John Graham News

NASCAR continues to work on improving its on-track product, an endeavor chairman Brian France takes so seriously he plans to attend Monday's test at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ryan Briscoe and his wife, Nicole , welcomed the birth of their first child Thursday, a daughter named Finley .

NASCAR announced Thursday changes to the eligibility parameters for drivers for the NASCAR Hall of Fame .

Gail Wise, of Park Ridge, Ill., owner of the first Mustang sold by Ford, background, is interviewed at the unveiling of the automaker's new 2015 Ford Mustang in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

Tillamook is home to a cheese factory and not much else, and yet its fair draws big-name music acts like Travis Tritt and current country-chart topper Lee Brice.

Rush , seems to have opened a few doors in Hollywood. Lionsgate films and OddLot Entertainment are reportedly developing a film tentatively titled Spitfire , which tells the story of stock car racing pioneer Louise Smith and the birth of NASCAR.

Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner interviews Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano at a fanfest hosted by Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the Third Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience on December 4, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing set the bar for small Sprint Cup teams with what they accomplished in 2013.

We saw how the Gen-6 car changed stock car racing last season and how certain drivers adjusted to it better than others, but adjusting to the Gen-6 is only one of the major things drivers on this list need to do.

Editor's note: This report has been changed from the original to correct the name of the organization that encouraged the larger-than-usual grant to the Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center.

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.

On Wednesday it was announced that the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin was scheduled for the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

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.

Officials from AMA Pro Racing announced today the future plans for the AMA Pro Road Racing class structure and rules package.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is transitioning from the end of the regular season to the beginning of a crazy offseason, called "the Silly Season."

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.

I noticed that Simona de Silvestro wasn't listed on your list for KV Racing Technology .

Throughout his racing career, Tony Kanaan has hungered to see his face on the Borg-Warner Trophy as one of the spoils of victory for winning the Indianapolis 500.

As the season wound down, it appeared Swan Racing had a tough decision to make: Should the team go with Parker Kligerman or use Cole Whitt in 2014? Why not both? Swan Racing announced Tuesday it was expanding to two cars for next season with Kligerman and Whitt getting full-year rides in the organization's Toyotas.