Newton: Is the new Kyle Busch for real? NSC
Kyle Busch has won a lot of races, but a title has eluded him. Championship drivers and crew chiefs say it takes teamwork to win one. If Busch ever gets there, mark down Indy 2009 as the turning point.
Kyle Busch has won a lot of races, but a title has eluded him. Championship drivers and crew chiefs say it takes teamwork to win one. If Busch ever gets there, mark down Indy 2009 as the turning point.
Lisa Mayfield is seeking damages against her stepson, suspended Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield, for public comments he made in regard to his civil case against NASCAR, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
Crown Royal will serve as the primary sponsor for Matt Kenseth's car at Roush Fenway Racing for 18 events beginning in 2010, the team announced on Tuesday.
A jury trial has been set for September 2010 in the case of Jeremy Mayfield versus NASCAR.
Bad news for all Sprint Cup team owners not named Rick Hendrick: The most successful organization in NASCAR is showing no signs of letting up.
Kyle Busch has had a string of bad races, and Indy showed little improvement. How bad? The driver that dominated the Sprint Cup Series a season ago is now going to have to scramble to make the Chase.
Roush Fenway Racing has informed Jamie McMurray he is free to talk to other organizations about next season, team president Geoff Smith said on Sunday.
Suspended Sprint Cup owner/driver Jeremy Mayfield has sold his hauler and entire inventory of cars and parts to John Carter, who plans to compete in as many races as he can the rest of the season.
Kevin Harvick sat on a stack of tires outside his garage stall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday willing to talk about what has been the most frustrating season of his Sprint Cup career.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Kevin Harvick sat on a stack of tires outside his garage stall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday willing to talk about what h...
When you're NASCAR's most popular driver a little thing like a stomach virus will draw headlines. But Dale Earnhardt Jr. won't let two days of fever, IVs and nausea keep him out of Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
It's far from the best racing in NASCAR, and attendance will take a hit this year. Is the Brickyard a must-race for stock cars? Without question, when you add up the positives.
Goodyear officials were confident their new tires will perform as well on race day as they did in Friday's practice sessions at Indianapolis.
Chip Ganassi doesn't believe Danica Patrick should leave the IndyCar Series after this season to pursue a full-time ride in NASCAR.
...for the right to kiss the bricks at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. According to David Newton, however, the luster may be gone despite the promise of a makeout session with exhaust-flavored...
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch still haven't settled their feud that reached a boiling point, at least for Busch, two weekends ago at Chicagoland Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Gleaners Food Bank off East 16th Street is in a rundown building more than 100 years old. The latest quote to repair the roof is m...
Welcome to SportsNation! On Thursday, ESPN.com NASCAR reporter David Newton will stop by to talk about all the latest news and notes from the track. Newton...
Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, ESPN.com NASCAR reporter David Newton will stop by to talk about all the latest news and notes from the track. Newton...
Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are hailed as hometown heroes. But don't forget about Ryan Newman, Indiana's forgotten son who's having his best season in years.
DeWalt Power Tools, the longtime sponsor for 2003 Sprint Cup champion Matt Kenseth, will not return to the Roush Fenway Racing Ford in 2010.
Flash back to 1994: NASCAR was growing, but Indy racing was king. Look at today, when Indy racing is in tatters and NASCAR is at a crossroads, wondering how not to suffer Indy racing's fate.
You want to know what it takes to win at Indy? Five not-so-simple things will give the driver who accomplishes them a leg up on the competition.
...fans. But implement these four changes and things might get even better. Chat: Ask NASCAR writer David Newton about this weekend's race a 1 p.m. ET SportsNation Groups: Nascar Fans | Mark Martin...
Attorneys for Jeremy Mayfield filed papers on Monday arguing NASCAR has not shown sufficient reason that the court should overturn the decision to lift the Sprint Cup driver's suspension for violating the substance-abuse policy.
Jeremy Mayfield blasted his stepmother and NASCAR after court documents said he tested positive for drugs again.
NASCAR says Jeremy Mayfield has again tested positive for methamphetamine and wants the federal judge who lifted the driver's drug suspension to reinstate the ban.
How crazy will this Silly Season get? With big names rumored to be on the move and whole teams looking to swap manufacturers, it may be the wildest one yet.
Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick would like out of the final year of his contract that expires in 2010, a source close to the situation said on Wednesday.
Martin Truex Jr. was penalized 25 points and crew chief Kevin Manion was fined $25,000 after his car failed inspection following Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.
The start of Friday night's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway was 20 minutes from the green flag when Jeffrey Earnhardt, his si...
An attorney for Jeremy Mayfield says he will not go to Chicago for this weekend's NASCAR race.
Much of the glitz is gone in the once-prosperous Nationwide Series. In these tough economic times, what lies ahead for a series still searching for an identity?
It would have been hard to imagine Martin Truex Jr. joining Michael Waltrip Racing a year ago. It's hard to understate the rise of MWR in 2009, or the struggles Truex will leave behind in 2010.
Who's to blame for the last-lap dustup between Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch Saturday night at Daytona? No one. It's just restrictor-plate racing at its best ... or worst.
Martin Truex Jr. will be named on Tuesday the newest addition to Michael Waltrip Racing, multiple sources confirmed on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Jeremy Mayfield said Saturday he is doing "everything in our power'" to bring his No. 41 Sprint Cup team to Chicagoland Speedway next week.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR chairman Brian France and Dale Earnhardt Jr., arguably the two highest profile figures in the Sprint Cup series, visited...
There are two thing most drivers are concerned about in Saturday's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway: the heat, and "Smoke."
Chrysler is working on a deal to pay off some of its debt to Richard Petty Motorsports, co-owner Richard Petty said.
Jeff Gordon was among drivers who said they wouldn't want to race on the same track with a driver who failed a drug test. He'll likely get to make that choice next week.
Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne says NASCAR has stepped up its drug testing procedure since the suspension of Jeremy Mayfield.
Two team owners won't put Jeremy Mayfield in their cars this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, one because of sponsor concerns and the other because Mayfield is "marked" following his legal battle with NASCAR.
The expectations for Joey Logano couldn't have been higher, perhaps even unrealistically so. Halfway through his rookie season, he's starting to live up to them.
Independence Day came a few days early for suspended Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield, as a federal judge granted him a temporary injunction allowing him to race this weekend.