David Ragan is right there, a 22-year-old hanging in with the big boys

Troubled General Motors has notified two racetracks that run NASCAR events that their current contracts will not be renewed as part of an overall $10 billion cost-cutting program

Richard Petty has been involved in racing for well over 50 years and has seen it all ... and then some. “I do everything I’ve always done....” Petty says. “I just don’t get in the car when they say ‘Drivers, start your engines.’”

Penske test driver David Stremme is considered a leading candidate to replace him

“So I’m excited about the prospect of going to Daytona and winning the Daytona 500 and climb out of my own car, with my own guys and my own operation....”

Joe Gibbs Racing is dominating the Nationwide Series, and Kyle Busch is just plain dominate--in whatever he cares to drive.

Martin Truex Jr.’s car was discovered to be 1-16th of an inch too narrow at practice at Daytona International Speedway last week. His team’s punishment? Suspensions, a $100,000 fine and the docking of 150 points. 

When it comes to racing, Kyle Busch is in a class by himself.

A wreck filled ending to the Coke Zero 400 Saturday night, ending with a familiar scene, Kyle Busch in Victory Lane. 

Busch has won six of the first 18 Sprint Cup races — two more races than he won in three full seasons with Hendrick — and he leads the standings by 182 points. 

Randy Moss Motorsports will make its debut on July 19 at Kentucky Speedway

“I would rather have the races come on at the same time so everybody knows what they’re watching, but the TV people would rather have it in prime time, and that’s good for our sponsors, too.”

NASCAR owner Chip Ganassi pulled the plug on one of his three teams, closing the doors on the Dario Franchitti team, leaving Franchitti, a former Indy-car star, sidelined. 

Deac McCaskill has finished second in the last three South Boston Speedway Late Model races

Michael Waltrip, now 45 and in his 23rd year on the stock-car tour, needs a good run at Daytona this week more than anyone else on the Sprint Cup series. 

Now rival crew chiefs should be kicking themselves in the rear end for not playing the end game any smarter: rain coming, no question, late in the race, so why stop for gas?

In his second season on the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour, David Gilliland has become a solid driver, despite all the financial problems facing new team owner Doug Yates. 

Tampa Bay area resident Scott Kalitta’s death Saturday at Englishtown, N.J., came only 15 months after Eric Medlen suffered fatal injuries while testing at Gainesville Raceway. In September, 14-time Funny Car champion John Force was nearly killed in a crash at Ennis, Texas. 

Kyle Busch still leads the Sprint Cup tour heading into the race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, but his lead has been trimmed considerably.

Kasey Kahne continues a month-plus run to remember with another pole.