Updated: 4:03 PM Penske Racing has released suspended driver A.J. Allmendinger, three weeks after he tested positive for a banned stimulant.

Updated: 8:13 PM Kahne took the lead from Hamlin during a restart on the 240th lap of the 300-lap race at the one-mile oval Sunday.

Posted: 10:39 PM Kyle Busch has won his first pole position of the season by edging Kasey Kahne.

Updated: 4:34 PM The 2003 champ has a new deal in place with a new team, but said he is not ready to announce where he will be in 2013.

Updated: 9:45 PM Ambrose won the top starting spot for Sunday's race at Sonoma with a fast lap around the 1.99-mile road course

Posted: 3:23 PM Mark Martin exceeded 201 miles per hour during a test session Thursday on Michigan International Speedway's newly paved surface, part of an eye-opening morning in which all but two drivers were fast enough to break the track's qualifying record.

Posted: 3:15 PM Kurt Busch will be back with Phoenix Racing when his one-week NASCAR suspension ends Wednesday.

Posted: 5:27 PM NASCAR has suspended Kurt Busch for one week for verbally abusing a media member.

Posted: 9:33 PM Knoxville's Trevor Bayne will start 13th in Nascar's longest race.

Posted: 8:28 PM Points leader grabs the pole for Saturday night's Bojangles Southern 500

Updated: 11:09 PM Kyle Busch gave Keselowski a huge shove to get around Kenseth, and then Keselowski put enough separation on Busch to hold on for the win.

Posted: 9:20 PM The Knoxville native can now add dates in Atlanta, Chicagoland, and Charlotte to his cup racing schedule.

Posted: 4:41 PM It was the 71st career pole for Gordon, that's third best all time. It's also his first pole position since this race last year.

Posted: 4:02 PM Ford had been out of work since December, when Joe Gibbs Racing replaced him as crew chief for Denny Hamlin.

Posted: 11:06 PM The victory snaps a 22-race winless streak for Busch.

Updated: 9:22 PM The changes concentrate on the progressive banking applied when the current track surface was put in place in the summer of 2007.

Posted: 4:22 PM It was the first pole for Allmendinger since 2010 at Phoenix.

Posted: 8:40 PM President Barack Obama will welcome the winner of NASCAR's 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup Series to the White House on Tuesday.

Posted: 11:41 PM The win was Jack Roush's ninth win in 23 Sprint Cup races at Texas

Updated: 11:51 PM For Truex, it's his seventh career pole.

Updated: 8:39 PM Despite being in fourth place in the standings, a lack of sponsorship has forced Roush-Fenway Racing to sideline the No. 60 team.

Updated: 7:49 PM Either Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson seemed poised to Hendrick Motorsports its 200th win, but both wrecked in a green-white-checkered finish.

Posted: 3:34 PM The pole is the 24th of Kahne's career and gives him a chance to improve on his 27th-place standing in the points race.

Posted: 10:43 PM The annual race at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be 90 laps, and begin with four 20-lap segments. The winner of each segment will move to the front of the field before the cars head down pit road for their stop.

Updated: 10:29 PM The defending Sprint Cup champion has now won 7 of the last 15 races.