Michael McDowell was rolling along at Homestead-Miami Speedway when he saw another driver signal for a car to pass.

After years of the same guy dominating NASCAR's top level nearly every week, the Cup Series is experiencing a little parity to start the season.

A sign at the entrance to Daytona International Speedway warned spectators the Confederate flag was not welcome on property. Its presence, NASCAR wrote, "runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environmen

Give him a good ride, and NASCAR driver Christopher Bell can win. But in his second race with a new team? That seemed unlikely.

Denny Hamlin's run at a Daytona 500 three-peat — that string of three straight championships achieved twice in the NBA by his business partner Michael Jordan — ended with just a top-five finish.

Michael McDowell stormed through a crash scene to win the Daytona 500, snapping an 0-for-357 streak in NASCAR Cup Series competition with a fiery pileup in his rearview mirror.

Denny Hamlin, considered perhaps the best NASCAR driver without a Cup Series championship, can look past that hole on his record.

Sam Maxwell and his band of Cleveland bros packed up their 1997 Four Winds motorhome with 105,000 miles on it, headed south in the thick of the pandemic and pinned their hopes on a party.

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman was lying in bed one morning, his two daughters still tucked in down the hall, when a YouTube video of his death-defying crash popped up as a recommended watch.

What should have been a tune-up for the Daytona 500 might have cost Hendrick Motorsports the front row for the NASCAR Cup Series season opener.

New number, new day, new time, same result for Hendrick Motorsports.

Kyle Busch snagged the first win of the new season, streaking past NASCAR champion Chase Elliott after Elliott spun leader Ryan Blaney in the final stretch of the exhibition Busch Clash.

Kyle Larson loaded his motorhome and drove to Daytona International Speedway by himself, alone for some seven hours to prepare for his return to NASCAR competition.

NASCAR's 2021 Cup Series schedule is still more than a week away from the season-opening Daytona 500, but that hasn't kept broadcast partner Fox from engaging in a little marketing hyperbole. "Best Season Ever" will take some time to truly be earned, though.

Nashville Superspeedway has undergone a rebranding campaign ahead of a NASCAR tripleheader in June that includes the track's inaugural Cup Series race.

The new face of NASCAR circled Phoenix Raceway for a celebratory lap of his finest achievement.

Four drivers will battle for the season championship at Phoenix Raceway, and while Kevin Harvick surprisingly won't be one of them, the most dominant driver this year could certainly be a factor in the race.

Michael Jordan expects to field a winning team when 23XI Racing begins NASCAR competition next season.

Kyle Busch's fortune denied a needed victory for Martin Truex Jr., his penalized Joe Gibbs Racing teammate who still has a chance to be one of the four drivers with a title chance in the Nov. 8 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.

Kyle Larson signed a multiyear contract Wednesday with Hendrick that ended his seven-month banishment from NASCAR for using a racial slur while competing online in a virtual race this past spring.

NASCAR will make a fourth attempt to complete its playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Wednesday after persistent mist and cold temperatures continued the long delay.

The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas was pushed back yet another day without drivers completing any more laps Monday.

The NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway was postponed Sunday night after 52 laps on a misty day in which the conditions slowly deteriorated to drizzle.