NASCAR News

It hard to escape the impact of the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States.

Kyle Petty doesn't have a NASCAR Sprint Cup ride this season, and he certainly won't be part of the combined Petty/Gillett Evernham organisation.

During better economic times, NASCAR teams found infusions of capital from seemingly everywhere - from billionaires such as George Gillett and John Henry to private-equity firms and sugar daddies attracted to the sport's growth.

Robby Gordon has announced that his single-car team will switch to Toyota for the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

Bobby Labonte has been released from all contractual obligations to Petty Enterprises, the 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion announced Thursday.

Rodney Childers will join Michael Waltrip Racing as crew chief for David Reutimann's #00 Toyota in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series next year, the team announced Wednesday.

Bobby Hamilton Racing will cease operations at the end of the week, Lori Shuler Hamilton, chief operating officer for the Craftsman Truck Series organisation, confirmed on Monday.

Australian motor racing fans will get a unique insight into the world of NASCAR and the life of Aussie ace Marcos Ambrose when 60 Minutes resumes on the Nine Network early in 2009.

Chip Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. will merge operations beginning with the 2009 Sprint Cup season, the teams announced in a news release Wednesday.

Carl Edwards enters the final week of the season in second place in NASCAR's top two series.

There is no crew chief in the Sprint Cup garage more adept at planning and executing race strategy and making critical decisions on the fly than Chad Knaus.

It likely won't be decisive, but the duel in the desert between Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday Jr. in Friday's Lucas Oil 150 will deliver plenty of high drama as their shootout for the Craftsman Truck Series championship shifts to Phoenix International Raceway.

During a modest round of layoffs Monday and Tuesday at Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson's spotter, Stevie Reeves, was told he would not return to the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet team next season. Reeves confirmed the news on Tuesday night.

Sunday's Dickies 500 Sprint Cup race featured long green-flag runs and record lows for cautions (five) and caution laps (26), but that didn't mean it lacked drama.

by Reid Spencer Ron Hornaday Jr. overcame an ill-timed caution to win Friday night's Chevy Silverado 350K NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and trim third-place finisher Johnny Benson's lead in the series standings to six points.

by Amanda Brahler Texas Motor Speedway always has been a refuge for Kevin Harvick. This week in the O'Reilly Challenge, he's depending on his successful past on the 1.5-mile track to notch his first win behind the wheel of his Kevin Harvick Inc. #33 Chevrolet.

The teaming-up of Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti at Target Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2009 IndyCar Series will see the pairing 'bring out the best in each other' and has the potential to become the most successful partnership in the history of the multiple championship-winning outfit.

McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that the Woking team will definitely miss the effort and input of long-serving head of race operations Steve Hallam, who has announced that he is leaving the team at the end of the 2008 Formula One campaign.

Scott Speed has declared himself happy to have lived the dream of Formula 1, despite the aborted nature of his time with Toro Rosso.

Juan-Pablo Montoya has delivered a stinging rebuke to the sport that delivered him seven grand prix victories, 13 pole positions, twelve fastest laps and no fewer than 30 podium finishes, blasting Formula 1 as 'boring' and claiming that as far as the Americans are concerned, Lewis Hamilton is 'Le

The thirteenth round of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was unlucky for just about everybody save for Kyle Busch, who took the Best Buy 400 by the scruff of the neck just prior to the half way mark and proceeded to lead the majority of the final 200 laps.

Kasey Kahne took his second victory in as many weeks at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway on Sunday night as he won NASCAR's longest race, the Coca Cola 600, for the second time in his career.

Virginia native Denny Hamlin claimed his second Coors Light Pole Award of the 2008 season in his home state by securing top spot on the starting grid for Saturday night's Crown Royal 400 at the Richmond International Raceway.

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.