NASCAR is appealing U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction lifting the suspension of driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield, the sanctioning body said in court documents today. NASCAR filed a motion Monday asking Mullen to suspend his decision from last Wednesday until the appeal could be heard, a common request that is [...]

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart probably didn’t think he’d win a race the way he did in Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. After Kyle Busch threw a block in an attempt to thwart Stewart’s pass for the lead in the trioval on the final lap, Stewart ran out of room [...]

Mayfield Motorsports’ Toyota hasn’t been on the race track since the May 24 Coca-Cola 600. One week after that race, the Mayfields were forced to lay off their team members, including crew chief Tony Furr. Gaining sponsorship money to revive the team is their primary goal. Furr, who was at Daytona working as a consultant [...]

Those double-file restarts designed to spice up NASCAR racing sure didn’t sit too well with Joe Gibbs on Saturday night. Points leader Tony Stewart used the double-file restarts to split up Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch late in the race, and it was a big reason the two-time series champion won [...]

NASCAR announced that its premier short-track racing showcase, the 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, will be run Jan. 29-30 at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.). The seventh running of the event, which brings together the top racers from across North America for the “Daytona 500 of short-track racing,” will be highlighted by the 225-lap [...]