4:32 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR announced Monday that it will disqualify race-winning cars that break the rules this season, confronting its longtime culture of cheating with a stringent new penalty system. “If you are illegal, you don’t win the race,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR’s chief racing development officer. “We cannot allow

11:17 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon‘s immense influence on NASCAR was highlighted Friday during a star-packed Hall of Fame induction ceremony befitting a driver who changed the trajectory of an entire sport. Gordon was the top vote-getter in the 10th class of the Hall of Fame, which included the late drivers

9:00 AM ET We’ve all seen it a bazillion times before, haven’t we, race fans? When a new car, sponsor or paint scheme sits right there in front of us, teasing as it hides beneath a drab car cover. Then that cover is yanked off with a flourish, and the latest sparkly, racy, shiny object

5:44 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has banned all drivers and team members from betting on its races as part of new gambling guidelines established in this season’s rulebook. NASCAR employees are prohibited from disclosing confidential information and from requesting insider information that could potentially help “their own gain or for

11:11 AM ET Read the original Spanish-language version of this story here. It happens to everyone, right? You take your child to a casting call one day, only to be told that you’re the one who’s perfect for a part in the movie. No? Well, it happened to Mexican former IndyCar driver Michel Jourdain Jr.,

7:11 PM ET Amanda BrooksESPN When the checkered flag waved on Saturday night’s Chili Bowl Nationals, Christopher Bell hoisted the trophy, Kyle Larson was dejected, and fans wanted more. Again. With NASCAR on hold for another three weeks, many race fans tuned in to last weekend’s prestigious dirt race to fill a void, only to

7:40 AM ET NASCAR Hall of Famer Glen Wood, who founded Wood Brothers Racing in 1953, has died. He was 93. Wood Brothers Racing made the announcement of Wood’s passing Friday on social media. It’s with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of team founder and family patriarch Glen Wood this morning. We want

12:18 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — J.D. Gibbs, son of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs and a co-founder of Joe Gibbs Racing with his father, died Friday after a four-year battle with a