Bryan Clauson News

With Michael Annett leaving for a Sprint Cup ride with Tommy Baldwin Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports has signed Dakoda Armstrong to a multiyear contract to succeed Annett in the No.

One day after getting a part-time, on-track job with Michael Waltrip Racing for the 2014 season, veteran NASCAR driver Jeff Burton has landed yet another job.

Parker Kligerman on pit road during qualifying for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Erik Jones , the youngest winner in a NASCAR National Series event after his win in the Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway in November, heads to Pensacola, Florida's Five Flags Speedway to defend his title as Snowball Derby champion on Sunday, December 8th.

The fiery crash that killed Paul Walker and Roger Rodas in Valencia Saturday afternoon is not the first horrific and fatal crash involving the elite Porsche Carrera GT.

Bryan Clauson won 26 features in midgets and sprint cars in national events and his second straight USAC National Sprint Car championship this year.

He had already kissed the bricks as the Indianapolis 500 winner. It was time to plant one on his image on the Borg-Warner Trophy.

Talladega Superspeedway is the latest NASCAR track to find a way to keep its television "partners" from showing all those empty seats during Sprint Cup races next year: The track in eastern Alabama is razing the 18,000-seat Allison Grandstand, the large section of backstretch seats that are no longer needed.

Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse's off-track relationship continues to flourish despite the young race car drivers competing against one another for top rookie honors in 2013.

Martinsville Speedway , often referred to as the "paper clip," was one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR , dating back to 1947.

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Ryan Reed, 20, of Bakersfield, Calif., is chasing his dream to become a top NASCAR driver.

Jeff Burton, who raced his last Sprint Cup race with Richard Childress Racing last month at Homestead Miami, will join Michael Waltrip Racing in 2014.

Sport Clips, OneMain Financial and Dollar General will all return to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2014, increasing their presence in NASCAR racing with one of the sports' top teams.

It's NASCAR Sprint Cup banquet week, which means it's time for drivers to make speeches that are part thanks to their team, sponsors and family, part comedy and part improvisation.

Porsche's famed test driver Walter Rohrl was scared of it. A former manager at Porsche has called the CGT " the most dangerous car on the road.

Joe Gibbs Racing has quickly parlayed its somewhat-unexpected 2013 success with Sprint Cup runner-up Matt Kenseth into a sponsorship expansion with Dollar General Store.

Four teenagers were killed in a single-vehicle car accident in Warren County early Sunday morning.

Four years ago Martin Truex Jr. left Dale Earnhardt Incorporated for Michael Waltrip Racing in the hopes of transforming a struggling organization into a proverbial championship contender.

Hot rods, classic cars and car enthusiasts leave the track Sunday, the final day of the Turkey Run at Daytona International Speedway.News-Journal/DAVID MASSEY DAYTONA BEACH - Road signs.