NASCAR News

NASCAR driver Jason Leffler has been killed in a racing accident during a mid-week dirt track event at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.

Mark Martin will replace Denny Hamlin in the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 for one race only, with Brian Vickers taking over the seat for the rest of Hamlin's absence.

Veteran Cup driver Mark Martin is to move into the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 Cup race seat while Denny Hamlin recovers from his compression fracture.

Kyle Busch has signed a multi-year extension to his current contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, meaning that the controversial driver will continue with the team at least through 2015.

A new approach to drying tracks after wet weather could slash rain delays by as much as 80 per cent, NASCAR estimated in a major pre-season announcement on Wednesday.

Here's the line-up of events that will comprise the 2013 NASCAR season, including Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series

Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is to lose its annual NASCAR Nationwide Series race, after the promoters failed to get a Sprint Cup race added to the venue's itinerary.

Kyle Busch has issued a public apology for comments he made after the end of a disappointing Cup race last weekend at Dover in which he heavily criticised engine suppliers Toyota.

Nelson Piquet Jr. claimed his second win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, pulling off a daring last-lap move on Matt Crafton at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Penske Racing has confirmed that it has signed up Joey Logano as the driver of the #22 Sprint Cup car in 2013, which leaves Sam Hornish Jr. back on the sidelines.

Tony Stewart has lost the primary sponsor on the #14 Stewart/Haas Racing car after the end of the current season, with retail chain Office Depot deciding to "significantly curtail" its role.

Suspended Sprint Cup driver AJ Allmendinger has revealed that a prescription drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder caused his positive drugs test result last month.

Chrysler's Dodge subsidiary has confirmed that it is pulled out of NASCAR competition at the end of 2012, following the split with its flagship team Penske Racing.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver AJ Allmendinger is now on indefinite suspension, following confirmation that his 'B' test drug sample has also tested positive for stimulants.

Sprint Cup driver Kurt Busch has been suspended from this weekend's upcoming NASCAR events for comments he made to the media after Saturday's Nationwide race at Dover.

Toyota Racing Development has unveiled the new-look Camry that will be the basis of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car.

NASCAR has fined Kurt Busch and issued a number of post-race penalties following an altercation between pit lane crews at the end of last weekend's Southern 500 at Darlington.

Former Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield has lost his court appeal bid to revive his lawsuit against NASCAR.

The track at Daytona International Speedway is going to need repaving in turn 3, the area that suffered an intense fire after Juan Montoya hit the back of a jet dryer.

Danica Patrick's accident at the end of the first Gatorade Duel on Thursday stole the headlines from the race winners, and had even veteran racers wincing at the impact.

The day after Kyle Busch won the 2012 Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR organisers announced changes to the eligibility rules for next year's event.

David Reutimann will be starting the Daytona 500 next week, after signing up with the new team BK Racing that has bought up the assets of Red Bull Racing.

Kasey Kahne is recovering from minor knee surgery but should be fully recovered in time for his Hendrick Motorsport d?but at Daytona next week.

A new, as-yet unnamed NASCAR Sprint Cup team has bought up assets from the defunct Red Bull Racing team and will field Landon Cassill in the Daytona 500.