NASCAR News

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.

JJ Yeley has signed up to drive for the new Robinson-Blakeney Racing team, while Richard Childress Racing will field Elliott Sadler and Brendan Gaughan in five early Cup races.

David Ragan has finally landed a race seat for 2012, and will be driving the #34 Front Row Motorsports Ford with David Gilliland as his team mate.

Rusty Wallace Racing has suspended its on-track activities and effectively closed its Nationwide team for 2012, after the loss of a major sponsor.

Here's the line-up of events that will comprise the 2012 NASCAR season, including Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series.

Kurt Busch has found a new team for 2012, and will be joining the Phoenix Racing operation in their #51 Chevrolet Impala from the start of next season.

Veteran crew chief Greg Zipadelli is to leave Joe Gibbs Racing with immediate effect to take up the role of director of competition at Stewart-Haas Racing.

Kyle Busch has been dropped by his main sponsor, confectionery brand M&M's, for the rest of the season following Busch's on-track retaliation against Ron Hornaday that saw him penalised at Texas.

Kyle Busch has been fined $50,000 and put on probation, Rick Hendrick is released from a six-day hospital stay, and Brad Keselowski worries about fuel injection and Phoenix.

Kevin Harvick won Friday night's Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway ahead of Austin Dillon, but the headlines were all about Kyle Busch wrecking Ron Hornaday.

Roush Fenway Racing team mates Greg Biffle and David Ragan will share the front row for the start of Sunday's AAA Texas 500 Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield has been arrested this week during a police raid on his home in North Carolina that allegedly found drugs and stolen goods.

Rick Hendrick is recovering from a broken rib and clavicle following a plane crash on Monday evening that saw his jet run off the end of the runway at Key West International Airport.

Two of the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, found themselves caught up in controversies this week after events at Talladega.

Dan Wheldon to be honoured at Talladega

No one had any answer for Brad Keselowski at Kansas Speedway in Saturday's Nationwide Series race, and the Chase contender will be hoping his form transfers over to Sunday's Cup event.

Clint Bowyer has finally confirmed weeks of speculation that he is heading to Michael Waltrip Racing for the next three years of NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.

Tony Stewart's barbed comment about how getting rid of some "dead weight" had helped speed him on his way to a second straight victory in the Chase has set fans puzzling.

Matt Kenseth will start from pole for the first race in the 2011 Sprint Cup Chase, the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday afternoon, with Paul Menard alongside him.