NASCAR placed Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards on probation for the next six races of the Sprint Cup Series after the two traded intentional bumps following Saturday's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
NASCAR placed Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday for the next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of their on-track incident last weekend at the end of the race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sprint Cup Series
Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced Tuesday that Reed Sorenson has signed a multi-year contract to join the team, starting with the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Next year's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will have a new format. NASCAR officials announced Tuesday the pre-season, non-points race at the Daytona International Speedway will feature the top-six teams from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and Toyota, based on the final 2008 car owner points. The field will no longer be based on the previous year's pole winners.
Joe Gibbs Racing named 18-year-old Joey Logano as driver of the No.20 Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2009. Logano will replace Tony Stewart, who is leaving JGR at the end of the season to serve as driver and co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing.
Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards sparked NASCAR's next great rivalry Saturday night at the Bristol Motor Speedway, and while the two are currently first and second in the Sprint Cup Series point standings, the feud could escalate heading into the championship "Chase."
Team owner Richard Childress announced changes within his organization for the 2009 season Saturday at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Casey Mears will drive the No.07 Chevrolet starting next year, while Clint Bowyer will move to Childress' new No.33 Chevrolet team.
Carl Edwards won the Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway for the second year in a row. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver passed Kyle Busch for the lead with 31 laps to go.
Carl Edwards' winning momentum during the month of August continued Friday as he captured the pole for the Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing driver circled the 0.533-mile, high-banked oval in 15.746 seconds (121.860 m.p.h.).
NASCAR came down hard on Joe Gibbs Racing Wednesday for cheating during Saturday's Nationwide Series race.
Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR released Tuesday the 2009 schedules for all three of its national touring divisions, featuring several realignment dates for the Sprint Cup Series and the addition of the Iowa Speedway on the Nationwide Series schedule.
Three NASCAR tracks will swap dates on the 2009 Sprint Cup schedule.
NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader will drive the No.96 Toyota in place of Brad Coleman for Hall of Fame Racing in this weekend's Sharpie 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Look out Kyle Busch. Here comes Carl Edwards, who turned his championship quest up a notch with a victory in Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at the Michigan International Speedway. Edwards held off Busch, the current points leader, in a two-lap shootout to the finish to claim his fifth Sprint Cup victory of the season. He performed his signature back-flip off his car not once, but twice, in Michigan this past weekend as he also won Saturday's Nationwide Series race.
Carl Edwards looked in his mirrors and saw the guy he had to beat.
Carl Edwards won the Carfax 250 Nationwide Series race at the Michigan International Speedway Saturday. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver crossed the finish line 0.364 seconds ahead of Brian Vickers.
