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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...

Sprint Cup Drivers Council To Donate Stewart’s Fine To Autism Delaware:

The Sprint Cup Drivers Council will donate the $35,000 it raised last week to pay Tony Stewart's fine to Autism Delaware. Artie Kempner, coordinating director, NASCAR on FOX, and his wife, Marcy, founded Autism Delaware in 1998. It has raised more than $5 million and...

Edwards talks about bumping Busch for the win:

Q: Can you take us through the final lap and how close things were with Kyle Busch? Edwards: 'So going into the white flag Dave (Rogers, crew chief) said something on the radio basically like, 'Get your butt in gear and go get him.' So, I thought, 'Heck, I'll drive...

Richmond Driver Notes & Facts:

-NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in starts at Richmond with 63. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads all active drivers with 33 starts. -50 different drivers have won at Richmond International Raceway, led by Richard Petty with 13. Kyle Busch leads all active...

Homestead tickets on sale May 4:

Last year, the sold-out crowd on hand for the Ford EcoBoost 400 witnessed one of the greatest comebacks in sports history when Kyle Busch earned the first Sprint Cup Series title of his career. This year, Ford Championship Weekend returns to Homestead-Miami Speedway...

Stewart says lug nut rule is a safety issue UPDATES:

#14- Tony Stewart is 'beyond mad' with NASCAR over the sanctioning body's lack of lug nut enforcement on pit road, the driver/team owner said Wednesday. NASCAR stopped requiring teams to put all five lug nuts on its wheels at the start of last season, part of a new...

Banfield Pet Hospital featured on the #18 at Richmond:

The life of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver can be hectic. With 38 weekends of racing in a 40-week span, the marathon-like schedule of NASCAR's top series can be incredibly grueling as competitors crisscross the country from as far east as Loudon, New Hampshire to...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Richmond:

#18-Kyle Busch 110.4 (4 wins) #4-Kevin Harvick 110.1 (3) #11-Denny Hamlin 108.8 (2) #15-Clint Bowyer 98.6 (2) #41-Kurt Busch 94.2 (2) #2-Brad Keselowski 93.9 (1) #31-Ryan Newman 91.1 (1) #48-Jimmie Johnson 90.1 (3) #20-Matt Kenseth 89.0 (2) #19-Carl Edwards 88.3 (1...

Goodyear to examine tires:

#19-Carl Edwards avoided the tire issues that plagued his teammates and took off on the final restart to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol. 'I just kept getting tighter in the long run, not sure why that was,' said #18-Kyle Busch, who had two other tire ...

Kyle Busch’s car hits woman in garage area:

A woman who was struck by Kyle Busch's car in the garage area at Bristol Motor Speedway at first said she was uninjured by the minor contact, but Sunday went to a hospital to check for possible injuries. Erin Vandyke, a longtime race fan, was bumped into as was taking...

Kyle Busch trying to tie Stewart’s record at JGR:

#18-Kyle Busch can match Tony Stewart's record for most wins by a Joe Gibbs Racing driver. Before leaving in 2008 to form Stewart-Haas Racing and avoid driving a Toyota, Smoke made 356 starts for Gibbs in more than a decade of racing. He won 33 Cup races and two Cup...

Kyle Busch looking for record third straight weekend sweep:

Last week at Texas Motor Speedway, #18-Kyle Busch swept the XFINITY Series and Cup races - a week after winning both the Camping World Truck Series and Cup races at Martinsville Speedway. Busch and Harry Gant are the only drivers to have swept consecutive NASCAR weekends...

Kyle Busch could run the Indy 500 someday?:

Joe Gibbs Racing driver #18-Kyle Busch was made available to the media at Bristol Motor Speedway and he was asked: : Q) 'Who would be more difficult to convince for you to run the Indianapolis 500 - Joe Gibbs or your wife Samantha? Busch responded: 'Joe's (Gibbs) going...

Texas penalties/warnings announced:

NASCAR has announced no penalties but a few warnings following the race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. #2-Brad Keselowski: car failed laser inspection (LIS) three times in pre-qualifying; #6-Trevor Bayne: car failed laser inspection three times in pre-race; Both ...

Bristol Driver Notes & Facts:

-NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in starts at Bristol with 60. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads all active drivers with 32 starts. -Joey Logano leads all active series drivers in average starting position at Bristol with a 7.929. Logano is the only active...

25 years since last race sweep on consecutive weekends:

Four races in NASCAR's top three series over eight days - and Kyle Busch won them all. From Martinsville to Texas, Busch had consecutive weekend sweeps, something last done in NASCAR 25 years ago. Along with his second consecutive Cup victory, taking the checkered ...

Low downforce package gets first night race test:

The crumbled and taped nose of the #48 Chevrolet illustrated Jimmie Johnson's point more than the amount of leaders or passes in the Duck Commander 500 on Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway. It had to. The downforce-reducing aerodynamics package that NASCAR vetted successfully...

Harvick and Kyle Busch dominating laps led:

Two drivers have combined to lead over half the 1,815 laps so far in the Sprint Cup Series. #18-Kyle Busch is tops at 486 laps led - one more than #4-Kevin Harvick. After Busch and Harvick, only three drivers have led more than 100 laps this season: #48-Jimmie Johnson...

Most mentioned drivers of 2016

According to Joyce Julius, a company that tracks media mentions for sport sponsors, #4-Kevin Harvick has been the most-mentioned NASCAR driver on TV this year while #18-Kyle Busch has received the most interview time...

Erik Jones fastest in first XFINITY practice:

#20-Erik Jones was fastest during opening practice at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 186.968mph.#3-Ty Dillon was second, followed by: #33-Brandon Jones, #19-Daniel Suarez, #48-Brennan Poole, #43-Jeb Burton, #2-Austin Dillon, #39-Ryan Sieg, #18-Kyle Busch, and...