NASCAR will not permit damaged race cars to return to the track this season unless the repairs can be made on pit road within a tight window. The ban on wrecked race cars continuing to compete was announced Wednesday in a series of a rule updates for the 2017 season. - Body repairs are limited to the removal or reattachment of original parts with fasteners and tape. More...

Stewart-Haas Racing filed a $31 million breach of contract lawsuit against Nature's Bakery on Friday, accusing the company of refusing to pay millions of dollars it owes the team to sponsor driver Danica Patrick this season. Nature's Bakery was scheduled to sponsor at least 20 races this NASCAR season, the second year of a three-year deal to be the primary sponsor for Patrick. More...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- NFL great LaDainian Tomlinson, who could be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame later this week, has been named honorary starter for the upcoming Daytona 500. More...

Daniel Suarez has driven a NASCAR Xfinity Series car to a championship and a rookie of the year award. ''It was quite a bit different,'' Suarez said. Su?rez drove at Phoenix International Raceway for his first test run in a Cup Series car on Tuesday, joining a group that included Dale Earnhardt Jr, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, who has won six of the previous nine races at Phoenix.[ Read More... ]

Come November 2018, the new finish line at Phoenix Raceway could produce some of auto racing's more dramatic moments. The start and finish line will be relocated to the oval track's celebrated backstretch dogleg, a flat and wide corner where some of the sport's wildest maneuvers and strategies have occurred. The change in position will impact NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series and Verizon[ Read More... ]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Michael Waltrip says next month's Daytona 500 will be his last NASCAR race. More...

There is nothing more tedious to a NASCAR driver than preseason promotional work, which can often be full-day photo shoots and interview sessions. Consider Dale Earnhardt Jr. the rare exception. Earnhardt was cleared to get back in a race car in December, shortly before he married his longtime girlfriend, Amy Reimann, on New Year's Eve and then embarked on a lengthy Hawaiian honeymoon.[ Read More... ]

Carl Edwards remains a hot topic in NASCAR, two weeks after his abrupt retirement as a full-time driver. Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, speculated in a Wednesday piece for KBIA's Talking Politics that Edwards will challenge U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri next year. Edwards came 10 laps away from winning his first Cup title in November, then announced his[ Read More... ]

At a crossroads with its core audience and eager to attract younger fans, NASCAR took a huge swing at shaking up its model with a progressive new format. With breaks between the stages - long enough for the segment winner to be interviewed, for television to air a block of commercials and for fans to grab a beer and a bathroom break - the system has been radicalized from NASCAR's origins.[ Read More... ]

Matt Kenseth has had several conversations with Carl Edwards, and none has given him any insight into why his teammate suddenly retired. Edwards abruptly walked away from the final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing two weeks ago. Team owner Gibbs informed his drivers of Edwards' decision on a Sunday night conference call, and nothing that Edwards has said since has helped them[ Read More... ]

Danica Patrick wore an all-white Tax Act uniform to NASCAR's preseason media event, raising eyebrows about her sponsorship situation. Patrick and Stewart-Haas Racing last year signed a deal with Nature's Bakery as Patrick's primary sponsor. The company founded in 2010 by the father-and-son duo of Dave and Sam Marson was new to NASCAR last season and was scheduled to sponsor more than 20 races[ Read More... ]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR is taking a progressive approach to modernizing its series with a radical new format. More...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Lady Antebellum will perform a pre-race concert at next month's Daytona 500. More...

Benny Parsons was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night and his widow vowed to donate his commemorative ring to his official display in the hall. Parsons was introduced by 2012 champion Brad Keselowski, a fellow Michigan native who grew up respecting Parsons' career. ''He's from Detroit, and he came from being a Michigan taxi driver to a NASCAR champion,'' Keselowski said.[ Read More... ]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Ka-chow! Owen Wilson is set to lend his voice to one of racing's biggest events, this time as the grand marshal for the Daytona 500. More...

Benny Parsons made it to the NASCAR Hall of Fame because of his victories on the track and his work as a broadcaster after he retired. During his 19-year driving career, the man most everyone called ''BP'' won 21 races, including the 1975 Daytona 500, and the 1973 NASCAR championship. More...

Almost a full year after signing Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Performance is finally able to celebrate its new addition. Ford lured Tony Stewart's four-car operation away from Chevrolet early last year in a deal that begins this season. SHR and Ford announced the partnership nearly a year in advance, then had to wait as SHR fulfilled its contract with Chevy through the end of last year.[ Read More... ]

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Style up those mullets and pull out the Guns 'N Roses tapes, NASCAR is celebrating the late 1980s. More...

Carl Edwards made it clear Wednesday he's not retired. Instead, one of NASCAR's top stars is walking away from a championship organization for three very personal reasons. Edwards had one year remaining on his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, and he came 10 laps away from winning his first Cup title two months ago. More...

In a stunning decision, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is walking away from the final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing less than two months after nearly winning his first Cup championship, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Joe Gibbs Racing scheduled a pair of news conferences Wednesday in which Edwards is expected to announce he will not drive[ Read More... ]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Texas Motor Speedway is going to completely repave its 1 1/2-mile track and reduce the high banking in the first and second turns. More...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR's top series will be called the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series beginning next year. More...

It took less than four laps for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to feel back at home in his race car. The test ended months of speculation - should Earnhardt retire? ''When you get something taken away from you, you certainly realize what it's worth,'' Earnhardt said Friday. More...

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr., who missed the final 18 races of last season because of a concussion, has been medically cleared to return next year. Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that Earnhardt will take part in the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 26. Dr. Micky Collins, medical director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program in Pittsburgh, in consultation with Charlotte[ Read More... ]

The longer Dale Earnhardt Jr. couldn't drive because of the debilitating effects of a concussion, the more uptight he became. ''When I did that I became a better version of myself,'' Earnhardt said. Earnhardt spoke to reporters Friday night after accepting the award as NASCAR's most popular driver for a record 14th straight year. More...