Kenneth Luna, a crew member for the R3 Motorsports team in the Nationwide Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the NASCAR substance-abuse policy, the sanctioning body announced Thursday. Luna is a gas man/fuel runner for the team and has various shop duties.

‘Kate and I have a beautiful baby girl! Anne Edwards is 8 lbs, 4oz and likes to eat and cry. all of the well wishes and support from everyone mean a lot to us. kates doing great, though shes having a little trouble burping annie….whole new world.’ Facebook/Carl Edwards

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races are again on television in the United Kingdom as the Open Access 3 channel starts covering the series this weekend from Las Vegas.

Bill Weber, who was TNT’s lead NASCAR race announcer before being suspended before a race in July and not returning, says he’s performing as a magician. “It’s a passion I hope to turn into a profession,” says Weber, who says his TNT contract wasn’t renewed. “I hope to continue sports announcing, but this is something [...]

Michigan International Speedway president Roger Curtis has advice for fans worried about the 2-mile superspeedway losing a NASCAR Sprint Cup date in 2011: Don’t worry. Rumors have ramped up that MIS is among the International Speedway Corporation tracks in jeopardy of losing a race now that it appears likely Kansas Speedway will get a second [...]

Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray will be sponsored by McDonald’s for 11 Sprint Cup races this season, beginning with Sunday’s event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a source close to the situation tells ESPN.com.

Doug George has been named crew chief of Kevin Harvick Inc.’s No. 33 Chevrolet driven by four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday.

He has represented high-end sponsors (Tag Heuer and Elizabeth Arden, to name a couple), started a wine label and hosted Saturday Night Live. He counts famous actors and musicians among the acquaintances he has made at red-carpet premieres and cocktail parties. If any NASCAR driver was well positioned for a post-racing career with the roar [...]