Kyle Busch and Steve Wallace first made contact on the track, then disparaged one another off of it at Richmond International Raceway Saturday night.

The two were battling for position on the final lap of the NASCAR Nationwide Series Lipton Tea 250 when Wallace got a run coming off Turn 2 then went on to hit […]

Local favorite Denny Hamlin used a late pit stop for tires to foil the strategy of fellow NASCAR stars Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards, blowing by them to win the Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Friday night.

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND

1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 126.198 21.395 Leader
2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 126.033 21.423 -0.028
3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 125.839 21.456 -0.061
4 10 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge LifeLock 125.827 21.458 -0.063
5 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 125.722 21.476 -0.081

Denny Hamlin started his weekend at his home track off on the right foot by winning the pole Friday night for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Carl Edwards said Friday he signed a multiple-year contract extension to continue driving the #99 Ford, a decision that takes NASCAR’s most sought-after free agent off the market. “I’m staying with Roush,” Edwards said.
“I looked at everything and I talked to everybody and, for me, the number one thing is looking into the future and […]

Greg Biffle is not leaving Roush Fenway Racing. The driver said last week that he isn’t in a hurry to sign a contract extension, but he explained Friday that he simply meant he wasn’t rushing the inevitable deal.
Biffle has no intention of leaving the only team he’s ever driven full time for in NASCAR.
“[My] 100 […]

Practice 1 (Friday):
FIN, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 123.412 21.878 Leader
2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 122.895 21.970 -0.092
3 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 122.733 21.999 -0.121
4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 122.549 22.032 -0.154
5 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 122.249 22.086 -0.208

Pictures, posters and other keepsakes adorn a wall in Jerry Nadeau’s office. Helmets, diecast cars and T-shirts sit on shelves, untouched except by dust.
Among this montage of memories, two framed items stand out. One is a photo of Nadeau’s car beside runner-up Dale Earnhardt’s black No. 3 moments after Nadeau had won the 2000 season […]

UPDATE:
Sterling Marlin will rejoin Chip Ganassi Racing as a temporary replacement for injured #40-Dario Franchitti at the May 10 Sprint Cup race at Darlington. Marlin said he also will be a standby for Franchitti for the May 25 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Veteran driver Ken Schrader has been signed to replace Franchitti for Saturday’s Cup […]

Richmond-area NASCAR fans might have a chance to do something that many have been unable to do for 16 years: buy tickets on race day at Richmond International Raceway.
With less than 24 hours before the start of the Nationwide Series Lipton Tea 250 today and 48 hours before tomorrow’s Sprint Cup Dan Lowry 400, tickets […]

Patty Moise was a regular on NASCAR’s Busch tour for almost 10 years, and drove in six Cup races along the way. Popular and personable (enough to get a few TV jobs), she never quite made it over the hump, but she was competent, rugged and dogged about it, running her own team for a […]