It was a good day for Indianapolis 500 winners in NASCAR qualifying. Sam Hornish Jr. joined Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya as former Indy 500 winners to earn a spot in Sunday's Nextel Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway — marking the first time in NASCAR history three former Indy champions will be in the field. Complete Story...
Six times already Sam Hornish Jr. has tried to make it into NASCAR's main event, and all six times he's been sent home. The failure has only made him want it more. The three-time Indy Car Series champion is moving to NASCAR in 2008, joining the mass exodus of open-wheel stars fleeing to America's most popular racing series. He told The Associated Press he will drive the No. 77 Dodge next season for Penske Racing with Mobil 1 as the sponsor.
Nobody can say Jimmie Johnson backed into the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead.
New Hampshire International Speedway will have a new owner, and still has both of its NASCAR Nextel Cup dates — for now.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. zipped up the white racing suit, this one with a shoe company's name plastered across his chest instead of a popular beer, and climbed into a car that made him look even more out of place.
NASCAR has its own "Water-gate." The racing organization conceded Monday that water got into the fuel supply of more than two cars during the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, apparently leading to a crash that took out several top contenders in the closing laps.
They're teammates. They're boss and employee. They're the best of friends.
Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are quickly turning the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship into their own private duel.
Jimmie Johnson didn't have the car most suited for restarts, and he found himself in a two-lap sprint against the guy who might have.
David Ragan's second career Nextel Cup Series start — and his first at tight, tricky Martinsville Speedway — could hardly have gone worse.
It got the GOP's engines revving — a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington and into the Red State wilds of NASCAR country to conduct research at a pair of races.
Jeff Gordon staked his claim to the Nextel Cup title Saturday night, winning his second straight race to widen his lead in the Chase for the championship standings.
Michael Waltrip said farewell to Dale Jarrett on Friday, then introduced a partner who he believes will help his fledgling race team become competitive.
Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin have all but conceded the Nextel Cup title, while Jeff Burton and Martin Truex Jr. are pretty close to waving white flags.
An appeals committee on Wednesday upheld the penalty that was levied against Carl Edwards and his Roush Fenway Racing team when his race-winning car failed inspection at Dover.
Former Champ Car star Patrick Carpentier signed with Gillett Evernham Motorsports on Wednesday to drive the No. 10 Dodge.
With a last lap pass of his teammate at Talladega Superspeedway, Jeff Gordon became NASCAR's all-time victory leader on restrictor-plate tracks.
With an Indianapolis 500 victory and the series championship, Dario Franchitti believed the time was right to walk away from open-wheel racing.
A steady rain on Sunday forced NASCAR to postpone the 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race until Monday.
A ruling by a federal appeals court cleared the way for NASCAR to prevent AT&T; Inc. from featuring its logo on Jeff Burton's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Kevin Harvick held off hometown star Patrick Carpentier to win the inaugural Busch Series race in Canada on Saturday, but Robby Gordon defiantly tried to claim the victory in a controversial finish that thrilled the crowd and infuriated NASCAR.
One day after NASCAR made a legal request for permission to remove AT&T; from the Nextel Cup series in 2008, AT&T; made a strong statement it plans to stick around.
Hendrick Motorsports has been practically unbeatable this season, with it's star-studded lineup racking up 10 wins through the first 14 races. Now they've got Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the four-car stable has turned into NASCAR's version of the New York Yankees.
Kurt Busch paid a hefty price for his fit in the pit. The former Nextel Cup champion was docked 100 driver points Friday, fined $100,000 and placed on probation until the end of the year for reckless driving and endangering one of Tony Stewart's crew members on pit road.
Kevin Harvick is no fan of the All-Star race. A monster payday changed his mind. Harvick earned $1 million Saturday night by winning the Nextel All-Star Challenge after Matt Kenseth was caught speeding and brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch took each other out of contention.