Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Casey Mears have
been placed on probation by NASCAR for intentionally hitting each
other following the race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Mark Martin continued to defy his age, becoming the third-oldest winner in NASCAR history with his victory Saturday night at Phoenix International Raceway.

Mark Martin won his third pole of the season Friday, taking the top spot at Phoenix International Raceway.

Jim France is stepping down as head of
International Speedway Corp., the largest operator of NASCAR
tracks.

Darlington Raceway says GoDaddy.com will be the presenting sponsor at next month’s Southern 500. Track president Chris Browning made the announcement Monday. The race was re-christened the Southern 500 last year after the contract ran out with its last sponsor, the Carolina Dodge Dealers Association.

Teen star Joey Logano raced to his
second career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, holding off Joe
Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in the Pepsi 300 on Saturday at
Nashville Superspeedway.

Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing has shuttered the No. 8 car driven by Aric Almirola because of a lack of funding.

Jeff Gordon has ended the longest
winless drought of his career, beating Hendrick Motorsports
teammate Jimmie Johnson to finally win at Texas.

David Reutimann gets to start on the front row at Texas.

Jimmie Johnson nudged Denny Hamlin aside in the third and fourth turns with 15 laps to go and gave team owner Rick Hendrick a perfect place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first victory in NASCAR’s premier series: Victory Lane.

Jeff Gordon will start from the pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway after steady rain washed out qualifying.

Kyle Busch has bounced back from a
disappointing defeat with a victory in the Sprint Cup Series race
at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Kevin Harvick has won the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, benefiting when Kyle Busch was penalized for a mistake on the last pit stop.

Mark Martin went seven years without winning a pole. Now he’s got two in a row.

Greg Biffle has pulled out of the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway because he bruised his ribs.

The older Busch showed his kid brother a
thing or two.

Mark Martin has claimed the pole for
Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his
first top spot since 2001.

Kyle Busch notched the biggest win of his young career Sunday by driving from the back of the field to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his hometown track.

Greg Biffle has snapped a 76-race winless
streak by winning the Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway.

The Busch brothers claimed the front row at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but an engine change will prevent Kyle and Kurt Busch from starting next to each other Sunday.

Friday’s qualifying results for Sunday’s Auto Club 500 at Fontanta, California.

A crew member for Jeremy Mayfield’s
team has been suspended indefinitely for violating NASCAR’s new
substance abuse policy.

Matt Kenseth has won the rain-shortened Daytona 500, taking over the lead two laps before NASCAR stopped the season-opening event. As drivers climbed from their cars to await NASCAR’s decision on whether to restart the race, Kenseth sat patiently inside his parked Ford on pit road.

Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch have been knocked out of the Daytona 500 in a multi-car accident started by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Busch led a race-high 88 laps before the accident, which came just after a restart with 75 laps to go in Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway.

Todd Bodine held off Kyle Busch to
win the opening NASCAR truck race of the season at Daytona
International Speedway on Friday.

Jeff Gordon won the first of
Thursday’s twin Daytona 500 qualifying races, his first trip to
Victory Lane since October 2007.

Kasey Kahne led the way during Sprint
Cup practice at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday, while
Joey Logano continued to struggle during his first week as a
full-time driver on NASCAR’s top circuit.

Race car driver and “Dancing With The Stars” winner Helio Castroneves is insisting he’s innocent of federal tax evasion charges.

A.J. Allmendinger will drive the No. 44
Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports in the season-opening Budweiser
Shootout and at least the first eight NASCAR Sprint Cup races this
season.

Bobby Labonte has been released from his contract with Petty Enterprises. Petty Enterprises has been unable to find sponsorship for the former NASCAR champion and is in danger of closing its storied organization if it can’t work out a merger with Gillett-Evernham Motorsports.