Jimmie Johnson recovered from his qualifying mistakes to take the $1 million All-Star race for a second straight year and the fourth time in his career

Jamie McMurray and Ricky Stenhouse Jr secured spots in the NASCAR All-Star race with first and second places in the Showdown qualifying heat

Carl Edwards and Roush Fenway claimed pole position for Saturday night's non-championship NASCAR All-Star race at Charlotte as the new qualifying system proved a hit.

Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Denny Hamlin says he was not troubled by any back issues after completing his first full race distance since sustaining an L1 compression fracture seven weeks ago at Fontana

Matt Kenseth claimed his third win of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at Darlington, while his Joe Gibbs team-mate Denny Hamlin finished a superb second on his return after injury

Kurt Busch upstaged the usual frontrunners to give NASCAR Sprint Cup underdog Furniture Row Racing pole position for Saturday night's Darlington race

A NASCAR appeals panel has reduced the penalties imposed on Matt Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing after their Kansas-winning car failed a technical inspection

NASCAR has reduced the penalties imposed on Penske Racing for technical violations detected in a pre-race inspection of Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano's cars at Texas Motor Speedway last month

David Ragan admits he was stunned by his late surge to victory in a rain-hit NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega.

David Ragan claimed his second NASCAR Cup series win by heading an unlikely one-two for Front Row Motorsport in a rain-delayed race at Talladega

Carl Edwards will start from NASCAR Sprint Cup pole at Talladega by virtue of his practice performance after rain forced the cancellation of Saturday's qualifying session

Denny Hamlin has been given medical clearance to compete in this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega, though he is highly unlikely to complete the event.

Penske has lost its initial appeal against the penalties NASCAR imposed on it and drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano at Texas Motor Speedway last month.

Juan Pablo Montoya said he was not too dejected about missing out on what seemed a likely first NASCAR Sprint Cup oval victory at Richmond.

Kevin Harvick sprinted around the outside of Richard Childress Racing team-mate Jeff Burton to claim victory in a green-white-chequered finish at Richmond

Joe Gibbs Racing responded to a week of bad penalty and injury news by taking a front row sweep for Saturday night's Richmond NASCAR Sprint Cup race

Denny Hamlin will not return to action at least until the Talladega NASCAR Sprint Cup race after confirming he will miss this weekend's event at Richmond

NASCAR has heavily penalised Matt Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing due to rule violations discovered during a post-race inspection of his engine after his win at Kansas on Sunday, although the victory itself will still stand.

Valentino Rossi lapped quick enough to be in the top half of the NASCAR Nationwide Series field as he tried Kyle Busch's Toyota stock car in a promotional event on Monday