“No matter what kind of laps you run, especially here, you always want to do better. I am just real proud of all the guys on this DuPont Impala SS team. I got a little bit loose getting in the corner but the only way you can get the car through the corner is have [...]

It is with sad news that the world of racing has learned that NHRA Funny Car driver Eric Medlen died Friday, four days after he suffered a severe closed-head injury in a test session crash at Gainesville, Fla. He was 33. Medlen’s family elected to have him taken off life-support systems, which they said [...]

Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, who handles brother Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s business affairs and is general manager of JR Motorsports, is resting comfortably after surgery earlier today, said JR Motorsports Director of Motorsports Steve Crisp.

Four-time Nextel Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon grabbed the pole for Sunday’s Food City 500 Nextel Cup race at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet circled the 0.533-mile, high-banked short track in 15.295 seconds (125.453 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Gordon’s second of the season and 58th of his Nextel Cup career. [...]

Pos., No., Driver, Time, Speed, Lap #, # Laps, -Fastest, -Next
1 11 Denny Hamlin 15.484 123.921 20 23 —.— —.—
2 12 Ryan Newman 15.487 123.897 27 30 -0.003 -0.003
3 24 Jeff [...]

Chevrolet will have the opportunity to achieve several historic milestones at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. With Jimmie Johnson’s back-to-back wins in Las Vegas and Atlanta, Chevrolet has 599 NASCAR Cup wins as Team Chevy heads to Bristol, Tenn. where the Impala nameplate will make its return to NASCAR racing.

JIMMIE JOHNSON:
HOW DOES THE NEW CAR COMPARE WITH THE CURRENT CAR? “The only comparison I have is Bristol. I have not been on a mile-and-a-half track to compare the downforce of the car but we were slower in the Car of Tomorrow and we had tight situation that we couldn’t get out of the car. [...]

During their legendary on-track careers, driver Darrell Waltrip and crew chief Jeff Hammond saw Victory Lane 43 times as a team. Now, as members of the NASCAR on FOX team, they still run circles around the competition. Earlier today, both men were honored with their first-ever Emmy Award nominations – Waltrip for “Outstanding Event Analyst” [...]

Some NASCAR drivers are critical of the “Car of Tomorrow,” which is due to debut in Tennessee but others say they will give the car a chance.
The cars, which trade in the sleek slopes of the old vehicles for a taller and wider look, are scheduled to debut at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway, appear in [...]

The culmination of seven years of research, planning, testing and development come to fruition this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway as NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow debuts in Sunday’s Food City 500.
The Car of Tomorrow is NASCAR’s safer race car that also focuses on improving competition and providing teams with an opportunity to manage their costs [...]