NASCAR News

Suspended owner/driver Jeremy Mayfield denies he has taken methamphetamines and says because NASCAR has indefinitely suspended him for a failed drug test he has lost the sponsorship of his racecar and had to lay off ten employees, according to documents filed in US District Court on Thursday.

Richard Childress has denied allegations that his team has filed a lawsuit against General Motors after the ailing manufacturer announced it was to cut support for teams in the Sprint Cup.

Winning car owner Richard Petty got his first taste of victory lane in ten years, and he savoured it, right down to the red wine.

Boris Said may have more under his hood than he showed in Friday's qualifying session, and he'll have some extra help on pit road, thanks to an assist from the Wood Brothers.

Enough, already. Kyle Busch didn't paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa. He didn't burn the flag. He didn't scratch himself, a la Roseanne Barr, during the national anthem.

Owner/driver Michael Waltrip's 'tweet' coincided with his team's announcement Tuesday that Patrick Carpentier would replace the veteran in the #55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota for the Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway on 21 June.

A pit-road penalty that was all but unavoidable helped spoil a promising run by three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson in the Pocono 500, having a long-term effect on his result.

Heavy rain drenched the dirt racing surface at Eldora Speedway and forced postponement of Wednesday's scheduled fifth running of the Prelude to the Dream charity late model event to Wednesday 9 September.

Carl Long has said that he is disappointed with the ruling of a NASCAR appeals board that he says limited his recent twelve-week suspension to the Sprint Cup garage, but kept the $200,000 fine for an engine that was deemed too large during practice for the Sprint All-Star Race.

After Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Dover, an emotional Tony Eury Sr talked about the toll the pressure of trying to function as Dale Earnhardt Jr's crew chief had taken on his 36-year old son, Tony Eury Jr.

Tommy Baldwin Racing has named former Camping World Truck Series champion Mike Skinner and Patrick Carpentier to replace Scott Riggs in the #36 Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series, the team announced Monday.

Persistent rain forced the postponement of NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 from its scheduled Sunday start, causing motorsport's biggest day to end in something of a damp squib.

The NASCAR Media Group is not even two years old, but nowhere is the sanctioning body spending more money or more carefully plotting its future.

Though a consensus among NASCAR drivers favours disclosure of substances that produce positive drug tests and subsequent suspensions, Dale Earnhardt Jr. differs from the majority of competitors who have expressed opinions on the subject.

Avoiding mistakes on pit road has been a key to victory in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition this season.

If the record-setting #83 Red Bull Toyota team is to repeat as champions of Thursday night's Sprint Crew Challenge in Charlotte, the men that service Brian Vickers' Camry in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series will have to do so with a new cast of characters.

Heluva Good! and Autism Speaks have teamed up to sponsor the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway later this month in a bid to raise awareness of the condition.

Police are investigating the death of former NASCAR driver Kevin Grubb, after the 31-year-old's body was discovered in a motel room in Henrico County.

Jeff Burton says he isn't surprised to see former Roush Racing team-mate Mark Martin secure a full-season with Hendrick Motorsports for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

The future business model of troubled merchandise giant Motorsports Authentics will be decided soon after its owners explore ways to turn around the company.

If anyone in the Sprint Cup garage has a love affair with the camera, it's owner/driver Michael Waltrip, but even the veteran is about to enter new territory.

Eight fans have been injured after a final-lap wreck during the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, which saw the #99 of Carl Edwards get airbourne into the safety fencing on the final lap.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. thought he and Ryan Newman were going to settle Sunday's Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway between them.

Richard Petty Motorsports duo Kasey Kahne and AJ Allmendinger were trying something different with their engine set-ups at Talladega. It didn't work.