4:31 PM ET The biggest changes going into NASCAR this season were the new aerodynamic and engine modifications and how they would affect competition. Let’s face it, NASCAR had a competition problem, highlighted last year with lengthy margins of victory and shrinking number of lead changes and leaders per race. But the steps they have

11:39 PM ET Associated Press Martin Truex Jr. won the caution-filled Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, beating Joey Logano and Kyle Busch in NASCAR’s longest race. Truex went four-wide on a restart with four laps to go to take the lead and held on to win the Coca-Cola 600 for the second

5:57 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Tyler Reddick won the Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday after taking the lead for good on a restart with 15 laps to go. The defending Xfinity champion led 110 of 200 laps to win for the second time this season and the second

8:19 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Charlotte native William Byron became the youngest driver ever to capture the pole for the Coca-Cola 600. The 21-year-old Byron, who grew up a short drive from Charlotte Motor Speedway, turned a lap of 183.424 mph in his No. 24 Chevrolet on Thursday night to start out

8:25 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — When Joe Gibbs decided to venture from the NFL and form a race team in 1992, he was scared — petrified, in fact. Gibbs had won three Super Bowls as coach of the Washington Redskins, but he was an outsider starting from scratch in stock car racing.

1:00 AM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Darrell Waltrip is holding court. He’s got his foot up on a very expensive coffee table in former boss Rick Hendrick’s very fancy office. His right hand, the one decorated by his NASCAR Hall of Fame ring, is fiddling with a YETI cup while his left hand is in

5:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Tony Stewart, Joe Gibbs, Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker and Bobby Labonte were named to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, it was announced Wednesday. The common tie for three of them was Joe Gibbs Racing. Stewart and Labonte both raced for the former NFL coach. Stewart won 49 Cup Series

10:17 AM ET Associated Press NASCAR is buying International Speedway Corporation in a deal worth about $2 billion. ISC owns some of America’s most well known car racing facilities, including the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, where the company is based, and the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. The companies said Wednesday that the deal is