Trevor Bayne, who broke records and captured headlines with his win at the Daytona 500 in February, is to miss this weekend's Nationwide Series race after being admitted to hospital for a second time.
Brian Vickers has endured several near misses this season for a long-awaited return to victory lane in the Nationwide Series. He'll try to complete the journey Saturday in his 100th start in the series in the Camping World RV Sales 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Richard Childress has denied allegations that his team has filed a lawsuit against General Motors after the ailing manufacturer announced it was to cut support for teams in the Sprint Cup.
In a race where numerous drivers were nabbed for speeding on pit road, Joe Gibbs Racing's Joey Logano sped on the racetrack, winning the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race for the second year in a row at Kentucky Speedway.
Enough, already. Kyle Busch didn't paint a moustache on the Mona Lisa. He didn't burn the flag. He didn't scratch himself, a la Roseanne Barr, during the national anthem.
The tired NASCAR axiom of 'Win on Sunday, sell on Monday' has been outdated for the past decade, if not longer, but the executives who run Rick Hendrick's NASCAR team and auto dealerships brought it back to life last month at Daytona.
Dario Franchitti will miss Sunday's Aaron's 499 at the Talladega Superspeedway after suffering a fractured ankle in a crash during the early stages of Saturday's Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series race.