William Byron got his second win of the season, and this time he got to do it in front of his bosses.
Byron won his second consecutive Xfinity Series race Saturday by leading a 1-2 finish at Daytona International Speedway for JR Motorsports. Byron (...)
The chances are dwindling for Dale Earnhardt Jr. this season, the final shot for NASCAR's most popular driver to win a coveted Cup title.
First he has to make the playoffs, and his best opportunity at one of those 16 slots is a win Saturday night at (...)
Tony Stewart needed to retire to win the Daytona 500. From runner-up through DNFs, he failed to win NASCAR's marquee race. Stewart's NASCAR career ended without a win in 17 tries in the Daytona 500. Turns out he just needed to trade the firesuit for (...)
NASCAR is eyeing a strategy to help build its international presence but the preeminent stock car racing organization has no immediate plans to schedule races outside the United States.
Citing another made-in-America sports league, the National (...)
Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 in an electrifying photo-finish over Martin Truex Jr. Sunday to put Toyota in Victory Lane for the first time at the Great American Race.
Matt Kenseth had looked poised to add his name to the short list of three-time (...)
Driving a car he believes is unbeatable, Dale Earnhardt Jr. added to his family legacy at Daytona International Speedway on the anniversary of his father's death.
Earnhardt won the first qualifying race Thursday night for the Daytona 500 to earn a (...)
Rookie Chase Elliott positioned himself as one of the favorites for next Sunday's Daytona 500 after becoming the youngest driver ever to secure pole position in qualifying at Daytona International Speedway.
Elliott, the 20-year-old son of 1988 (...)
After lengthy rain delays and a freak fuel fire accident, Matt Kenseth emerged as the Daytona 500 champion Monday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap to win an incident-packed race under floodlights.
Kenseth, in a Ford, was helped by (...)
Lengthy rainfall forced organizers to delay the start of the already postponed Daytona 500 by another seven hours until 7 P.M. (2400 GMT) Monday, race officials said.
NASCAR's season opener was originally scheduled for Sunday but was washed out by (...)
Carl Edwards fell bitterly short in last season's bid to win the NASCAR championship. He's starting 2012 out front.
Edwards, who lost the championship last season on a tie-breaker to Tony Stewart, won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500, (...)
Kyle Busch edged Tony Stewart in a thrilling finish to the first race of 2012, using a slingshot pass Saturday on the last lap of the exhibition Budweiser Shootout to beat the defending NASCAR champion to the checkered flag.
Busch made two (...)
AJ Allmendinger won five races during the 2006 season in Champ Car, then walked away hoping to launch a new career in NASCAR.
He was at the top of his game when he left open-wheel, and figured he'd make a smooth and successful transition to stock (...)
Awwal 16, 1432 H/Feb 19, 2011, SPA -- A fugitive soldier accused of raping a 15-year-old California girl has been caught in Florida, authorities said, according to UPI.
Pvt. Daniel Brazelton, 20, was arrested Friday at a motel in Daytona Beach, (...)
Jamie McMurray held off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. over a wild, two-lap sprint to win NASCAR's Daytona 500 Sunday.
The race was stopped twice and delayed for more than two hours because of a pothole at Daytona International Speedway, and (...)
Joao Barbosa powered Action Express Racing to the 24 Hours of Daytona title Sunday, finishing an improbable victory in the organization's first appearance in the sports car endurance race.
The newly formed team avoided major mechanical problems and (...)
Chip Ganassi Racing was on its way to reclaiming the 24 Hours of Daytona title, with Juan Pablo Montoya leading more than six hours into the sports car endurance race Saturday.
Montoya powered past Lucas Luhr on the outside of the slippery track (...)
When the police got a tip that Bonner Elementary was being hit for the second time in a week, they rushed three squad cars to the school. As they were cordoning off the grounds, the burglars emerged _ dashing out a front door and across a (...)