Another year, another new format for NASCAR's All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

CMS announced Wednesday its new format and rules package for the May 19 race. Format-wise, this year's All-Star race will include four stages of 30, 20, 20, and 10 laps, respectively. Each stage is eligible to go into overtime, and only green flag laps will...Read more

NASCAR's Cup Series is hoping to move away from naming rights deals to a new business model after 2019, but a one-year deal to extend Monster Energy's sponsorship of the circuit through next season will serve as a bridge.

Tuesday's announcement of the one-year extension with Monster Energy to remain as the Cup Series title sponsor was expected....Read more

It took longer than expected, but finally it's here.

NASCAR announced Tuesday that it has reached a one-year contract extension with Monster Energy to remain the title sponsor for the Cup Series, according to sources close to the situation. Monster Energy's original agreement with NASCAR, signed in December 2016, was for a two-year partnership....Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Kyle Busch returned to a familiar place at Texas Motor Speedway -- Victory Lane.

Busch held off Kevin Harvick by 0.300 seconds to take the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 on Sunday afternoon.

"This has been a trying couple of months," said Busch, who now has 44 career Cup wins. "After Daytona (...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Kevin Harvick snapped his career-long drought last fall at Texas Motor Speedway. The veteran driver finally won in his 30th Cup start at Texas.

Who finished runner-up to Harvick? The man who went on to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup championship -- Martin Truex Jr.

With Harvick finally getting a coveted win at TMS, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Danica Patrick's final NASCAR race was earlier this year at the Daytona 500, but now Patrick is preparing for her final race as a professional.

Patrick will compete in May's Indy 500 race as the second half of the 'Danica Double,' a two-race finale to her longtime racing career in both NASCAR and IndyCar.

This week she ...Read more

Amid NASCAR's continued struggles with ratings and attendance, the salaries of executives at Concord, N.C.-based Speedway Motorsports declined again last year.

Marcus Smith, 44, made just under $2.4 million in 2017, down from $2.44 million the prior year, according to a securities filing this week. Smith's pay includes a base pay of $600,000, ...Read more

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s famous No. 8 will return for two Cup series races this year.

Xfinity series driver Daniel Hemric will make his Cup series debut in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Richmond Raceway on April 21. Hemric will drive the No. 8 again at the new Charlotte Motor Speedway road course on Sept. 30. Charlotte ...Read more

FONTANA, Calif. -- There would be no seventh time for "Seven Time."

Jimmie Johnson, the seven-time champion in NASCAR's Monster Energy Cup Series, also hoped to become the first driver to win seven Cup races at Auto Club Speedway and, in doing so, snap a 27-race winless streak.

Johnson certainly tried, storming into the top10 early in the Auto...Read more

For all 18 of Jimmie Johnson's seasons in NASCAR's Cup Series, he's had one sponsor plastered on his car.

Now that sponsor is leaving.

Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Lowe's, Johnson's chief sponsor for all seven of his championships, will not be back with the team in 2019 or beyond. Johnson, 42, signed a contract extension last ...Read more

Here's a brief breakdown of what you need to know for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series TicketGuardian 500.

Race: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series TicketGuardian 500.

Distance: 312 laps, or 312 miles.

Where: ISM Raceway, a 1-mile, asphalt, trioval in Avondale, Arizona.

When: 3:30 p.m. EST Sunday.

TV: FOX.

Last year's winner: Ryan Newman.

Also ...Read more