge Eric Ludlow issued an arrest warrant for former NASCAR driver Timothy Tyler Andrew Walker after Walker failed to mail in his plea agreement or appear in court in lieu of the agreement. Walker was originally arrested after leading police ...

2014 Most Mentioned Drivers

According to Joyce Julius, a company that tracks media mentions for sport sponsors, Kevin Harvick was the most-mentioned NASCAR driver on TV this year, but Jeff Gordon grabbed the most interview time. The top 10...

Richard and Kyle Petty named Persons Of The Year:

Weave your way through Randleman, North Carolina, past its verdant pastures and timeworn gas stations, and you'll happen upon a magical place. About four miles outside town, a stone's throw from Richard Petty's residence, you'll find Victory Junction. But it might ...

Several NASCAR drivers running Snowball Derby:

The NASCAR season may have ended but that hasn't stopped several of the biggest names in the industry from racing deep into the off-season as drivers from all three national touring divisions have filed entries for the Snowball Derby Super Late Model race at Five...

Kennedy uncertain of 2015 plans:

Ben Kennedy, the great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., started his first season in the Truck series in the spotlight, winning the pole for the season opener at Daytona Beach, Fla. He led 52 laps in the race before finishing 15th. He added a third-place ...

ESPN’s NASCAR personalities transition to new roles:

ESPN's affiliation with NASCAR, providing coverage of the second half of the season's Sprint Cup Series races as well as the entire 33-race Nationwide Series schedule, came to an end earlier this month at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ESPN had been a television partner...

Whitt replacing Ragan at Front Row? Denied UPDATES:

According to a Tweet by BK Racing's minority owner Anthony Marlowe, Cole Whitt will be taking over the #34 Ford of Front Row Motorosports that has been driven by David Ragan for the previous three years.(11-26-2014) UPDATE: Anthony Marlowe, who was the co-owner ...

Foyt remains hospitalized:

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt remains in a Houston hospital, more than two weeks after he had triple-bypass surgery on his heart. Anne Fornoro, the spokesman for Foyt's two-car IndyCar team, said in a release Wednesday there was a post-surgical complication...

Petty’s 1988 Daytona wreck sold:

There was no price or winner announced after it was sold Saturday, but a valuable piece of NASCAR history was auctioned off Saturday in Greer, South Carolina. The remnants of the 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix that Richard Petty crashed, flipped and spun in the 1988 Daytona...

Update on Steve Byrnes:

Fox Sports' Steve Byrnes, who has been on leave from the network while battling Stage 4 head-and-neck cancer, tweeted Wednesday evening, 'My Oncologist just called and said my PET scan showed 'progress.' Thanks for your prayers, and Happy Thanksgiving. Grateful!'(...

NASCAR will address side skirts next season:

Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's executive vice president and chief racing development officer, held an impromptu fan question-and-answer session Tuesday on Twitter while waiting for his flight to take off. Here are some of the best nuggets from his replies to fan tweets: - ...

Black Friday deals at Auto Club Speedway:

Purchase a ticket to Auto Club Speedway's Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race between Black Friday (Nov. 28) and Cyber Monday (Dec. 1) and Auto Club Speedway will put a little jingle back in your pocket by waiving ALL SERVICE FEES on ANY tickets purchased during...