Michael Valiante News

Roush Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray and Penske Racing's Kurt Busch talk to the media Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway.

Jeff Gordon admits he was one of the drivers who went to NASCAR last week at Talladega complaining about the bump-drafting but says that rule didn't impact the race.

Don't expect Toyota's recently-announced withdrawal from Formula One racing to signal a pullback from NASCAR racing.

If Kyle Busch enters a Truck Series race, odds are better than 50-50 he'll win -- at least where the 2009 season is concerned.

Ryan Newman is still sore and frustrated from Talladega. What frustrates Newman more than anything after his harrowing crash with five laps remaining last weekend is that it's the same kind of situation he was concerned about after the last race at Talladega six months earlier.

Kyle Busch takes a bow after winning Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch has entered 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season and has won seven of them.

FORT WORTH, Texas Michael Waltrip Racing likely is out of the hunt for Danica Patrick, team vice president and general manager Ty Norris confirmed Friday.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya has been one of the biggest surprises of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

Jeff Gordon won his first pole since one year ago after posting the quickest lap in Friday's qualifying for the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR will honor the fallen soldiers at Fort Hood during a race weekend that is just 170 miles from the site of the massacre that left 13 people dead.

Jimmie Johnson is sitting almost exactly where he was at this time a year ago. With three races remaining in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup, Johnson leads the standings by an almost-insurmountable 184 points in his pursuit of a record fourth straight championship.

After NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was released from the medical centre at Talladega Superspeedway, he was set upon by the normal flock of microphone clutching journalists and race reporters.

Danica Patrick is considered to be in the running for a NASCAR Nationwide Series ride at JR Motorsports next season.

The Indy Racing League will have Izod as a title sponsor next season, an agreement the IRL hopes will expand its fan base and take the series to a "new level." The six-year deal could be extended, Michael Kelly, executive vice president of marketing for the clothing maker's parent company, Phillips-Van Heusen, said Thursday.

ThorSport Racing's Matt Crafton is second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings heading into Friday's race at Texas Motor Speedway.

NHRA LAS VEGAS Testing objective is to reduce power in Top Fuel, Funny Car categories NHRA, working with Cruz Pedregon Racing, recently conducted a series of test runs following the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

TALLADEGA, Ala. The left front shock of Austin Dillon's truck was built wrong and had no way to rebound following his qualifying run, which is what caused the Richard Childress Racing truck to fail post-qualifying inspection Friday, team vice president of competition Mike Dillon said Saturday morning at Talladega Superspeedway.

NASCAR Sprint Cup standout Kyle Busch has entered to race in the 42nd annual Snowball Derby on Dec.

Date: Friday, November 6. Race: WinStar World Casino 350K. Site: Texas Motor Speedway.

AUSTRALIAN driver Marcos Ambrose has cemented his place in the competitive US NASCAR series with a new two-year deal.