Former NASCAR CEO and chairman Brian France has pled guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated in a Suffolk County, New York courthouse on Friday.
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NASCAR's second-tier championship will be renamed the XFINITY Series in 2015, as the broadband and cable brand takes over from Nationwide Insurance.
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.
A new approach to drying tracks after wet weather could slash rain delays by as much as 80 per cent, NASCAR estimated in a major pre-season announcement on Wednesday.
Chrysler's Dodge subsidiary has confirmed that it is pulled out of NASCAR competition at the end of 2012, following the split with its flagship team Penske Racing.
Former Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield has lost his court appeal bid to revive his lawsuit against NASCAR.
NASCAR and its television partners announced this week that 20 Sprint Cup races next year will move to a 1.15 pm ET start, including the Daytona 500, making 21 races scheduled in that time slot. Overall, 28 of the events will start earlier than they did in 2009.