Tony Stewart had stern words for David Gilliland after the two drivers got together during practice at Michigan International Speedway last weekend.
But Gilliland’s teammate at Robert Yates Racing, Ricky Rudd, staunchly defended the younger driver.

The facelift to Darlington Raceway has begun. Construction on the track’s $10 million worth of improvements started Monday with the removal of the SAFER barriers in order to begin the building of the tunnel in the middle of Turns 3 and 4. That’s the first phase in the process, which is expected to [...]

North Carolina Speedway, which last hosted a NASCAR Nextel Cup race in February 2004, will be put up for auction later this year. The track has been used for movie and commercial shoots, race-car testing and driving schools since its last spectator event was held.

Sony will announce today that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has signed a personal endorsement contract with the high-end consumer electronics company. Adidas is set to announce another deal with Earnhardt next month.

NASCAR will neither confirm nor deny that its Nextel Cup Series will carry the name Sprint beginning in 2008. “To my knowledge, no final decision has been made,” said Ramsey Poston, NASCAR’s managing director of corporate communications, refuting an ESPN.com report that the name change was imminent [reported for the 2008 season, no sooner].

NASCAR’s decision to schedule a car-of-tomorrow test at Talladega Sept. 11, just after the Richmond cutoff for the Chase for the Championship, is probably a wise move, considering the troubles that the Talladega 500 Oct. 7 could present.

NASCAR, famous for its annual rule and competition changes, knows a thing or two about how to make the sport grow. Tweak this, erase that and the world will gaze its eye on stock car auto racing. Here’s hoping this upcoming offseason redefines what’s most important – speed on the track – and casts [...]

NASCAR fans around the United States want to help Cody Copas. The Otterbein boy’s collection of Jeff Gordon memorabilia, including pieces given to him by the NASCAR driver during a Make-A-Wish Foundation trip, was stolen last week from his father’s home in West Lafayette. Offers to replace the items have come from NASCAR fans as [...]

As the Nextel Cup Series rolls into Sonoma, California for the first of two road course events on the 2007 schedule, Roush Fenway driver Matt Kenseth feels alot more comfortable than he used to on the twists and turns of Infineon Raceway.
“For the longest time I really dreaded coming to a road course, but I [...]

Budweiser will announce that NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., “a lifelong Elvis fan,” will host the first night of the “Elvis Music & Movies” series on August 13 as part of the 30th Anniversary Elvis Week in Memphis.