Keyed-Up Motorsports announced today that it has formed an alliance with Earnhardt-Childress Racing engines (ECR) to supply the #90 Chevrolet Impala and driver Casey Mears with horsepower for the remainder of the 2010 Sprint Cup Series Schedule. ECR develops and builds engines for its Chevrolet NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series teams and also leases engines for teams in NASCAR’s top thr... more.

“We are satisfied that NASCAR fairly considered all the circumstances in its decision to discipline Carl (Edwards). We look forward to meeting with NASCAR, Roger (Penske) and Brad (Keselowski) in Bristol next weekend and it is our hope to put this behind us at that time. Missed in all of this was a really strong performance by Roush Fenway – and the Ford teams in general – at Atlanta last we... more.

Joe Garone, general manager of Furniture Row Racing, said the team’s new technical and engineering alliance with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has already had a positive impact. “It’s been approximately six weeks since we formed an alliance with RCR, and we can already feel a special synergy between the two organizations,” said Garone. “We’re being treated as a teammate of RCR’s ... more.

Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon always looks forward to racing at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he has made the trek into Victory Lane five times. This time around, however, Gordon is even more anxious to get back to the World’s Fastest Half-Mile for the March 19-21 Food City 500 weekend due to the addition of more than 160 feet of SAFER (Steel And Foam Energy Reduction) barriers at... more.

NASCAR president Mike Helton on Tuesday announced Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards has been placed on probation for the next three Sprint Cup races as a result of Edwards intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski this past Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Helton said the decision came "after meeting and discussing the events Sunday evening, all day Monday and [Tuesday] morning." Helton added that a... more.

It was a wild weekend of racing action at Atlanta Motor Speedway as rivals continued and past champions struggled. TheHotLap.com was there with complete photo coverage: Kevin Harvick took the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory, giving KHI and Harvick another successful weekend. View NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Photos. Kurt Busch took the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory after ho... more.

Mike Bliss drove the No. 36 Wave Energy Drink Chevrolet to a solid 24th place finish in today’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  The finish marked the second top-25 effort for the Tommy Baldwin Racing team so far in the early stages of the 2010 season. Under picture perfect skies, the teams took the green flag with Bliss starting in the 30th spot.  The race was only three laps o... more.

This is an across-the-board off-week for NASCAR’s three national series and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. Next week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series return at action at Bristol Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns the following week at Martinsville Speedway, while the sports cars are off until an April 10 event at Barber Motorsports P... more.

From Foxnews.com-NASCAR wanted a first-class rivalry. On Sunday, it got one. But did it go too far? The culmination of a year-long conflict between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski came to a head at Atlanta Motor Speedway when the No. 99 Ford clipped the back end of the No. 12 Dodge and sent it flipping airborne into Turn 1 on Lap 323. Keselowski, who was on course to earn his first top-1... more.

Kurt Busch won two races Sunday: the Kobalt Tools 500 and the Carl Edwards 25. In a race that went 16 laps—nearly 25 miles—past its scheduled distance, after Edwards retaliated against Brad Keselowski for an incident earlier in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Busch took advantage of a strong restart to grab the lead during the second attempt at a green-white-che... more.

After contact with three laps to go with Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski went airborne at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Share your opinions below...... more.

DAVID RAGAN – No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion – “I just cut a right-front tire going into turn three.  I had just touched the wall about four laps earlier and everything seemed to be pretty good.  We still had some good speed in our Ford, and was just thinking about what to do on the next pit stop and drove in on the bottom of turn three and felt it let go.  I don’t even think I had time to jump ... more.

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The Ford “FR9” engine returns this weekend and will be under the hood of Bill Elliott’s No. 21 Motorcraft Fusion.  That will be the only Ford to sport the new engine on Sunday. The Wood Brothers are running the “FR9” in every race they attend in 2010. There are 13 Ford entered and guaranteed starting spots for Sunday (Roush Fenway (4), Richard Petty Motorsports (4), Front Row Moto... more.

TNT announced today that veteran NASCAR broadcaster Adam Alexander will join the network as its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series play-by-play announcer, calling all six races of TNT’s Summer Series. Alexander will be joined in the booth by returning analysts Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach. Alexander will debut during TNT’s exclusive coverage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing from Pocono, Pa. on June... more.

Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 Time: 1:00 p.m. (ET) Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Atlanta, Ga., 1.54-mile quad-oval with 24-degree banking in turns Sanctioning Body: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Daytona Beach, Fla. Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Length: 325 laps, 500 miles Purse: $4,948,689.00 2009 Winner: Kurt Busch (3 hours, 59 minutes, 1 seco... more.

This week the cars of NASCAR hit the banks of Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Rain threatened the Nationwide race, but the entire race got in. Here's what you missed in pictures: After pit road issues, Kevin Harvick came back to score his first victory of the season and second for KHI. View NASCAR Nationwide Series Photos Jimmie Johnson made it two in a row at lucky Las Vegas after passing Jeff Go... more.

Jimmie Johnson has done it again. He played possum most of the day and then turned on the afterburner to pass teammate Jeff Gordon with just 16 laps to go and win the Shelby American NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gordon led more than 210 laps of the 267-lap event before losing the lead to Johnson, who seems hellbent to win his fifth NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship before Go... more.

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J.C. “Suitcase Jake” Elder was one the first crew chiefs in NASCAR to achieve celebrity status with our fans. He was a pioneer in that regard, and his celebrity was well-deserved. He was truly one of the greatest crew chiefs of all-time, winning two championships with David Pearson. Our sport has lost one of its legends, with his passing.... more.