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  • • Daytona RC - Chase Elliott wins again
    Wrap-up of all three NASCAR premier series events at the Daytona International Speedway’s 14-turn infield 3.57-mile road course. (Getty Images)...2020
  • • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
    Wrap-up of all three NASCAR premier series races held this past weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (AP)...2020
  • • Petty, Wallace Offer Different Opinions on Eldora’s Cup Prospects
    By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer  Darrell “Bubba” Wallace, Jr. and team owner Richard Petty share a unique bond, having won on dirt tracks. Wallace is one of six drivers to win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Eldora Speedway, and Petty was the last driver to win on dirt in what is now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 1970 at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. Last...2018
  • • Jeff Gordon leads list of 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees
    The NASCAR Hall of Fame voting committee met at the Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday and selected Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Jack Roush and Roger Penske as 2019 inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. They officially will be inducted into the Hall on Feb. 2019. When officially inducted, Gordon will become a first-ballot hall of famer. He was added to the list of...2018
  • • Gordon, Of Course, Enters The Hall Of Fame
    By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon led the balloting Wednesday in a selection process that placed three drivers and two team owners into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Joining Gordon for the Feb. 1, 2019 induction ceremonies will be 1992 NASCAR premier series champion Alan Kulwicki, Davey Allison, and [...]...2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Kevin Harvick is Mammaw Earnhardt’s favorite driver
    DOVER, DE – MAY 06: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John’s Ford, poses with the trophy after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway on May 6, 2018 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) FROM THEDRIVE.COM Martha Earnhardt, mother of seven-time NASCAR premier series champion and Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt, ...2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Tony Stewart against youngsters in full-size race cars
    DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane with team co-owner Tony Stewart after winning the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) FROM THEDRIVE.COM With racers in late-model racing ranks getting younger and...2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Tony Stewart against youngsters in full-size race cars
    DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 26: Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane with team co-owner Tony Stewart after winning the 59th Annual DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) FROM THEDRIVE.COM With racers in late-model racing ranks getting younger and...2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Clint Bowyer’s former teammate understands woes of winless streak
    MARTINSVILLE, VA – MARCH 26: Clint Bowyer, driver of the #14 Haas Automation Demo Day Ford, crosses the finish line to win the weather delayed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 26, 2018 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images) FROM THE DRIVE.COM Before Clint Bowyer won the weather-delayed 2018 STP 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway...2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Clint Bowyer snaps winless streak at Martinsville Speedway
    Now is a good time for Kansas sports. A day after the Kansas University Jayhawks defeated the Duke University Blue Devils to advance to the Final Four of the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Clint Bowyer of Emporia, Kan., won the STP 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Monday. The win snapped a 190-race winless streak, the third-longest span between wi...2018

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NASCAR Premier Series injury and suspension

  • • Richard Petty drove with a broken neck (twice), but that's not all
    Richard Petty drove with a broken neck not once, but twice during his Hall of Fame career that included a record 200 race wins and a record-tying seven NASCAR Premier Series championships. Apparently he didn't even realize it the first time. But that's not the half of it. Petty recently sat down with @TheBuzzer's Daryl Motte and ticked off a litany of injuries that he nearly always raced through d...2017
  • • Dale Earnhardt Jr. to auction off two cars for charity in Scottsdale Saturday night
    Tonight’s the night for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to do something great for children: Two of Earnhardt’s cars will be sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction, with 100 percent of the proceeds from both cars  going to Nationwide Children's Hospital.And the man himself will be there to do the honors at 9 p.m. ET.The first car is an Earnhardt-designed 1970 Chevelle Resto-Mod with a mode...2017
  • • Dale Earnhardt Jr. to auction off two cars for charity in Scottsdale Saturday night
    Tonight’s the night for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to do something great for children: Two of Earnhardt’s cars will be sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction, with 100 percent of the proceeds from both cars  going to Nationwide Children's Hospital.And the man himself will be there to do the honors at 9 p.m. ET.The first car is an Earnhardt-designed 1970 Chevelle Resto-Mod with a mode...2017
  • • The day Dale Earnhardt Jr. lost his steering wheel -- and kept going
    It's tough enough to drive at Talladega in the NASCAR Premier Series even when all of the equipment on your car is intact.But last spring, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to attempt to navigate the 2.66-mile superspeedway after the steering wheel came off in his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during the GEICO 500, forcing him to drive without it.“Well, I wasn’t going to let it hit the wall, so I gra...2016
  • • Dale Earnhardt Jr. pumped to wear cool new helmet by Daytona
    If anyone is still doubting Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s resolve to return to NASCAR Premier Series racing by the 2017 Daytona 500, they might want to take note that he sure seems to be gearing up for it in a big way.One day after revealing a new primary 2017 paint scheme for his Nationwide-sponsored No. 88 car that he'll presumably run in the 500 in a return from the concussion injury that robbed him of ...2016
  • • Dale Earnhardt Jr. pumped to wear cool new helmet by Daytona
    If anyone is still doubting Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s resolve to return to NASCAR Premier Series racing by the 2017 Daytona 500, they might want to take note that he sure seems to be gearing up for it in a big way.One day after revealing a new primary 2017 paint scheme for his Nationwide-sponsored No. 88 car that he'll presumably run in the 500 in a return from the concussion injury that robbed him of ...2016
  • • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. launches own race team
    NASCAR Premier Series regular Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is now co-owner of a race team.But while Stenhouse drives full-time for Roush Fenway Racing, the team he co-owns won’t race in NASCAR but instead will compete in the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, with veteran Joey Saldana behind the wheel.Saldana, who has won 99 times on the WoO circuit, will pilot the Elk Grove Ford/Roth Investment...2016
  • • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. launches own race team
    NASCAR Premier Series regular Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is now co-owner of a race team.But while Stenhouse drives full-time for Roush Fenway Racing, the team he co-owns won’t race in NASCAR but instead will compete in the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series, with veteran Joey Saldana behind the wheel.Saldana, who has won 99 times on the WoO circuit, will pilot the Elk Grove Ford/Roth Investment...2016
  • • Martin Truex Jr. looks to next season as 2016 goes up in flames
    For much of the 2016 season, Martin Truex Jr. was the hottest driver in the NASCAR Premier Series.But he didn’t expect his season to go up in flames in the end.It literally did when the No. 78 Toyota he drives for Furniture Row Racing exploded into flames after being collected in a late-race, nine-car wreck in last Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Truex was collateral damage aft...2016
  • • Jeff Gordon ends season, and probably his career, on a solid note
    If four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jeff Gordon’s career is indeed over, he ended it on a solid note, finishing sixth at the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.It wasn’t a victory, like Gordon earned in this race a year ago, but it was nothing to apologize for, either, especially on a day where Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson won.And especially not at th...2016

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NASCAR Premier Series lifestyle

  • • Kurt Busch returns home as hero, along with Harley J. Earl trophy
    LAS VEGAS -- Kurt Busch always enjoys coming back to his hometown of Las Vegas. But earlier this week, Busch returned for the first time in his NASCAR Premier Series career as winner of the Daytona 500. And just how did he start his celebratory week that will culminate in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway? “Don’t hold this against me, but my wife...2017
  • • Jeff Gordon floored by tattoo of Superfan who seeks autograph
    Jeff Gordon, the four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion who now works as an analyst on NASCAR broadcasts for FOX Sports, has seen his share of tributes in the form of body art over the years.Fans just love to pay homage to Gordon and the No. 24 car he drove throughout his 23-year career in NASCAR's top series for Hendrick Motorsports.And Gordon always tries to accommodate autograph seekers whene...2016

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NASCAR Premier Series trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • Dillon pushes Hamlin's Toyota to victory in Can-Am Duel
    If there was a surprise in Thursday night’s Can-Am Duel 150 qualifying races, the biggest came in the second race, when in the closing stages of the race Austin Dillon pushed Denny Hamlin to victory. Dale Earnhardt Jr. led 53 of 60 laps in the race, but with two laps to go, Dillon hooked up with Hamlin, who blew by to victory, while Earnhardt faded to sixth after getting hung out in the draft. Ear...2017
  • • FOX NASCAR gears up for 17th season with 100 hours of Daytona Speedweeks coverage
    With an on-air team featuring a combined seven NASCAR premier series championships, FOX NASCAR announces its 2017 Daytona Speedweeks broadcast schedule, which culminates with the 59th running of the iconic Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, Feb. 26 (2:00 p.m. ET).  Live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. ET on FOX NASCAR Sunday. Marked by the network’s 17th consecutive season cov...2017
  • • Richard Petty hopes to top $535,000 mark with new Mustang up for auction
    Richard Petty doesn’t fool around when it comes to putting one of his customized Ford Mustangs up for auction.The last time he did it, a customized Mustang built by his company, Petty’s Garage, brought in more than half a million dollars that was donated to the Paralyzed Veterans of America.The exact total of that winning bid at auction was, in fact, a cool $535,000. That was when Petty’s Garage a...2017
  • • Kurt Busch selling beachfront lot for $1.5 million
    According to a report at PilotOnline.com, 2004 NASCAR Premier Series champion Kurt Busch is looking to sell a piece of property in the Virginia Beach community of Croatan Beach.The asking price for the undeveloped .24-acre tract is a cool $1.5 million. If that sounds like a lot, well, it’s right on the Atlantic Ocean and the value of real estate, as well all know, is based on three things: locatio...2016
  • • Watch this incredible view of Kyle Busch tearing up the sand dunes
    Kyle Busch part of the weekend playing in the sand while out west for the NASCAR awards banquet in Las Vegas.And the 2015 NASCAR Premier Series champion set up a 360 degree camera, which offers up an insane view of Busch tearing up the sand dunes.Watch and enjoy....2016
  • • Clint Bowyer looks ahead and not back with Stewart-Haas Racing
    The second-happiest driver to take the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway behind the seven-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jimmie Johnson may well have been Clint Bowyer.Bowyer, who as recently as 2012 finished second in the championship race, wound up 27th in points in 2016, a full 10 spots behind his worst previous career points finish.In 2016, Bowyer had no wins, no poles, no top fi...2016
  • • Clint Bowyer looks ahead and not back with Stewart-Haas Racing
    The second-happiest driver to take the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway behind the seven-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jimmie Johnson may well have been Clint Bowyer.Bowyer, who as recently as 2012 finished second in the championship race, wound up 27th in points in 2016, a full 10 spots behind his worst previous career points finish.In 2016, Bowyer had no wins, no poles, no top fi...2016
  • • Busch Beer extends partnership with Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing
    It’s always good news when a sponsor renews in NASCAR.Thursday afternoon, Kevin Harvick and Stewart-Haas Racing announced that Busch Beer had signed a new three-year contract to remain as one of the primary sponsors of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing NASCAR Premier Series car.Really, the announcement shouldn’t be much of a surprise, given the phenomenal success Harvick has enjoyed since he and crew ...2016
  • • Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon set to race for final time together at Martinsville
    The numbers speak for themselves: Seven NASCAR Premier Series championships, 96 poles, 142 race victories, 512 top fives and 37,755 laps led between Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.And it’s all about to come to an end.In all likelihood, Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway will be the last time Gordon and Stewart race each other in NASCAR’s top division and it will probably be Go...2016
  • • Greg Biffle to honor Alan Kulwicki with throwback Darlington ride
    And the throwback paint schemes for Darlington Raceway keep on coming.On Tuesday afternoon, Greg Biffle and Roush Fenway Racing unveiled their throwback car for the Bojangles' Southern 500.Biffle's No. 16 Ford Fusion will carry the iconic orange-and-white colors with sponsorship from Hooters, which mirrors the car Alan Kulwicki raced to a NASCAR Premier Series championship in 1992.Kulwicki's succe...2016

NASCAR Premier Series stats and results

  • • Jeff Gordon leads list of 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees
    The NASCAR Hall of Fame voting committee met at the Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday and selected Jeff Gordon, Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Jack Roush and Roger Penske as 2019 inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. They officially will be inducted into the Hall on Feb. 2019. When officially inducted, Gordon will become a first-ballot hall of famer. He was added to the list of...2018
  • • NASCAR Statement on Passing of Hall of Fame Inductee Robert Yates
    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 3, 2017) – Robert Yates, legendary engine builder passed away Monday night following a battle with cancer. He was 74 (b. 4-19-43). Yates excelled in any field he chose. Two in particular placed him among NASCAR’s greats – engine building and team ownership. Yates, who began his career at Holman-Moody Racing in 1968, landed a job with NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson...2017
  • • Richard Childress reflects on moment he told Dale Earnhardt to race for someone else
    The late Dale Earnhardt won six of his seven NASCAR Premier Series championships driving for Richard Childress, who on Friday night was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2017 along with Rick Hendrick, Benny Parsons, Mark Martin and Raymond Parks.Earnhardt first drove for Childress late in the 1981 season, running the final 11 races of the year in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Che...2017
  • • Matt DiBenedetto named driver of No. 32 Ford for Go Fas Racing
    Go Fas Racing announced Thursday that Matt DiBenedetto will drive the No. 32 Ford for the team in the NASCAR Premier Series in 2017.DiBenedetto recently ended his relationship with BK Racing, the team he drove for in the series for a total of 68 starts in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. He posted his best career finish of sixth at tine spring race at Bristol last season, when he finished 35th in points...2016
  • • One ripple in NASCAR manufacturer pond can have huge effect
    How much can a change in team-manufacturer affiliation affect the balance of power in NASCAR?Plenty.If you don’t believe it, just look at the statistics from the just-completed NASCAR Premier Series season.In 2016, Toyotas won 16 Premier Series points races, to 12 for Chevrolet and eight for Ford. Toyota also won its first NASCAR Premier Series Manufacturers’ Championship this year after 10 years ...2016
  • • Vote now: Which crown jewel NASCAR race is your favorite?
    During the 2016 NASCAR Premier Series season, Martin Truex Jr. won two of the four crown jewel races on the schedule -- the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.And Truex could have made it three, but in the season-opening Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin beat him in a one of the most thrilling finishes of the year by a mere 0.010 seconds.NASCAR's...2016
  • • Clint Bowyer looks ahead and not back with Stewart-Haas Racing
    The second-happiest driver to take the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway behind the seven-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jimmie Johnson may well have been Clint Bowyer.Bowyer, who as recently as 2012 finished second in the championship race, wound up 27th in points in 2016, a full 10 spots behind his worst previous career points finish.In 2016, Bowyer had no wins, no poles, no top fi...2016
  • • Clint Bowyer looks ahead and not back with Stewart-Haas Racing
    The second-happiest driver to take the checkered flag at Homestead-Miami Speedway behind the seven-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jimmie Johnson may well have been Clint Bowyer.Bowyer, who as recently as 2012 finished second in the championship race, wound up 27th in points in 2016, a full 10 spots behind his worst previous career points finish.In 2016, Bowyer had no wins, no poles, no top fi...2016
  • • Jeff Gordon on eighth title for Johnson: 'I don't think he stops until he gets it'
    Jeff Gordon says he’s heard the arguments that attempt to diminish the number of NASCAR Premier Series championships Jimmie Johnson has won.And he’s calling bull on them. In fact, Gordon, the winner of four such titles himself, insists that it is more difficult to claim championships now than at any time previously in NASCAR’s long and storied history. He also said he has no doubts that Johnson, 4...2016
  • • Jeff Gordon ends season, and probably his career, on a solid note
    If four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jeff Gordon’s career is indeed over, he ended it on a solid note, finishing sixth at the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.It wasn’t a victory, like Gordon earned in this race a year ago, but it was nothing to apologize for, either, especially on a day where Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson won.And especially not at th...2016

NASCAR Premier Series parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • NASCAR Cup: Kevin Harvick is Mammaw Earnhardt’s favorite driver
    2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Tony Stewart against youngsters in full-size race cars
    2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Tony Stewart against youngsters in full-size race cars
    2018
  • • NASCAR Cup: Clint Bowyer snaps winless streak at Martinsville Speedway
    2018
  • • Kurt Busch returns home as hero, along with Harley J. Earl trophy
    2017
  • • Dale Earnhardt Jr. on plans for family with wife Amy: 'We'll be awesome parents'
    Four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion Jeff Gordon did not pull any punches when he sat down with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his wife, Amy Earnhardt, for an exclusive FOX Sports interview recently. Very early in the interview, which first aired on FOX prior to the Daytona 500 and was re-aired on "NASCAR Race Hub," Gordon point-blank asked the newly-married couple if we could "expect to see little Ea...2017
  • • Dillon pushes Hamlin's Toyota to victory in Can-Am Duel
    2017
  • • Austin Dillon blunt about long RCR winless streak in Cup: 'It sucks'
    Austin Dillon doesn’t sugarcoat it when asked about a Richard Childress Racing winless streak that now has reached 327 starts across 109 races and three-plus NASCAR Premier Series seasons. “It sucks. No one likes to go winless,” said Dillon, who drives the No. 3 RCR Chevrolet. “We want to wipe that out as soon as possible.” Dillon and his RCR teammates will get their first chance to do so Feb. 26 ...2017
  • • Richard Childress reflects on moment he told Dale Earnhardt to race for someone else
    2017
  • • Fans weigh in: Dale Earnhardt Jr. voted most likely to call it quits next
    We asked and you, the race fans, have spoken yet again.In light of Carl Edwards' shocking recent announcement that he was walking away from his Joe Gibbs Racing ride in the No. 19 Toyota just weeks after nearly winning the 2016 NASCAR Premier Series championship in it, we asked you which top driver you expected to see call it quits next.There were eight choices in the FOXSports.com poll, all of wh...2017

Top NASCAR Premier Series news

  • • Matt Kenseth to bring back 'Tide Ride' for Darlington's Southern 500
    The throwback paint schemes for the Sept. 4 Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway keep on coming.Matt Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing were the latest to reveal their Darlington retro look at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Uptown Charlotte on Tuesday. The car features Tide as a primary sponsor and will bring back the iconic orange, yellow and white paint scheme.Kenseth's retro No. 20 Toyota honors...2016
  • • 9 days before the Daytona 500, a history of the No. 9 in NASCAR
    As NASCAR Premier Series car numbers go, the No. 9 has more than held its own, thanks largely to the awesome efforts of Dawsonville, Georgia, native Bill Elliott....2016
  • • Family affair: Father-son combos with the most top series NASCAR wins
    NASCAR racing has always been a family sport, but there are surprisingly few father-and-son combinations where both have managed to win races in the NASCAR Premier Series — what today we call the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Following are the father-son combinations who have won the most races....2015
  • • Dodge could return to the NASCAR Premier Series
    Dodge could be eyeing another return to NASCAR's top series....2016
  • • On this day: Dale Earnhardt makes NASCAR debut in 1975 World 600 at Charlotte
    On May 25, 1975, Dale Earnhardt made his first NASCAR Premier Series start in the World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway....2016
  • • Million dollar digit: The No. 9 has an illustrious history in the Sprint Cup Series
    Bill Elliott's amazing run in the No. 9 took it from just another number to one of the most iconic in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.  ISC Archives via Getty ImagesAs NASCAR Premier Series car numbers go, the No. 9 has more than held its own, thanks largely to the awesome efforts of Dawsonville, Georgia, native Bill Elliott. Elliott, a first-ballot member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2015, won ...2015
  • • Double dippers: 15 who've raced in Indy 500 and NASCAR's top series
    While IndyCars and NASCAR stock cars are very different animals, some drivers have raced both with success. Following are 15 drivers who have competed in both the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR Premier Series races....2015
  • • David Ragan, 'Bubba' Wallace to honor HOF inductee Wendell Scott
    2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Wendell Scott, the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR premier series event, will be honored at Martinsville Speedway next month....2014
  • • Monster Energy becomes new NASCAR Premier Series title sponsor
    Monster Energy will be the new title sponsor for NASCAR's Premier Series....2016
  • • 1960 Richard Petty tribute car for sale on eBay
    You never know what you'll find on eBay, but this is pretty cool: A 1960 Plymouth Fury that pays homage to the car Richard Petty drove in the NASCAR Premier Series when he was just 23 years old.This is what collectors call a "tribute car" - it was not one of Petty's actual race cars and it has no affiliation whatsoever with The King or any of the cars his companies have sold over the years.It's ju...2015
  • • From DJ to Bobby Labonte to Rowdy, a history of the No. 18
    Bobby Labonte drives the No. 18 in May 1999. Craig Jones,/AllsportWhen Joe Gibbs Racing came into what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 1992, its original entry was the No. 18 Chevrolet driven by Dale Jarrett.The team didn't win a race in its first season, but Jarrett struck gold a year later, winning the Daytona 500. In one of NASCAR's most memorable finishes, Jarrett outdueled superstar D...2015
  • • History of the No. 19: Carl Edwards to the rescue
    The No. 19 has been in NASCAR for a very long time. Unfortunately, though, it isn't a number that enjoyed much success, at least not until Joe Gibbs Racing started a fourth team this year, with Carl Edwards driving the No. 19 JGR Toyota.In 36 starts on the 2015 season, Edwards won two of the biggest races of the year, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Bojangles Southern 500 dur...2015
  • • Remembering 15 years ago when Muhamamad Ali was grand marshal at MIS
    On this day 15 years ago, Muhammad Ali made a memorable appearance before a NASCAR Premier Series race at Michigan International Speedway....2016
  • • Richard Petty dishes on what NASCAR's doing well and what can improve
    The winner of 200 NASCAR Premier Series races praises the sport's advances in safety, but says NASCAR can do more to attract new fans....2016

NASCAR Premier Series schedule, game

  • • Kurt Busch returns home as hero, along with Harley J. Earl trophy
    2017
  • • Kyle Busch's final stop is the pits for everyone else in XFINITY win
    Kyle Busch is starting to love Atlanta Motor Speedway -- and also his XFINITY Series pit crew. Busch won Saturday's XFINITY race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, taking the lead by beating everyone else out of the pits following the final caution of the day and then holding off the rest of the field over the closing 16 laps of the Rinnai 250. It was his second consecutive XFINITY win at the 1.5-mile tra...2017
  • • FOX NASCAR gears up for 17th season with 100 hours of Daytona Speedweeks coverage
    2017
  • • Jeff Gordon put to the test in Rolex car and by teammate prank
    Jeff Gordon sure seems to be having fun getting prepared for the upcoming Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race. But if you're going to try to prank him, you'd better bring your A-game.Gordon, the FOX Sports NASCAR television analyst and four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion, is headlining Wayne Taylor Racing’s four-driver lineup for the Jan. 28-29 Rolex 24.Gordon joins brothers Ricky and Jordan T...2017
  • • Kasey Kahne named one of best interviews of 2016 by Inc.
    Kasey Kahne may not have had the NASCAR Premier Series season he wanted on the track in 2016, but he apparently scored off of it.And despite failing to win a single race and finishing on the outside of the Chase playoffs looking in, Kahne also knows how to live a happy life. And he gives one heck of an interview.At least those were the takeaways for Jeff Haden, a contributing editor for Inc. who n...2016
  • • Matt DiBenedetto named driver of No. 32 Ford for Go Fas Racing
    2016
  • • Jeff Gordon going for gold in sports car return at Daytona
    Jeff Gordon returned to the Daytona high banks on Tuesday, but at the wheel of a Cadillac DPi-V.R, in preparation for next month's Rolex 24 at Daytona, where he will make his first sports car racing start in a decade.The four-time NASCAR Premier Series champion and FOX NASCAR analyst was confirmed earlier this month as part of Wayne Taylor Racing's lineup for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Champio...2016
  • • Dodge went out of NASCAR on top with Brad Keselowski in 2012
    Whether or not Dodge actually returns to NASCAR at some point in the future – a possibility that was raised by an executive of Dodge's parent company recently – it’s important to remember that the manufacturer went out on top when it left the sport in 2012.Thanks to driver Brad Keselowski, Dodge was able to part ways with NASCAR at the end of that season as a champion. It was the stock-car racing ...2016
  • • One ripple in NASCAR manufacturer pond can have huge effect
    2016
  • • Vote now: Which crown jewel NASCAR race is your favorite?
    2016

NASCAR Premier Series rumors, scandals, hoax

  • • Fans weigh in: Dale Earnhardt Jr. voted most likely to call it quits next
    2017
  • • Fans weigh in: Dale Earnhardt Jr. voted most likely to call it quits next
    2017

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