NASCAR President Steve O’Donnell took the stand early Thursday morning in a North Carolina federal courtroom and admitted CEO Jim France was not open to a new business model.

Guillermo Santa Cruz has yet to experience NASCAR championship weekend as the president of Homestead-Miami Speedway, but he’s already felt what it means for it to return to the speedway in the fall of 2026.“You know the expression, ‘You don’t know what you have until you lose it’? Well, they...

The fans prevailed in getting a NASCAR Cup Series points-paying race at North Wilkesboro Speedway back on the schedule.

NASCAR will take all three of its national series to San Diego next year with a street race on the Naval Base Coronado.

It remains to be seen which tracks will be included in the rotation to host NASCAR championship weekend, but numerous variables will be taken into account.“As you think about a championship race, ideally, (you want) a warm weather kind of climate location,” Ben Kennedy, NASCAR executive vice president and chief...

NASCAR has confirmed that Homestead-Miami Speedway will return as the host of championship weekend in 2026.All three NASCAR national series will crown their champions the weekend of November 6-8. It will be the first time since 2019 (main image) that the track has held the season-ending date, having first moved...

NASCAR will continue its recent trend of trying something new with the addition of Mexico to the 2025 Cup Series schedule.On June 15, 2025, Mexico City will be the first Cup Series points venue outside of the United States since 1958. However, it’ll be a return for NASCAR to the...

Ben Kennedy felt the inaugural Chicago street course event was a “remarkable” and “historic” weekend for NASCAR.Sunday’s race around the 12 turn, 2.2-mile course saw the best in NASCAR’s top series battling wet conditions and a new environment, with Shane van Gisbergen capping off the event by claiming the win...

Ben Kennedy and Steve O’Donnell have assumed new roles within NASCAR, the company announced Thursday.O’Donnell has been promoted to chief operating officer, where he will continue to oversee competition matters and racing operations. Additional responsibilities will include track operations and strategic development as well as all NASCAR-owned track properties, track...

Ben Kennedy gave up the adrenaline rush that comes with being a NASCAR driver a few years ago. When moving to the sport's business side, Kennedy initially went through the weirdness of being at the racetrack as an official instead of a driver. By now though, Kennedy has found a...