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NASCAR met with team owners on Friday before the Daytona 500 in an attempt to reach consensus on the scope of its Generation 7 car, which is planned for introduction in 2021. Legendary team chief Roger Penske said of those talks: “I think we are really talking about Gen-7 for NASCAR and not just the car or engine. I think it’s the show. It’s the length of the races. It's where we’re ...Keep reading View the full article

Built Ford Tough: Keselowski shakes off stomach bug to win the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway View the full article

Brad Keselowski has shaken off a stomach bug to win the race at Atlanta Motor Speedway View the full article

Kyle Busch to make his 500th career Cup start when he races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he's already made history this weekend View the full article

Toyota Racing Development driver Chandler Smith’s 2019 schedule just got a little busier. Chandler will compete in four NASCAR Ganders Outdoors Truck Series events and three Super Late Model events for the team later this year. Smith will make his truck debut in June at Iowa Speedway. He’ll also compete at Gateway Motorsports Park in June and Bristol Motor Speedway in August. "The ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch sets Truck Series record with 52nd win View the full article

Virtually the entire field has had little to no track time with the specific package being used this weekend, and Chase Elliott believes there may be just one way to determine how teams have mastered the package’s learning curve. “You will find out, I guess, if somebody spanks the field. Until then, I am really not sure what we are going to have,” Elliott, 23, said Friday at Atlanta ...Keep reading View the full article

Weather finally won out on Saturday, forcing NASCAR to call the Ultimate Tailgating 200 with five of 130 laps remaining and Kyle Busch sitting in the lead. The win is the 52nd in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series for Busch – the most of any driver. Busch and NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. had been tied with 51 career wins apiece. Johnny Sauter ended up second, Grant Enfinger third ...Keep reading View the full article

Kyle Busch wins after a late red flag in Atlanta and picks up his 52nd career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory, which is the most all-time. View the full article

Bell and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota were dominate from the start of Saturday’s Rinnai 250, winning both stages and holding off Cole Custer at the checkered flag to claim his first series win of 2019. In his stellar seven-win season of a year ago, Bell didn’t pick up his first win until the eighth race of the season (at Richmond). The win is the ninth of Bell’s Xfinity ...Keep reading View the full article

NASCAR expects fireworks from rules debuting at Atlanta View the full article

Brad Keselowski missed a portion of NASCAR practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a stomach ailment View the full article

Bowyer, who was fastest in Friday’s practice and was fastest in two of three rounds of qualifying, led the way Saturday with an average lap speed of 179.104 mph. Kyle Busch ended up second (178.873 mph) and Austin Dillon was third (178.712 mph). Michael McDowell was fourth and Corey LaJoie completed the top-five. Rounding out the Top 10 were Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Daniel Hemric, Ryan ...Keep reading View the full article

Brad Keselowski, who qualified 19th for Sunday's race, is sitting out the start of Saturday's final Cup practice session. "Austin Cindric will start practice in the No. 2 Autotrader Ford Mustang for today’s one and only NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Atlanta Motor Speedway, replacing regular driver Brad Keselowski, who woke up experiencing flu-like symptoms," a statement from the team ...Keep reading View the full article

Well, the Daytona 500 went pretty well for most of the race. We had a couple of mistakes on our side. The over-the-wall-too-soon penalty hurt us in the second stage. We were running second to (Denny Hamlin) and I probably shouldn’t have pulled out of line there. But we were having a lot of radio issues because our antenna broke. I couldn’t really hear my spotter. All I heard then was, ‘The ...Keep reading View the full article

Jeep news from around the world. View the full article

Ogier won last month’s largely dry asphalt Monte Carlo season opener, but the first real test for his new car came last weekend, with Citroen having largely struggled in Sweden in recent years. The French marque has worked extensively on the C3's transmission and suspension since then, but Ogier's bid for back-to-back wins came to an end on Friday as he hit a snowbank on SS6 and was forced ...Keep reading View the full article

Kevin Harvick discusses what Jimmie Johnson means to the sport of NASCAR. View the full article

NASCAR will introduce a new rule package at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the drivers aren't sure what to expect View the full article

Aric Almirola led a Ford sweep in in NASCAR Cup qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway View the full article

Bowyer was the fastest in the lone practice session Friday, then topped the first two rounds of knockout qualifying before Almirola raced to the top of the leaderboard in the final round. Almirola’s average lap speed of 181.472 mph ended up the fastest lap of the day and he won the pole for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta. The pole is the second of Almirola’s ...Keep reading View the full article

Johnson joined Harvick this week on his show, “Happy Hours” on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and asked about the experience, Harvick said: “It was great because I feel like, in my opinion, Jimmie is one of the most disrespected great drivers that have every come through this garage. Jimmie Johnson is just a good old fashioned great guy,” Harvick said Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “He ...Keep reading View the full article

Although the top 100 gamers have been selected to be draft eligible NASCAR fans can still be a part of all the action. Before the official draft takes place at ISM Raceway on Sunday, March 10, fans can use social media to determine the draft order of the 14 teams participating. Here is how fans can participate. Fans just need to tweet #eNASCARheat and their favorite race team’s twitter ...Keep reading View the full article

SHR teammates Clint Bowyer and Aric Almirola topped Friday’s only Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, the first utilizing most elements of NASCAR’s new aero package. Bowyer’s average lap speed of 180.152 mph just topped Almirola (179.988 mph). Austin Dillon ended up third (179.772 mph). Kurt Busch was fourth-fastest and Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin ended up fifth. Rounding out ...Keep reading View the full article

We have interviews with some of the key people behind the new Jeep truck. View the full article