Media Tour Day 3: Roush vows to improve in 2015 Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards made the Chase for Roush Fenway Racing in 2014. Edwards won two races. However, you weren't going out on much of a limb if you thought that the Roush cars wouldn't be championship threats before the Chase began. And you would have been right. Biffle was eliminated after the first round of the Chase. He ended up 14th … [Read more...]

Tony Stewart says last two years are fueling desire in 2015 Tony Stewart reiterated that he's not done being successful in the Sprint Cup Series. At the end of the season, a porous season by his standards independent of missing three races in August, Stewart said he wasn't done winning. During Stewart-Haas Racing's portion of the Sprint Cup Series media tour on Tuesday, Stewart said the past … [Read more...]

Media Tour Day 4: Gordon doesn't want to be distracted by commemorations When he announced his intentions to step away from the No. 24 car at the end of 2015, Jeff Gordon mentioned that he didn't want the entire season to become a retirement tour. Heck, Gordon has even refrained from calling his departure from the Cup Series a retirement, though as he continues to say he likely won't be back … [Read more...]

The Rolex 24 isn't immune to roadkill (Photo) Opossums are active at night. A significant portion of the Rolex 24 sports car race is run when the sun is down. After reading the headline and the previous two sentences, you know where we're going with this post. Andy Lally tweeted Sunday morning that he reported hitting debris around 5 a.m. The team never found what Lally hit until the team … [Read more...]

Media Tour Day 1: All-Star Race a preview of 2016? As the media tour for the Sprint Cup Series kicked off Monday, NASCAR delivered its "State of the Sport" address. The sanctioning body said there would be no changes to the Chase, flared sideskirts would be outlawed and that the 2016 rules package would hopefully be delivered to teams by the time of the All-Star Race in May. According to NBC … [Read more...]

Formula 1 moves up start times at five races after Bianchi crash Formula 1 will start five races an hour earlier after the horrific crash Jules Bianchi had at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2014. The races at Australia, Malaysia, China, Japan and Russia are affected. The season-opener is at Australia and will start at 4 p.m. local time. The move is to prevent races from being run as daylight … [Read more...]

Brian Vickers cleared to return for third race of season Brian Vickers' absence from the Sprint Cup Series in 2015 doesn't look like it'll be too lengthy. Michael Waltrip Racing announced Wednesday that Vickers has been cleared to return at Las Vegas for the race on March 8. It's the third race of the season, meaning Vickers will miss the Daytona 500 and the second race of the season at … [Read more...]

Stewart-Haas not switching back No. 4 and No. 14 pit crews for 2015 The pit crew swap that Stewart-Haas Racing made for the 2014 Chase will continue into 2015. Tony Stewart said Tuesday that Kevin Harvick would keep the pit crew that started 2014 as Stewart's crew and Stewart would keep the pit crew he ended the season with. Before the Chase began, SHR moved Harvick's crew to Stewart's team … [Read more...]