NASCAR Cup Series

Richmond International Raceway president Doug Fritz announced today that Richmond International Raceway’s grandstands will be smoke-free beginning this season.

RODNEY CHILDERS, CREW CHIEF No. 00 TOYOTA ON TODAY’S AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ITS SPRING RACE WILL MOVE FROM 500 TO 400 MILES

In today’s modern high tech era, the internet has made it easy for any fan to get up to date information which at one time was hard to come by.

Auto Club Speedway Celebrates ‘Nothing Day’, ‘Extraterrestrial Abduction Day’ and relief for several days in February that will no doubt give you a stomach ache.

Best Buy announced earlier this week that they were renewing their partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports and AJ Allmendinger.

Brian France has stood stalwart against the verbal stones and arrows aimed in his direction because his approach to the operation of NASCAR is so different from that of his father and grandfather.

Jimmie Johnson owns five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships and the Harley J. Earl trophy as the 2006 Daytona 500 champion.

While the NASCAR focus should be squarely aimed at the upcoming test session at Daytona, there seems to be some other very interesting story lines this week.

In antipation for the new season, the Sprint Cup Series cars will hit Daytona International Speedway for a three-day test session (January 20th-22nd) to try out the new pavement.

The field for the 2011 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will feature former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field, a host of former outstanding rookies and a collection of previous winners at the "World Center of Racing."