"We're about ready to grab fourth gear here. It's time now," said Kurt Busch this afternoon while getting prepared for tonight's Can-Am Duel at Daytona International Speedway. "We have the qualifying race later today for the Daytona 500 and I'm ready to get going."Yes, the 37 year-old wheelman from Las...

The start of the NASCAR season on FOX Sports coincided with the debut of NHRA drag racing on the Fox family of channels.NASCAR's Sprint Unlimited earned a 2.6 overnight rating on FOX Saturday night, which according to Sports Media Watch is a 19% from last year (3.2) but up 44%...

Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliot claimed a historic pole for the Daytona 500, becoming the youngest driver to win pole for the race at his first attempt.After the controversy of last year's Formula 1-style group knockout sessions, the traditional one-at-a-time Daytona 500 qualifying format returned for 2016, broken up into two...

Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin were the pacesetters on the first day of NASCAR track action of 2016, while Jimmie Johnson drew pole for the Sprint Unlimited curtain-raiser.Two practice sessions took place on Friday for the 25 drivers invited to take part in Saturday night's non-championship event, marking the opening...

Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed today that Brian Vickers will serve as interim driver of its No. 14 Chevrolet SS for all the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events during Speedweeks Feb. 12-21 at Daytona International Speedway.Having received medical clearance from NASCAR to return following treatment for blood clots, Vickers will begin driving...

NASCAR announced today the 25 eligible drivers and the format for the season-opening 75-lap Sprint Unlimited at the new Daytona International Speedway motorsports stadium on Saturday, Feb. 13.The event, which will be broadcast live on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM, marks the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race following the completion...

NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick was anything but Happy Harvick after Saturday night's Sprint Unlimited race. A fuming Harvick traded barbs with Joey Logano after the pair tangled on the track and again on pit road after the race."Just really dumb driving there at the end," Harvick told NASCAR.com....

Jamie McMurray, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick and others get caught in a big wreck on lap 44 of the Sprint Unlimited.

Matt Kenseth opened the 2015 NASCAR season with victory in a messy and twice red-flagged Sprint Unlimited at Daytona.Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver Kenseth controlled the final stages of the non-championship race to keep long-time leader Martin Truex Jr.'s Furniture Row Chevrolet at bay, winning by 0.219 seconds."At the end...

Although he is qualified to enter it under this year's revised rules, AJ Allmendinger – who earned his first career victory and a berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2014 – will not compete in the upcoming Sprint Unlimited all-star race at Daytona."In mid-December NASCAR changed...