NASCAR Cup Series

enske Racing has added Greg Erwin as crew chief of the No. 12 Ford Mustang driven by Sam Hornish, Jr. in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Erwin joins the Penske Racing team after most recently serving as the crew chief for Richard Petty Motorsports’ No. 43 Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

SpeedwayMedia editor, Ed Coombs and NASCAR.com writer, Kenny Bruce, recap the 2012 season and take an early look ahead at 2013.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) wrapped up the 2012 season Saturday at Homestead-Miami (Fl.) Speedway and the Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) No 54 Monster Energy team finished strong with a pole qualifying position, 89 race-high laps led and a second place finish. The result gave KBM a first-season record of one win, three poles, 15 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Burton and team owner Richard Childress will unveil the 2013 No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS on Wednesday, December 5 at the new Caterpillar Visitors Center located behind Caterpillar world headquarters in downtown Peoria, Ill.

The Wynn Las Vegas will truly be star-studded on Nov. 30, when Train, Lifehouse, Natasha Bedingfield, Phillip Phillips and performers from The Beatles LOVE take the stage during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards™.

Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today four new awards will be added to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards on Friday, Nov. 30, in Las Vegas. The Sprint Fan Voice Awards are designed to let fans have a voice in determining the top highlights of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. capped off his remarkable 2012 season with his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, becoming just the sixth driver to earn back-to-back titles in Series history. Stenhouse, talked with Ford Racing about a myriad of topics in Miami, Florida, after the win had sunk in.

Max Gresham left the Homestead-Miami Speedway with a smile Friday night. That wouldn't normally be what one would expect after his race. He wasn't happy that his No. 8 Made In USA Brand (MIUSA) Chevrolet Silverado was damaged after hitting the wall three times during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season-finale Ford EcoBoost 200.

Greg Ives, the race engineer for Jimmie Johnson’s historic run of five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships from 2006-10, has been named crew chief for JR Motorsports and driver Regan Smith for the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series season, general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller announced today.

In just his third full-time season, Brad Keselowski is crowned champion. The road to the championship hasn’t been easy but Keselowski has gone down the path and conquered the end result.