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WHERE HE STANDS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the Sprint Cup Series standings for the second straight week after Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway.

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On a sunny day late last December on the track of the Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida, humanoid robots representing 16 teams from around the world opened doors, turned valves, cut through walls, struggled to climb ladders and drove all-terrain vehicles.

Despite having a new driver, getting a new crew chief and changing from Chevrolets to Fords, a NASCAR race team from Whiteville made an impressive season debut during Speedweeks this year at the Daytona International Speedway.

Michael McDowell scored a 33rd-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday afternoon, driving the No.

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.-Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s victory in last Sunday's Daytona 500 might just be the NASCAR equivalent of a 'Get-out-of-jail-free' card.

Fifteen-year-old, Buddy Tubbs, poses on his Honda 400ex ATV at his grandfather's, Larry Carnes, personal racing dirt track Sunday, February 23, 2014.

While the Mustang prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, a big name in Mustang history is celebrating a birthday of its own.

Motorsports data pioneer William C. Mitchell died on Jan. 17, 2014, at age 68 at his home in Mooresville, N.C. Mitchell was known to his friends as Bill.

It's going to be a heck of a show when NASCAR Nationwide Series Boyd Gaming 300 race gets underway next weekend.

Tyler, a friend of Bob Willis, worked for Larry Willis as an engineer and attended many of the drag races at Milton that you'll read about below.] Larry Willis was from West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and graduated from Northeastern University as a civil engineer.

A promising week of Modified racing in the annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in Florida ended on a sour note for Candor's Jimmy Zacharias.

NASCAR fans and racing fans in general are in for a special treat during The Profit on CNBC 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race weekend at Phoenix International Raceway.

"The Phoenix weekend is kind of your first test. What's the new rules package going to bring? What's the new qualifying format going to bring? Phoenix has the ingredients to be wild for qualifying because it's a fairly new racetrack and sometimes cycles on your tires do make you go faster.

"Vampire Diaries" actress Nina Dobrev attended the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 held on Sunday, Feb 23, at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, .

Editor's note: Chris Rice, crew chief for the No. 99 Rheem Toyota for RAB Racing and driver James Buescher in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , has joined NASCAR.com as a guest writer for the 2014 season.

Daytona Beach, FL, United States - Riding Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s No. 3 car, Austin Dillon finished ninth in the rain-delayed 56th Daytona 500, the best effort by a rookie Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.

A collection of posts from social media channels on the last day of competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Regan Smith, driver of the #7 Ragu Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane with his wife Megan Mayhew after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 22. What the Golden Globes is to the Academy Awards the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 is often a precursor to the Sprint Cup Daytona 500.

By Mike Sulka Three weekends ago was the annual Super Bowl, but today is the Super Bowl of racing! The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season series kicks off for the 56th time at the paved 2.5-mile d-shaped oval at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.