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Chase Elliott, the runaway leader in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year battle , has three wins and the NASCAR Nationwide Series points lead.

They would love to blow up the schedule, from moving dates, slicing the number of races, or just adding more time off.

Busch, embraced by Indianapolis race fans for running the double of the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day in May, is back at Indianapolis Motor Speedway not worrying about racing 1,100 miles.

Skip Nichols has won more races than any other driver in the Atlanta Motor Speedway summer series known as Thursday Thunder, and he added one more by winning the final race of the season on Thursday night to capture the Estes Services Masters Division championship.

Stewart, 43, was born in Columbus, Indiana, grew up racing go-karts and won the World Karting Association title in 1987 before graduating to Midgets.

In another extremely competitive qualifying battle between manufacturer programs in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Porsche North America placed its two works Porsche 911 RSRs eighth and ninth at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Former Stevenson Motorsports Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge teammates Matt Bell and John Edwards went head-to-head at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday afternoon for the Brickyard Sports Car Challenge TOTAL Pole Award.

The ESM team was on its game today, capturing both spots at the front of the grid for tomorrow's Brickyard GP.

Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby CONNOR BLACK, left, JOHN KING, in the driver's seat, and MALIQUE FLUELLEN gather just before the afternoon races start Monday at Texas Motor Speedway north of Fort Worth.

The following is a list of the NASCAR odds for the 2014 Brickyard 400 , also called the John Wayne Walding 400 this year.

Incident made car owner Rollie Helmling look for a new driver, which turned out to be Gordon's lucky break Crash 25 years ago helped pave way for Jeff Gordon's impressive NASCAR career Incident made car owner Rollie Helmling look for a new driver, which turned out to be Gordon's lucky break Check out this story on IndyStar.com: ... (more)

The final week of the Thursday Thunder racing series at Atlanta Motor Speedway is expected to generate plenty of excitement, especially for one local driver.

The SRT A Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT GTS-Rs visit historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway hunting their first victory of the season in As SRT Motorsports makes its first appearance at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the team enters the track with confidence coming off its best-ever, two-race span - results of second and third in each of the ... (more)

Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr.'s mom, Desiree Wallace, might have a hard time getting into anymore NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. waits to shoot a M4 Rifle with soldiers at Camp Atterbury Wednesday in Edinburgh, Ind.

Kevin Harvick grew up racing go-karts in Bakersfield, California, dreaming of his turn to one day emulate his childhood hero Rick Mears, the four-time Indianapolis 500 champion and three-time IndyCar Series champion who also grew up in Bakersfield.

Drivers always say there's something magical about Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the opportunity for NASCAR to race there opened the door for one of Jeff Gordon's most treasured victories.

One team president said that the person in charge of selling sponsorship these days has the worst job in racing because it takes several pitches over several months to land a significant deal.

Schedule: Friday, practice ; Saturday, practice , qualifying ; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. Fast facts: Race winners get first priority for the 16-driver Chase as long as they are in the top 30 in the standings and attempted to qualify for every race.

Jul 3, 2014; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski walks thru the garage area before practice for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.