An abundant and enthusiastic welcome this week was punctuated by a packed ballroom and a litany of genuine feel-good moments as NASCAR celebrated and culminated its 2021 season with the Champion’s Week Banquet in Nashville on Thursday evening.NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team...

Above: NASCAR vice chairman Mike Helton, Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award winner Andy Hoffman and Glenn Ritchey, president and CEO of Jon Hall Automotive Group.The NASCAR Foundation's inaugural Honors Gala, hosted Tuesday night in New York at the Marriott Marquis, raised $1.6 million to benefit hospitalized children across the country...

Above: Betty Jane France, right, with son Brian and daugther Lesa France Kennedy, in 2013.Betty Jane France, a noted philanthropist, community leader and mother of NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France and International Speedway Corporation CEO Lesa France Kennedy, died on Monday.France, who was the widow of the late NASCAR...

Subtitle:Children's Tumor Foundation's Artist Honored In VegasVisually impaired artist and Children’s Tumor Foundation NF Hero Jeff Hanson is the 2015 winner of The NASCAR Foundation’s Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award, presented by Nationwide.Back in 2014, Hanson was at Daytona International Speedway to help Park Place Motorsports unveil its season-long paint...

Champion's Week, NASCAR's annual postseason celebration, kicked off Tuesday in Las Vegas with the first of a number of activities and special appearances. The week culminates with Friday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, where first-time champion Kyle Busch will be the toast of his hometown.All 16 drivers from the...

Photo by Chris Trotman/NASCAR via Getty ImagesJeff Hanson, a visually impaired artist representing the Children’s Tumor Foundation, is one of four finalists for the 2015 NASCAR Foundation’s fifth annual Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award presented by Nationwide.Hanson was at Daytona International Speedway in 2014 to help Park Place Motorsports unveil...

Kevin Harvick, with wife DeLana and 2-year-old son Keelan, joined his Stewart-Haas Racing team to take center stage Friday night at the Sprint Cup Awards at the Wynn Las Vegas, as Harvick was officially recognized for his victory in this year's Chase."It's pictures like this that show you what NASCAR...

Jared C. Tilton/NASCAR via Getty ImagesNASCAR's No. 2 series will have a new partner beginning in 2015 as Comcast's XFINITY brand becomes the entitlement partner for what is currently known as the Nationwide Series.The 10-year agreement officially begins Jan. 1, and will see the series renamed the XFINITY Series. XFINITY...

NASCAR is seeking a new title sponsor for its second-tier championship in 2015 after Nationwide decided to end its backing of the series in favor of programs in Sprint Cup.The insurance company took over from Busch as the feeder series' title sponsor in 2008. Nationwide will retain a NASCAR involvement...