Andy Belmont Motorsports News

GM emerged Friday after only 40 days under court protection. The sport's heavyweights like Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Tony Stewart's crew won the Tissot Pit Road Precision Award for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

Colorado Springs developer Bill Schuck, one of two people vying to build a motorsports speedway in the metro area, has said he does not need NASCAR for his project to succeed.

Amid falling revenue for racing and ticket sales, International Speedway Corp. said it lost $31.7 million in the second quarter of 2009.

Penske Racing driver Sam Hornish Jr. will drive a special No. 77 Mobil 1 Advanced Fuel Economy Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 11 to help make consumers aware of the best ways to conserve fuel during the busy summer driving season.

Gillette today announced that it is adding recent NASCAR Sprint Cup race winner Joey Logano to its group of Gillette Young Guns drivers.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:22 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:22 p.m. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

SPARTA - The hood of a pace car parked in victory lane at Kentucky Speedway was Gov.

NASCAR has asked for the appeals court to suspend the injunction that allows Jeremy Mayfield to compete in NASCAR Sprint Cup activities.

Its not Carl Edwards preferred way to drive, but for the next eight weeks, hell be racing for points, not for wins.Edwards sits a comfortable fifth in NASCARs Chase for the Sprint Cup Series points race, even though he has yet to win a race.So theres little sense in taking any serious gambles that could take Edwards out of a race and cost him ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Elliott Sadler's season has been about as bumpy as a lap around Daytona International Speedway.

Two-time Allstate 400 winner Tony Stewart said Wednesday he is confident Goodyear has solved the tire problems that plagued last year's race at the Brickyard.

CROSSED FLAGS: A Look at the halfway point of the 2009 IndyCar Series season THE DRIVERS SPEAK INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - Round up 20-plus IndyCar Series drivers for an informal and anonymous survey at the midpoint of the season and naturally you'll receive nearly as many responses to each question.

It wasn't supposed to work like this. The Indy Racing League, when it merged/took over the Champ Car World Series in 2008, should have emerged all shiny and new with a bright and financially secure future.

NASCAR feeling economic pinch as Joliet race is non-sellout SLOWING THE PACE The race Saturday would be only the second non-sellout at Joliet, a sign of a troubling economy.

This is the age of specialization. Many kids are custom-made. They're purpose-built from an awfully young age.

DAYTONA BEACH , Florida - - In his dramatic return to Daytona International Speedway, ARCA RE/MAX Series veteran Patrick Sheltra had high hopes for his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season in Fridaya s Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola but an incident just after half-way sidelined Sheltra and the MacDonald Motorsports team.

The Darlington Historic Racing Festival has signed O'Reilly Auto Parts as a presenting sponsor during the September festival.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip will scale back to a partial schedule to make room for Martin Truex Jr.

Dale Coyne revels in first victory: Seneca Lodge patrons put down their salad forks and Labatt's Blue bottles to applaud when Dale Coyne and his wife, Gail, walked through the door with the winner's laurel from the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen.