NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News
Kurt Busch won Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 for team owner Roger Penske, spoiling a dream day for rival owner Chip Ganassi, who started Sunday off with Dario Franchitti's victory in the Indianapolis 500.
In a race that set Cup Series records for the number of leaders (29) and lead changes (88) -- and fanned the flames of the increasingly combustible rivalry between teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon -- Kevin Harvick broke a 115-race winless streak in Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
The threat of severe weather has Talladega Superspeedway and NASCAR officials opting on the side of caution, therefore all activities for Saturday have been called off. Cup qualifying has been canceled (lineup to be set on owners' points) and the Nationwide race postponed until after the Cup race on Sunday.
Sources have told FOXSports.com that Earnhardt will revive his father's famous No. 3 in a collaborative effort initiated by JR Motorsports with Richard Childress Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. A formal announcement is expected on April 29.
NASCAR has issued penalties to the No. 13, No. 47, No. 00 and No. 56 teams that compete in the Cup Series as a result of rule violations committed at Texas Motor Speedway.
Shell/Pennzoil will leave Richard Childress Racing and driver Kevin Harvick at the end of the season and will sponsor a car at Penske Racing beginning in 2011.
In a statement release on Wednesday by Shell Oil Company, the agreement with Penske Corporation is a "multi-year cross business alliance starting in the 2011 racing season.
In a statement release on Wednesday by Shell Oil Company, the agreement with Penske Corporation is a "multi-year cross business alliance starting in the 2011 racing season.
In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, nothing is permanent — drivers change, crew chiefs change, teams and sponsors come and go. But few changes in recent memory are as dramatic and far-reaching as Wednesday morning’s announcement that Shell Oil Co. will bolt Richard Childress Racing and move to Penske Racing in 2011.
Shell-Pennzoil, which has been a primary sponsor of Richard Childress Racing since 2007, is leaving the team at the end of the year to sponsor Kurt Busch at Penske Racing.
Denny Hamlin went ahead in the closing 12-lap shootout for a victory on Monday at Texas Motor Speedway, holding off Jimmie Johnson at the end to win another rain-delayed race.
For the second consecutive day, steady rain at Texas Motor Speedway wiped out racing -- but Sunday it meant both a Sprint Cup and Nationwide series event were rescheduled to Monday.
At 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday, NASCAR pulled the plug on both events when a rainstorm that began Saturday morning and has continued virtually unabated since then, coupled with an ominous forecast for the evening, left NASCAR unable to dry the track and start the race in a reasonable time.
At 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday, NASCAR pulled the plug on both events when a rainstorm that began Saturday morning and has continued virtually unabated since then, coupled with an ominous forecast for the evening, left NASCAR unable to dry the track and start the race in a reasonable time.
Tony Stewart and the Coors Light Pole award rarely belong in the same sentence.
Stewart, however, defied his self-proclaimed status as a poor qualifier Friday by winning the pole for Sunday's Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, breaking a drought of 155 races.
Stewart, however, defied his self-proclaimed status as a poor qualifier Friday by winning the pole for Sunday's Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, breaking a drought of 155 races.
Tony Stewart will start his 400th Sprint Cup race from the pole.
Stewart won qualifying in NASCAR’s top series for the first time in five years Friday, turning a lap of 191.327 mph at Texas Motor Speedway. It’s been 155 races since Stewart last won the pole, at Martinsville in October 2005.
Stewart won qualifying in NASCAR’s top series for the first time in five years Friday, turning a lap of 191.327 mph at Texas Motor Speedway. It’s been 155 races since Stewart last won the pole, at Martinsville in October 2005.
They are just pieces of sheet metal. About 4 inches high, three-sixteenths of an inch thick, 64 inches long, straight across the top. But a lot of eyes will be trained on them this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway because a lot of hopes are being attached to them.
Beginning with the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, Kasey Kahne will drive the No. 5 Chevrolet of Hendrick Motorsports after signing a long-term contract with the organization.
Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Kasey Kahne will drive the organization’s No. 5 Chevrolet beginning with the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. He has signed a long-term contract with the team.
Mark Martin, 51, the current driver of for the No. 5 team, will complete the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Mark Martin, 51, the current driver of for the No. 5 team, will complete the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Kasey Kahne is bound for Hendrick Motorsports -- but not until 2012.
The current driver of the No. 9 Ford, who will not be returning to Richard Petty Motorsports next season, has signed with NASCAR's most successful organization with an eye toward piloting the team's No. 5 car in 2012, NASCAR.COM has learned. What Kahne will do next season is still to be determined.
The current driver of the No. 9 Ford, who will not be returning to Richard Petty Motorsports next season, has signed with NASCAR's most successful organization with an eye toward piloting the team's No. 5 car in 2012, NASCAR.COM has learned. What Kahne will do next season is still to be determined.
Capitalizing on a late caution that extended Saturday's Subway Fresh Fit 600 three laps past its scheduled distance of 375 laps, Ryan Newman and crew chief Tony Gibson snatched victory from Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch with a two-tire call under the final caution.
A.J. Allmendinger described his first Cup Series pole as "a small victory" -- with the fervent hope that it leads to something bigger, as in a race win.
Allmendinger led a quartet of former open-wheel stars in Friday's qualifying session for Saturday's Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. With a lap of 134.675 mph (26.731 seconds), Allmendinger's No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford edged Scott Speed's No. 82 Toyota (134.373 mph) for the Coors Light Pole.
Allmendinger led a quartet of former open-wheel stars in Friday's qualifying session for Saturday's Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. With a lap of 134.675 mph (26.731 seconds), Allmendinger's No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford edged Scott Speed's No. 82 Toyota (134.373 mph) for the Coors Light Pole.
Joe Gibbs Racing announces Wednesday that Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Toyota in the Cup Series, had successful surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck series made their way to Martinsville Speedway this weekend. Nineteen past ARCA drivers participated in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, while 22 former ARCA competitors raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.
Denny Hamlin has won the rain-delayed NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway, surging to the front in a wild finish after a blunder.
Hamlin gave up the lead with less than 10 laps left Monday when he headed to pit road for tires. He then rallied from ninth place to the lead in a span of just four laps.
Hamlin gave up the lead with less than 10 laps left Monday when he headed to pit road for tires. He then rallied from ninth place to the lead in a span of just four laps.
This was Hamlin's second straight victory and it came on the shortest, oldest track in the Sprint Cup Series.
Denny Hamlin, whose team made a questionable late-race pit decision, turned in some of the best driving of the season over the final two laps and won Monday’s Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
After five races, which could be considered a year in a normal life, there are "no cars on blocks in Front Row's yard" -- just three Ford Fusions that were locked-into the starting lineup at Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 as a result of being in the top 35 in the 2010 owners' points.
Denny Hamlin will undergo surgery on Monday to repair the ACL in his left knee.
Hamlin is expected to compete in the Sprint Cup Series race in Phoenix on April 10.
Hamlin is expected to compete in the Sprint Cup Series race in Phoenix on April 10.