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Briefs: Busch fined, Hendrick recovering, Keselowski worried
Kyle Busch has been fined $50,000 and put on probation, Rick Hendrick is released from a six-day hospital stay, and Brad Keselowski worries about fuel injection and Phoenix.

Trucks: Harvick wins as Busch wrecks Hornaday
Kevin Harvick won Friday night's Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway ahead of Austin Dillon, but the headlines were all about Kyle Busch wrecking Ron Hornaday.

Biffle beats Ragan to Texas pole
Roush Fenway Racing team mates Greg Biffle and David Ragan will share the front row for the start of Sunday's AAA Texas 500 Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Former Cup driver Mayfield in drugs arrest
Former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield has been arrested this week during a police raid on his home in North Carolina that allegedly found drugs and stolen goods.

Hendrick recovering from plane crash injuries
Rick Hendrick is recovering from a broken rib and clavicle following a plane crash on Monday evening that saw his jet run off the end of the runway at Key West International Airport.

Hendrick and Roush reject controversies
Two of the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing, found themselves caught up in controversies this week after events at Talladega.

Nationwide: Keselowski cleans up at Kansas
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.

Bowyer confirms 2012 move to Waltrip Racing
Clint Bowyer has finally confirmed weeks of speculation that he is heading to Michael Waltrip Racing for the next three years of NASCAR Sprint Cup competition.

Stewart's 'dead-weight' remains a mystery
Tony Stewart's barbed comment about how getting rid of some "dead weight" had helped speed him on his way to a second straight victory in the Chase has set fans puzzling.

Matt Kenseth claims first pole position of the 2011 Chase
Matt Kenseth will start from pole for the first race in the 2011 Sprint Cup Chase, the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday afternoon, with Paul Menard alongside him.

Johnson, Busch hostilities flare at Richmond
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch are both in the Chase, but after their on- and off-track clashes at Richmond it's starting to look as if it may not be big enough for the both of them.

Harvick confirms closure of KHI
Cup driver Kevin Harvick has confirmed that he is shutting down the operations of his NASCAR race team and manufacturing company Kevin Harvick Inc. at the end of the season.

Bowyer looking likely to exit RCR
Just a few weeks ago, a contract extension for Clint Bowyer at Richard Childress Racing seemed like a done deal. But it's all fallen apart and Bowyer now looks likely to leave at the end of 2011.

Notes: Sieg suspended; hairpulling apology; RCR change
Camping World Truck Series driver Shane Sieg suspended; Wallace crew chief apologises for pulling Steve Wallace's hair; Richard Childress Racing releases pit crew coach.

Said: Biffle will 'show up at a race with a black eye' one day...
NASCAR Sprint Cup rivals Boris Said and Greg Biffle came to blows at Watkins Glen on Monday, with the former vowing to track his nemesis down at his home and leave him 'with a black eye'...

Stenhouse downplays feud with Edwards
They're team mates and they're both leading their respective championships, but relations between Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were far from cosy at Iowa.

Johnson enraged with 'crybaby' Busch
Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch had a furious row in pit road after the race at Pocono, with the five-time champion taking exception to the Penske driver's tactics

Pastrana pulls out of 2011 Nationwide
X Games superstar daredevil Travis Pastrana has pulled out of all his Nationwide appearances in 2011 following the leg and ankle injuries he received last week in competition.

Big testing crash for Brad Keselowski
Penske Racing's Brad Keselowski wrote off his #2 Blue Deuce car in a major accident in testing at Road Atlanta on Wednesday, and was taken to hospital for evaluation.

Austin Dillon claims Nashville Truck win
Austin Dillon's two-tyre gambit paid off with a Truck Series victory over Johnny Sauter and Timothy Peters to lay claim to the coveted Gibson guitar trophy at Nashville Superspeedway
NASCAR team sues Williams and Mike Coughlan
NASCAR team Michael Waltrip Racing is suing Williams Grand Prix Engineering and their newly-appointed chief engineer Mike Coughlan over accusations of breach of contract, say reports.

Nationwide heads to Indianapolis in 2012
The Nationwide Series has announced that it is heading to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time during next year's season.

Roush Fenway loses key sponsor
Whisky brand Crown Royal has announced that it is to end its sponsorship of the Roush Fenway Racing #17 driven by Matt Kenseth and reduce their involvement with NASCAR as a whole.