After Kurt Busch takes the pole for Saturday’s Cup race, younger brother wins Nationwide event from the pole

Richard Petty Motorsports driver red hot, has team on pace for milestone with Chase for the Sprint Cup berth

Kurt Busch earned his first pole in two years in impressive fashion, using a track-record lap of 181.918 mph to claim the top starting spot for Saturday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Despite a pair of losses in the appeals process this week, NASCAR President Mike Helton said he doesn’t look at it as an “us against them” proposition.

A liquor run via airplane, parts flying into the press box and lawmen waiting in a pit box for a driver are just some of the more colorful stories coming out of Darlington's past.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have “strengthened and tweaked” their security surrounding Food Lion Speed Street, the NASCAR-themed festival, following bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed three and left dozens injured.

They’re the neighborhood book store competing with Barnes & Noble, the mom-and-pop diner sharing a block with Dunkin Donuts.

When David Ragan drove for Jack Roush, his goal was to win multiple races, lead laps and compete for the Sprint Cup championship.

NASCAR’s precedent-setting penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing were sharply curtailed on appeal Wednesday.

Is there an open revolt in NASCAR? The sanctioning body took a pair of hits this week – one quite large – as it saw a slew of penalties it assessed to Sprint Cup teams for rules violations get reduced or eliminated on appeal.

Kurt Busch would like to try racing 1,100 miles some Memorial Day weekend.

NASCAR’s precedent-setting penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing were sharply curtailed on appeal Wednesday.

Newly unsealed documents in the divorce case of NASCAR Chairman Brian France provide a rare glimpse into how much money the privately held racing organization has generated for the France family.

Penske Racing won’t get back any fines or points, but it did see the suspensions of seven of its team members cut in half as a result of its final appeal of NASCAR penalties.

It was dark, it was rainy, it was cold. These two laps would decide the Aaron’s 499 seven hours after the Sprint Cup race started. David Ragan needed a drafting partner, somebody he could trust. Who better than Front Row Motorsports teammate David Gilliland?

Kyle Busch wasn’t injured, but he was hurting. “I’m all right,” he told his crew via radio after a major early crash in the Aaron’s 499. “And I caused it.”

It didn't go quite as planned, but Denny Hamlin did his part in making his brief return to the Sprint Cup Series in Sunday's race at Talladega. Hamlin started the race and got out of his No. 11 Toyota at the first caution, giving way to driver Brian Vickers. Vickers, however, was caught up in a multi-car accident shortly thereafter. Hamlin talked about his first race back since injuring his back in March.

It's shocking how few people showed up for Sunday's race in Talladega. Granted, the track is massive, so whatever crowd was there was spread out. But Sunday demonstrated fans' preference to stay home and watch on the HD flat screen.

Daytona and Talladega – behemoths in the family of stock-car tracks – are faster, wilder, more dangerous. As Denny Hamlin put it Friday, this is a setting where wrecks can come almost as easily in the first lap as the last.

Regan Smith was declared the winner of a crash-filled Aaron’s 312 Nationwide race at Talladega Superspeedway.

When does Denny Hamlin (first race back from a fractured vertebra) give up the wheel? By all logic he should head to the pits at the first caution, giving way to relief driver Brian Vickers. But Friday he never said definitively he'd do that. Broken back and all, it's tough for these guys to give up control over their fates season-to-season.

NASCAR chose to cancel Saturday qualifying for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Sprint Cup driver Denny Hamlin is cleared to drive for the first time since suffering a fractured vertebra in a March 24 crash at Fontana in California, but it might not be a sure-thing he’ll park at the first caution of Sunday’s Aaron’s 499.

The natural assumption is if you did well at Daytona, you must also be set up well for Talladega – similar super-speedways, pack racing under restrictor-plate conditions. That’s not a perfect analogy, Danica Patrick countered Friday.

After missing the last 3 races, Denny Hamlin will start the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, but Brian Vickers will finish the race. CineSport's Noah Coslov & NASCAR Wire Service's Reid Spencer discuss.

With polling open for the fan vote for this month's Sprint All-Star Race, Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made a light-hearted video in which Patrick encourages her boyfriend to vote for her.

Hot or not, a glance at this Sunday's Aaron's 499 and a look at the points leaders in each series.

When it comes to racing at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer is hit or miss. He has had a lot of hits in some of those misses, too.

Three acts with either No. 1 songs or “Song of the Year” honors will headline this year’s Food Lion Speed Street festival later this month in Charlotte’s uptown.

Cars fly wildly, horrifyingly through the air … In a chain reaction, they collide in big numbers and are smashed to smithereens … Some times, an airborne car slashes into the fence fronting the grandstand, endangering spectators…On occasion, there is fire, the drivers’ worst fear.

Are you ready to sing “God Bless America” or the National Anthem for a crowd of 150,000 people later this month?

Two team members of Richard Childress Racing, who were charged with assault early Saturday after a postrace incident at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, have been suspended by NASCAR.

Fans across the Carolinas should start practicing their rendition of the national anthem or “God Bless America” because the Charlotte Motor Speedway “Speedway Superstar Tour” is looking for performers to headline the 10 Greatest Days in Racing.

So many variables have led to crazy finishes this season and Saturday night at Richmond was just another example.

The story of race winners so far this season in the Sprint Cup Series has been dominated by drivers starting up front and leading a lot of laps. Kevin Harvick did neither of those Saturday night at Richmond.

Kevin Harvick sped away on fresh tires to win Saturday night's Toyota Owners 400. Harvick took the checkered at Richmond for his first win of the season. He spoke to the media after the race.

Well, at least one man was Happy. Kevin “Happy” Harvick used an incredible run to go from seventh to first in a two-lap overtime to win Saturday night’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Two employees of Richard Childress Racing were charged with misdemeanor assault early Saturday morning following a fight near the driver/owner motorhome lot that took place after the Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway.

While Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch have combined to win four of the eight Cup races run thus far, NASCAR took a hefty bite out of one of the Gibbs driver’s success this week.

Video replays showed Nelson Piquet Jr. kicked Brian Scott below the belt. The drivers and their respective crews then had to be separated by officials.