Stewart-Haas Racing obtains owner points from Tommy Baldwin Racing to guarantee Sprint Cup rookie a place in the starting field for the big race on Feb. 26.

"I just told him this off-season, 'I worry that you're going to relax a little on that, the more we're together, the more we become friends, the more you might let me off the hook - and I don't want that to happen," Dale Earnhardt Jr. says of crew chief Steve Letarte.

Richard Childress Racing will run a fourth car in the first five rounds of this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup, with Elliott Sadler and Brendan Gaughan sharing the driving.

After only running a handful of events in the NASCAR Nationwide Series last year, former IndyCar champ Sam Hornish Jr. will run the entire schedule in 2012.

Kurt Busch to drive Kyle Busch's No. 54 Toyota in 20 Nationwide Series races.

Following last year's elimination of points for Sprint Cup regulars, Roush ace opted to drop racing altogether in NNWS events

Kyle Busch Motorsports announced Monday that Jason Leffler will be the primary driver of the team's No. 18 Tundra in the Camping World Truck Series this season.

Second Iowa date also takes place of Nashville, New Hampshire and Indianapolis tracks on 22-race calendar.

Austin Dillon becomes youngest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion ever, while Johnny Sauter outlasted the field and the rain to win at Homestead.

Drivers endorse the sanctioning body's scrapping of previous policy of keeping some disciplinary actions under wraps.

NASCAR has revealed the technical changes that it hopes will eliminate the tandem drafting that dominated restrictor plate races in 2011.

Joe Gibbs Racing star has been fined and placed on probation by NASCAR adding to his suspension from racing last weekend at Texas.