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Oct 24 2013 - 6:37pm

Rockingham Speedway will not host NASCAR Trucks race in 2014

Rockingham Speedway, which began hosting NASCAR races again two years ago after an eight-year absence, will not host a Truck Series race in 2014, speedway owner Andy Hillenburg confirmed. The 1-mile track located about 90 miles southeast of...

Oct 24 2013 - 2:30pm

NASCAR considering changes to qualifying in 2014

NASCAR told its competitors Thursday it is considering eliminating single-car qualifying next season in an overhaul to how the field is set. ..............

Oct 24 2013 - 2:23pm

FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Chase Chances Slim Heading into Martinsville Short Track

Only four more NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season races are left in the Chase for the Championship as the hectic competition moves from its longest track at 2.66 miles around Talladega to the one of the shortest tracks at Martinsville with its .526-mile...

Oct 24 2013 - 12:15pm

NASCAR Adpots Concussion Protocol

NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers.At the start of...

Oct 24 2013 - 12:15pm

NASCAR will mandate baseline concussion tests for drivers in 2014

NASCAR announced that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers..............

Oct 24 2013 - 10:41am

Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan team up to go .... NASCAR Truckin'

The Jordan Brand's iconic Jumpman logo will adorn the No. 51 Toyota Tundra of Denny Hamlin this Saturday as he races for his third-straight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Hamlin is...

Oct 23 2013 - 5:59pm

How Tony Stewart's Absence Has Affected the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase

On Monday, August 5 of this year, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season took a drastic turn. Just 24 hours after the series' second race of the year at Pocono Raceway, one of the sport's biggest stars had his season ended early. Tony Stewart took part in...

Oct 23 2013 - 5:39pm

Budding NASCAR Feuds Most Likely to Boil over in Near Future

NASCAR is one sport where tempers can easily get the best of drivers. Going over 200 miles an hour for over 150 Laps only to be banged or bumped into a wall by another driver is what ignites feuds in the sport of stock car racing. As the 2013 season...

Oct 23 2013 - 5:26pm

NASCAR penalizes Corey LaJoie for Code of Conduct violation

NASCAR on Wednesday penalized developmental driver Corey LaJoie for a violation of the sport's Code of Conduct. LaJoie, 22, was placed on indefinite probation and ordered to undergo sensitivity training for what NASCAR called an "insensitive and...

Oct 23 2013 - 11:34am

Parrott: 'I Was in a Dark Moment'

Crew chief Todd Parrott, who was suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test and fired by Richard Petty Motorsports soon after, came clean about the circumstances of it yesterday."I was in a dark moment and it happened," Parrott told NASCAR Live...