NASCAR News

According to ESPN's Marty Smith, Danica Patrick is in the final phase of signing a two year contract with JR Motorsports to drive in the NASCAR Nationwide series in 2010.

Kyle Busch takes a bow after winning Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch has entered 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season and has won seven of them.

Eds: APNewsNow. AP Photo TMS139 FORT WORTH, Texas Matt Kenseth will start on the pole for the Nascar Nationwide Series at Texas, five spots ahead of points leader Kyle Busch.

Kyle Busch may have been in Texas Friday preparing for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500, but there was a little bit of Busch-style "Rowdy" going on at Concord Speedway in Concord, N.C. The Super Late Model team that Joe Gibbs Racing driver owns was at Concord preparing for Saturday's seventh North-South Shootout.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IRL star joining his team.

Jeff Gordon is suddenly having all kind of success at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he had never won until earlier this season.

It was approaching 9 p.m. on a cold February night, and the party in the back room of a Daytona, Fla., bar was just getting started.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. loves to talk about his sponsorship ties to the military. He had a hard time finding the words Friday to discuss the massacre that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood.

Mathematically, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon still have a chance to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

Ryan Newman is still sore and frustrated from Talladega. Newman said Friday that he's met with NASCAR officials since his spectacular crash with five laps remaining last weekend, and the biggest issue is to keep the cars on the ground.

AMA Pro Racing officials announced today the 2010 race schedule for the AMA Pro Superbike Championship that will see the series visit the foremost road courses in the United States.

When Jamie McMurray got home on Sunday night following his dramatic win at Talladega hours earlier, he turned to his wife, Christy, and asked what they should do to celebrate his first victory in nearly three years.

A picture of NASCAR drivers Matt Crafton and David Gilliland. Matt Crafton sits on the pole for Friday night's Camping World Truck Series race in Texas.

IRL has scored a new sponsor amid concerns that ultra-popular US driver Danica Patrick is about to leave the series.

I'm just trying to help NASCAR come up with a season finish that won't fizzle out -- desperate measures for desperate times, and all that, so here goes.

So where will Jimmie Johnson 's four consecutive championships rank in terms of the greatest accomplishments in NASCAR history? David Caraviello: It's up there, no question.

After a mediocre finish last week at Talladega Superspeedway, Ron Hornaday comes to Texas with more than a comfortable lead over Matt Crafton and will be looking for another win at Friday's WinStar World Casino 350 .

As the Danica Patrick saga finally may be nearing resolution, perhaps it's time to look back at the 1977 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway, the last time three female drivers competed in the same Cup race.

If Kyle Busch is to match his record-setting number of wins in 2008, he must win the final three races of 2009.

It appears one of the biggest names in Indy Car will be making the switch from open-wheel racing to stock cars.