Helio Castroneves will be in the Daytona 500 field through the new Open Exemption Provisional in the NASCAR Rule Book.NASCAR announced the rule Friday, explaining that it's similar to a promoter's provisional used in short track and dirt racing. It means that a world class driver of another racing discipline,...

Shane van Gisbergen will return to the NASCAR Cup series next month, racing on the Indianapolis road course, once again driving Trackhouse Racing’s PROJECT91 car for international wildcards.The three-time Supercars champion made his debut in the category on the Chicago street circuit at the start of July and instantly impressed...

Sunday morning, you had to look back 60 years to Johnny Rutherford at Daytona in 1963 to find the most recent driver to win on their NASCAR debut. You had to go back 50 years, to Mark Donohue’s 1973 Riverside win, for the last victory by a NASCAR ringer. And...

Shane van Gisbergen will let others decide for themselves if his speed Saturday on the streets of Chicago in a NASCAR Cup Series car was a surprise.The three-time Supercars champion admitted he's "surprised” after he was fastest in practice in the Trackhouse Racing PROJECT91 car before qualifying third. He was...

Chicago delivered a couple of firsts for the NASCAR Cup Series on Saturday when cars turned their first-ever laps on a street circuit – and a driver participating in his first-ever NASCAR session took the top spot.Three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen may have little experience in Cup cars,...

Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen approached his NASCAR Cup debut with the same calmness that became his trademark throughout his career, and he adapted quickly to the series on Sunday at Watkins Glen International, even blocking regular season champion Chase Elliott at one point during the 90-lap Go Bowling...

Watkins Glen might be the only appearance for Trackhouse Racing’s PROJECT91 this year, but team founder Justin Marks is already plotting its future.The idea behind the program is for elite international drivers who are interested in NASCAR racing have a route to compete at the sport’s highest level. Marks flew...