NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the focus of a new television series on ESPN, Dale Jr. – Shifting Gears, premiering prior to next month’s opening of the 2008 NASCAR season. The five-part series chronicles Earnhardt’s move from Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team founded by his father, to Hendrick Motorsports, in the NASCAR Sprint Cup [...]

Ford isn’t giving up on NASCAR. After a dismal 2007 season that saw the manufacturer win only seven Nextel Cup races - to Chevrolet’s 26 - Ford officials made a point Thursday to show their commitment to the newly named Sprint Cup. Edsel Ford II, a member of Ford’s board of directors and the great-grandson [...]

As Fox Sports prepares to begin its eighth year of NASCAR coverage, the network revs its engine with the unveiling of 2008 NASCAR on Fox broadcast schedule. Prior to exclusive, live coverage of the 50th Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17, Fox Sports hits the gas on its coverage with night racing from Daytona International [...]

Race fans are invited to watch the cars and stars of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series Monday and Tuesday as Las Vegas Motor Speedway conducts the annual NASCAR Preseason Thunder Las Vegas test session. The grandstands will be open to the public and fans are invited to watch their favorite drivers test the new Car of [...]

John Aman from Nationwide Insurance addressed reporters on Thursday, January 24 at a breakfast hosted by Nationwide as part of the NASCAR Sprint Series Media Tour sponsored by Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. Aman, strategic sponsorship officer for Nationwide Insurance, shared some details about Nationwide’s plans heading into the February launch of the NASCAR [...]