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NASCAR senior vice president of racing operations Steve O'Donnell promises more news on 2015 rules changes in May. / Kevin Liles/USA TODAY Sports GRIMES, IA.

NASCAR is close to revealing an engine package for the 2015 season that CEO Brian France hopes will increase lead changes, particularly on 1.5-mile tracks.

A week off did nothing to mellow the tension between Simon Pagenaud and Will Power stemming from contact between them in IndyCar's Long Beach Grand Prix.

The following is a list of the NASCAR odds for drivers to win the 2014 Toyota Owners 400, which is being run at the Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night, April 26, 2014, in Richmond, Virginia.

The big race at Richmond International Raceway is still a few days away, but fans are already making themselves at home by the racetrack.

According to a behind-the-scenes story from MMQB's Peter King , the league had to work around a number of early season conflicts in and around Chicago, which is why the Bears play five of their first eight games on the road and go through a stretch of four road games in five weeks.

A 16-year-old on Reddit got the No. 98 car sponsored by Dogecoin for a race at the famous Talladega Superspeedway.

The last time a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racecar sported the No. 3 at Talladega Superspeedway, it was sitting in the track's coveted Victory Lane.

Richard Petty Motorsports expects an emotional lift this weekend as team co-owner and namesake Richard Petty returns to the track for the first time since his wife, Lynda, died last month.

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Darrell Wallace Jr . is hardly an old man at age 20, but he is an alumnus of one of NASCAR 's newest programs, the NASCAR Next program, which showcases drivers between the ages of 15 and 24 who are looking to move up and star at the Nationwide Series or Sprint Cup Series level.

After a week off for the Easter holiday, the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series are back on track with night racing at Richmond International Raceway .

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular Darrell Wallace Jr. plans to make his first Nationwide Series start of 2014 on May 3 at Talladega Superspeedway , according to an announcement on Wednesday from Joe Gibbs Racing .

Swan Racing has sold off the assets of its two Sprint Cup cars, leaving Parker Kligerman without a ride for this weekend's race at Richmond International Raceway.

The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation will host the 15th annual Racing to Recovery Gala Saturday, May 24 at the Lucas Oil Estate in Carmel.

Franck Montagny drove for Andretti Green Racing in the American Le Mans Series race at Belle Isle in 2008.

Editor's Note: This is the debut of of "Pit Stops," a weekly feature that will run on Wednesdays and is designed to be your one-stop shop for the week that was, and the upcoming weekend.

You'll recall that late last month, in the middle of some NCAA tournament games, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Robert Griffin III and Richmond International Raceway President Dennis Bickmeier got together on Twitter and decided that RGIII should be the pace-car driver for this weekend's Toyota Owners 400, which will take place not terribly far from ... (more)

Short-trackin' at Richmond...While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is returning to the track after an off weekend, Justin Allgaier and the No.

Sprint Cup Series prepares to make its first return to Richmond International Raceway since last fall's shameful debacle aimed at manipulating race results, a look back at what has transpired since for the key figures involved is in order.

Not that Elliott, a NASCAR legend, or Dawsonville minds. In fact, the surprising success of Chase Elliott, 18, has lifted the spirits of this north Georgia mountain town with a population of 2,255.