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NOVEMBER 17: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, celebrates in Champions Victory Lane with his daughter Genevieve Marie after winning the series championship following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2013 in Homestead, Florida.

The test at Charlotte will be the second as NASCAR continues to seek a rules package that could enhance the competition.

NASCAR on Thursday announced a number of changes to the selection process for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, including one that could lead to quicker enshrinement for veteran drivers like Mark Martin and Bill Elliott who competed into their 50s.

The FIA has confirmed that previously-scheduled races in New Jersey, Korea and Mexico will in fact not take place in 2014.

Less than 48 hours after unveiling his bas relief image on the Borg-Warner Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tony Kanaan started his on-the-job orientation with his new employer, Chip Ganassi Racing, during a team test at Sebring International Raceway.

Joe Nathan agreed with Detroit on a two-year contract with a club option for 2016, enabling the Tigers to accomplish one of their main objectives this offseason by adding one of the game's most accomplished closers to the bullpen.

Reigning ARCA Midwest Tour champion Dan Frederickson and Travis Braden, champion of the recently completed ARCA/CRA Super Series, are scheduled to take part in a test at Daytona International Speedway Dec. 20-22 through the "Road to Daytona" program.

Longtime motorsports announcer Paul Page will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network as its lead announcer next season.

The FIA, international motorsports' governing body, released its 2014 calendar Wednesday, placing the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin on Nov. 2. That's the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, a three-hour drive from Austin.

New owner Brandon Davis, who "pledged to stop starting and parking" when he took over Swan Racing last year, will be expanding the franchise into two teams next season and fielding cars for both Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman , both of whom auditioned for their seats during Davis's first full season as owner, who used multiple drivers that year, ... (more)

The North Carolina Motorsports Association will honor one of North Carolina's first racing families - the Jarretts - with its Achievement in Motorsports Tribute Award at the eighth annual North Carolina Motorsports Industry Awards Ceremony presented by Fifth Third Bank.

The Fort Worth boy's leukemia was diagnosed seven years ago. Since then he has endured countless treatments at Cook Children's Medical Center, but he is in his second remission.

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.

The staff Circuit of the Americas is working countless hours to build up the facility and come up with new ways to enhance the fan experience.

Paul Walker died in a Porsche Carrera GT, a car that a former manager at the car company has called "crazy" and "the most dangerous car on the road," Jalopnik reports.

The 2014 IndyCar Series television schedule will feature three weekends of ABC coverage at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, including the network's 50th consecutive telecast of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday, May 25. NBC Sports Network will televise 13 races, including 11 in a row that culminates with the season finale on Labor Day ... (more)

AdvoCare International, LP , a leading health and wellness company, is donating $35,000 to the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma based on the performance of Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Austin Dillon, driver of the No.

Winning NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award is better than not doing so, but overall it doesn't mean much in NASCAR's big picture.

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.