Category: NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR randomly drug-tested 10 crew members from 10 teams during the rain delay at the Coca-Cola 600, an apparent tweak to the first three months of in-season testing. Prior to … Read More

Rain has washed out Sunday's 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Officials pushed back the scheduled start time of 5:45pm while waiting out the weather before … Read More

Rain has delayed the start of tonight's running of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. If they do not get race in tonight it will run … Read More

Bruton Smith, who is chairman of Speedway Motorsports which owns Lowe's Motor Speedway, had some choice words today for the way NASCAR has handled two recent controversies – the drug … Read More

Kasey Kahne will break in Dodge's new engine for Richard Petty Motorsports next weekend at Dover International Speedway. RPM has been slow in introducing the new R6P8 engine that the … Read More

UPDATE The shape of Tuesday's big meeting between NASCAR officials and Sprint Cup teams is slowly becoming clearer: And it is now sizing up as a day-long series of small … Read More

The Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP has set its sights on NASCAR, Homestead’s major national attraction, in its fight against the Confederate flag. The civil rights organization will first reach … Read More

Attorney Bill Diehl says it will be next week before he and driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield reveal what action they might take against NASCAR over the sanctioning body's suspension of Mayfield … Read More

Wednesday on "Sirius Speedway" on Sirius NASCAR Radio, host Dave Moody spoke with Bill Diehl, the attorney for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield. Host, Dave Moody: "Has there been at this … Read More

With seven top-10 finishes and a win to his credit through the first 10 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Jeff Gordon is easily winning the battle for … Read More

Speed says its coverage of Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway earned a final Nielsen Media Research rating of 3.7, basically matching the figure reported for … Read More

The administrator of NASCAR's drug-testing program said Monday he personally told Jeremy Mayfield what banned substance was found in his positive test. Dr. David Black, CEO of Aegis Sciences Corp., … Read More

Qualifying for Saturday night’s Sprint Showdown at Lowe’s Motor Speedway has been canceled by rain, giving Penske Racing’s David Stremme the top starting spot for the 40-lap exhibition event. The … Read More

Comments made by NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France from NASCAR Transcript; Q. There's been a couple of extensions or talk about extensions in next year's schedule, possible race date … Read More

Martin Truex Jr. said Friday a decision on his future with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing will be made “sooner rather than later.’’ But Truex isn’t revealing the options he is weighing. … Read More

Hendrick Motorsports pilots Richard Tracy and Elizabeth Morrison were not willfully and recklessly negligent in the October 2004 crash near Martinsville, Va., that killed 10 people, a federal jury has … Read More

Craftsman, the Official Tools of NASCAR®, and NASCAR today announced the newest NASCAR® season-ending award — the Craftsman Wrenchman Award, to recognize a team member from each of the three … Read More

NASCAR chairman Brian France has classified Jeremy Mayfield's positive test as "a serious violation" of the sport's toughened drug policy. France will not reveal what substance Mayfield was caught using … Read More

Richard Petty Motorsports Chief Executive Officer Tom Reddin has resigned for personal reasons, team sources confirmed Friday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Reddin had joined the team in February 2008 and … Read More

A day after learning Jeremy Mayfield failed a drug test for something other than a performance-enhancer, NASCAR allowed him to drive a race car at Darlington Raceway at speeds up … Read More

The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is now home to a black No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet made famous by the legendary Dale Earnhardt. RCR President and CEO, … Read More