NASCAR stars paid respects to former chairman Bill France Jr. on Thursday in a short, simple funeral service that was far more fuss than he would have wanted.
About 2,000 people filled the Performing Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman University to say goodbye to France in a send-off for a man who loved hot dogs, fishing and, [...]

Dale Earnhardt, Jr feels a sense of mixed emotions as he and his team head into this weekend’s race in Pocono.
“It’s mixed emotions this week. The loss of Bill France Jr. is sad for anyone who works in the sport because of what he achieved in his life and how his leadership means a lot [...]

Starting this weekend at Pocono, NASCAR officials probably will add tribute decals to all the cars in honor of Bill France, Jr.

Burney Lamar will fill in for driver Greg Biffle as needed in the NASCAR Busch Series for the next couple of weeks.

NASCAR announced that Robbie Wethington, crew chief of the #72 Dodge driven by D.J. Kennington in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined due to rule violations this past weekend at Dover International Speedway.

Regan Smith, who ranks sixth in driver points after the first 14 Busch Series races, will compete in either a Cup, Busch, Truck or ARCA race during the remaining 23 Nextel Cup weekends. “Our main objective is to get Regan prepared for a full-time Nextel Cup ride,” said Jay Frye, Ginn Racing’s CEO and general [...]

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver and Los Gatos native AJ Allmendinger completed a two-day test session at Infineon Raceway on Wednesday in preparation for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series weekend, June 22-24.

Carl Edwards won the NEXTEL Prelude to the Dream presented by Old Spice dirt late model race June 6 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Edwards won the 30-lap race on the half-mile oval by .305 of a second over Kyle Busch. Jeff Gordon finished third.

After Sunday’s rainout, NASCAR executives may have to go back to the drawing board and scrap their tentative plans to move the Dover race to April.

As work continues on the new concrete surface at the Bristol Motor Speedway, plans are in place for NASCAR tests, as well as a series of late-model events this summer.