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 a dismal season in NASCAR by his own lofty standards, Chip Ganassi made a number of changes at Earnhardt Chip Ganassi Racing in the off-season and is adamant that things will be very different this year.

Ford has unveiled the new-model Fusion with which it will compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2013.

Kyle Busch has admitted that he has to change his attitude this year to avoid any repeats of the controversies that surrounded him toward the end of the 2011 NASCAR season.

NASCAR star Jeff Gordon warns about the risk of technological overload in Sprint Cup racing.

David Ragan will join David Gilliland in Front Row Motorsports' lineup for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Changes made during this week's Daytona test appear to have at least reduced the level of tandem racing seen in restrictor plate events.

NASCAR continues to work on adjusting aero packages and restrictor plate sizes, but speeds only went up on the second day of the series' Preseason Thunder test at Daytona International Speedway.