Jimmie Johnson lay down the championship gauntlet early, declaring his intentions to win a sixth 2013 Sprint Cup title by clinching his second Daytona 500.
Danica Patrick is the first female driver to ever win a pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, after taking the top spot for the start of next week's Daytona 500.
Did you really believe the media obsession with Danica Patrick had peaked and might be about to wane? Think again. News that she's dating a fellow NASCAR competitor just took it to a whole new level.
Kevin Harvick won the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in bizarre and controversial circumstances, after a race that may have decided the 2012 Sprint Cup championship.
Tony Stewart has lost the primary sponsor on the #14 Stewart/Haas Racing car after the end of the current season, with retail chain Office Depot deciding to "significantly curtail" its role.
Justin Allgaier won the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race in Montreal, after he tipped a slowing Jacques Villeneuve into a spin on the second green-white-chequered finish of the day.
Danica Patrick's accident at the end of the first Gatorade Duel on Thursday stole the headlines from the race winners, and had even veteran racers wincing at the impact.
David Reutimann will be starting the Daytona 500 next week, after signing up with the new team BK Racing that has bought up the assets of Red Bull Racing.
IndyCar worked for months to make the 2011 season finale a fitting climax and affirmation of a series on the way back. No one could know it would end up being its darkest hour.
Danica Patrick topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of activity at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ahead of this weekend's climax to the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
No one had any answer for Brad Keselowski at Kansas Speedway in Saturday's Nationwide Series race, and the Chase contender will be hoping his form transfers over to Sunday's Cup event.
Canadians rose to the top of qualifying in Montreal, with former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve taking pole position ahead of current IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani.
Ryan Hunter-Reay returned to victory lane after a confused and heated end to the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway twice interrupted for rain.
A charity event celebrating the life and racing career of Mario Andretti will unite three generations of motor racing drivers from the most famous family in the sport.
NASCAR is reeling from the news that Red Bull is set to pull the plug on its Sprint Cup team, but some pundits are starting to wonder if this may be the chance Danica's been waiting for.
IndyCar confirmed that the series will still be going to Japan one last time in September - but that the recent earthquake means that the race will switch from oval to road course.
Dan Wheldon might be unemployed after his Indy 500 victory on Sunday, but he's not going to be short of cash for the foreseeable future - after pocketing $2.5m for the day's work.
The winner of the 2011 Indy 500 gets twice as much in prize money as the driver in second place, but no one walks away with a less than a quarter of a million dollars after Sunday.
Simona de Silvestro has been allowed back on track in morning practice to test her injured hands ahead of qualifying on Saturday afternoon, but Ryan Briscoe crashed in the session.