NASCAR and Nationwide Insurance today unveiled the logo for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The introduction of the new logo is the latest step for the series’ transition to Nationwide as its title sponsor, after 26 years of sponsorship by Anheuser-Busch’s Busch brand.

Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team are scheduled to test the #48 Lowe’s Chevy at Kentucky Speedway Oct. 22. Fans can view testing for free from the designated area outside the speedway Fan Center in Turn 3.
Test sessions generally begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. Times will vary based on team [...]

A group of NASCAR drivers made a pit stop to visit with a group of stock car racing’s most loyal fans today. The drivers visited with the service personnel and families at the legendary United States Marine Corps base Camp Pendelton. The event was in advance of the Oct. 20 NASCAR Toyota Showdown at Irwindale [...]

When reigning Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti attempts to qualify for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway (Saturday, 3 p.m. ET LIVE on SPEED™; pre-race show NCTS Setup 2:30 ET), he joins a pack of open-wheel standouts already paving the path to stock cars.
Franchitti is preceded in his jump [...]

“Martinsville is a place where I think I’ve improved as much or more than at any other track since I joined the Cup series. Our first few races here, it was like a circus. We were flying through the air and smashing into about everything. It’s funny now, but at the time it was agonizing [...]

Matt Kenseth:
“Well, at some point, our luck has got to change, so maybe it’ll be this weekend at Martinsville which is a track I usually dread racing at. To me, and I’ve said this a lot, Martinsville reminds me of racing around two light polls in some mall parking lot. There’s very little room to [...]

*Go-Time: Contenders Prepare To Make A Martinsville Move
*Pick One: Gordon, Johnson Both Martinsville Masters
*Martinsville Hosts 15th New-Car Race
Proving Ground? Martinsville A Crucial Stop For Bowyer And Stewart
Five down, five to go.

Tony Stewart will award the first ever “Stew Awards” during a live broadcast of his Sirius Satellite Radio show from New York Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.

With just five races remaining on the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup tour, Team Chevy heads for Martinsville Speedway this Sunday, October 21, for the Subway 500 with momentum on its side. With nine drivers in the Chase for the Nextel Cup and four atop the chart in the points battle, the Bowtie Brigade is ready [...]

Kyle Busch and Steven Wallace to race with the best short track racers in the country in the 40th Annual Snowball Derby at Pensacola, Florida’s Five Flags Speedway. Busch is no stranger to the Snowball Derby. He competed in the prestigious event as a 16-year-old in 2002, but bad luck relegated him to a disappointing [...]