NASCAR News

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finally claimed his very own long-sought-after grandfather clock trophy for winning at Martinsville, but it came on a significant anniversary.

Sunday's race at Martinsville saw a race-long tit-for-tat battle between Kasey Kahne and Brian Vickers with both drivers seeing retaliation on the other.

Eight drivers now remain in the running for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship - so who is looking good to make it all the way?

Ryan Newman's place in the final eight of the Chase is confirmed after it's announced he will not face any penalties for failing post-race inspection.

Brad Keselowski Racing's Tyler Reddick will start from pole position in Saturday's Fred's 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega.

The cause of a spate of tyre failures last weekend at Kansas that hit several high-profile Chase contenders is being investigated by Goodyear.

Dale Earnhardt celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday, but did so knowing that this weekend could determine whether he stays in the 2014 Chase.

New rules for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series feature a ban on private testing, a reduction in horsepower and wet weather racing on road courses.

NASCAR's second-tier championship will be renamed the XFINITY Series in 2015, as the broadband and cable brand takes over from Nationwide Insurance.

Jeff Gordon succeeded in pipping Marcos Ambrose to pole position for Sunday's road course race at Watkins Glen International.

Denny Hamlin's #11 Joe Gibbs Racing team has been heavily penalised by NASCAR for a technical infraction at Indianapolis on Sunday.

Carl Edwards is to leave Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the current season while Greg Biffle has re-signed, the team confirmed at Indianapolis.

The winning truck in last weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race has been penalised for failing a post-event technical inspection.

Jimmie Johnson let slip at Dover that he underwent surgery for a hernia after the end of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season.

Illness forced Denny Hamlin to withdraw from Sunday's Auto Club 400 in Fontana, California just minutes before the start of the Sprint Cup race.

Two multi-car accident during mid-week qualifying for the Daytona 500 have seen seven drivers including Joey Logano and Brian Vickers resorting to back-up cars.

Former Williams F1 chief engineer Mike Coughlan has been appointed technical director for the Richard Childress Racing team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Martin Truex Jr. will leave Michael Waltrip Racing at the end of 2013 and take over from Kurt Busch at Furniture Row Racing next year, according to media reports on Thursday.

Brian Vickers will miss the remaining races of the Cup and Nationwide Series after being placed on medication for a blood clot discovered in his right leg.

NASCAR sought to rebound from a week of criticism and crisis management by introducing new rules for future events that seek to counter the possibility of team orders affecting race outcomes.

Michael Waltrip Racing has confirmed that Martin Truex Jr. broke his right wrist in an accident at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, but that he will attempt to race this weekend.

Veteran racer Max Papis will take over the seat of the #14 Stewart-Haas Racing car at Watkins Glen this week, as Tony Stewart heads for more surgery on the leg he broke in a race accident.

NASCAR has decided not to hand down any penalties for illegal roof flap spacers commandeered from multiple teams at Daytona last weekend.

Persistent showers in Kentucky meant that there was no opportunity to get the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race underway on Saturday evening as planned.