The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has implemented a multi-truck qualifying system in recent weeks which is reportedly being considered for both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series next year. The format calls for two vehicles on track simultaneously in an effort to speed up the qualifying session with the order of time trials based on the last practice session starting with the slowest time... more.

David Starr is in a rare predicament for this late in a NASCAR season. The Camping World Truck Series veteran has moved to a new team—SS Green Light Racing—after running the first 16 races of 2010 with Randy Moss Motorsports. Starr, who came home a solid 10th in his SS Green Light debut last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, will finish out the year with the team in what is likely an audi... more.

Pete Pistone of MRN is reporting via Twitter that Kentucky Speedway will gain a second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race during its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend in July. If this happens, it will create a triple header in Sparta. More details as they break.... more.

Michael McDowell, former driver of the No. 55 PRISM Motorsports Toyota, will take over driving duties of the No. 46 effective immediately. McDowell, who has been primarily start-and-parking the No. 55 for PRISM, will drive the complete races for Whitney Motorsports. "That’s the main factor for me," McDowell said in an interview with Sirius Speedway. "Prism Motorsports was great and I appre... more.

Update: Sirius Speedway is reporting that the team is temporarily shutdown for two races as the team "regroups." "Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a team source told Sirius NASCAR Radio's Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody that Starr will not compete in the next two events at Chicagoland and Kentucky Speedways, with a possible return at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 18." The ... more.

According to JJ Yeley's Twitter account, he will no longer be driving the Whitney Motorsports No. 46 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He writes, "Speaking of getting it in the balls, I am being replaced by McDowell in the 46 car.... I guess ass kissing really is good for something =)." He adds that Michael McDowell, currently of Prism Motorsports, will be behind the wheel of the No. 46.... more.

Via THI, We’re hearing that both Matt Kenseth and Erik Darnell will get starts in the team’s #16 Fords in the upcoming races. Kenseth ran two NNS races for this team early in the season, and Darnell hasn’t made any starts in 2010. We’ve talked quite a bit about the RFR Nationwide teams this season (here and here), because of the team’s commitment to developing drivers and because of ... more.

Red Bull Racing driver Brian Vickers announced Saturday he has been medically cleared to return to the Sprint Cup series next season. Vickers said he had heart surgery to repair the hole July 12. A stent was placed in a vein in his left leg a day later. The 26-year-old Vickers said his choices were to undergo the heart surgery, or "not to close it and run the risk of having a stroke. "I w... more.

Brad Keselowski pulled off one of the most memorable moments of the NASCAR season on Saturday night when he took the microphone during driver introductions at Bristol and proclaimed over the track's public address system, "Kyle Busch is an ass!" So what prompted Keselowski to share his feelings in an unusual setting? "Juan Montoya and I were talking about it (before driver introductions), an... more.

Paulie Harraka will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with Nemco Motorsports next weekend at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Harraka, who finished third in the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series this season, will drive the No. 87 Exide Batteries Chevrolet alongside team owner Joe Nemechek. “I’m stoked,” Harraka said. “I love road-course racing. It fits me so well. For Joe t... more.

It looks like Steve Arpin's run in a NASCAR Nationwide Series car may be done for the 2010 season. Arpin, a former area dirt-track standout, drove in seven Nationwide Series races for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports team this season, recording a season-best 10th place finish at Daytona International Speedway on July 2 in JRM's No. 88 car, its top Nationwide Series car. But JRM, which has... more.

On the surface, the future doesn’t look bright for Elliott Sadler, at least as far as his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing career is concerned. Awhile back, Sadler announced that he would not return to Richard Petty Motorsports in 2011. This season is the last on Sadler’s contract with RPM and whether it was Sadler’s decision, the team’s or a mutual one, it doesn’t look like the driver wi... more.

Casey Mears will replace Max Papis in the #13 Germain Racing GEICO Sprint Cup Series Toyota, beginning at Atlanta Motor Speedway September 5 according to Sirius Speedway. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a source close to the team said the deal should be complete and contracts signed within the next 48 hours. Papis will run the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series slate next season ... more.

Frontstretch’s Matt Taliaferro is reporting he’s learned Paul Menard has agreed in principle to move to Richard Childress Racing for 2011. Sponsorship would continue to come from his father’s company, Menards, with a car number and crew chief to be announced. No word on an official announcement yet from either side, but the team would expand to four cars while retaining their current driver ... more.

AJ Allmendinger will continue writing the next chapter of the Richard Petty legacy behind the wheel of the No. 43 Ford. Allmendinger, who is currently 22nd in the point standings, has signed a multi-year contract extension with Richard Petty Motorsports that will allow him to build on the NASCAR Sprint Cup program he began when the company was still under the Gillett Evernham Motorsports banner... more.

Elliott Sadler says NASCAR officials told him his head-on collision with the inside retaining wall at Pocono Racing on Sunday was the hardest recorded in the history of the sport. NASCAR did not give Sadler the number of G-forces recorded by the black box device and the governing body typically does not release that information. "We do not share those numbers except with the team and the fol... more.

Richard Childress Racing is getting out of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, a series it dominated as recently as four years ago. Team owner Richard Childress said this week at Iowa Speedway that RCR would run two teams in the Camping World Truck Series for Childress’ grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon. “I want to give the grandsons an opportunity to run,” Childress said. “We’ve got Ty an... more.

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was injured, but walked away from a plane crash in Wisconsin, Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith tells The Associated Press. "There are injuries. Possible surgery," Smith said in a text message to AP. "But he walked out of the plane." Read More on That's Racin... more.

Via SPEED and Yahoo Sports, The Associated Press has learned that NASCAR warned teams during the offseason that public criticism of the sport would no longer be tolerated, and at least two star drivers have been fined—one as much as $50,000—for comments that were deemed destructive to the industry. Drivers all declined to publicly discuss the policy, but it shouldn’t come as any surprise�... more.

NASCAR officials are reviewing whether to punish Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski on the last lap of Saturday night's Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Speedway, multiple sources told ESPN.com. A decision will be made Tuesday or Wednesday. Edwards turned Keselowski sideways heading for the checkered flag on the straightaway coming off the final turn. The ... more.

Update: Randy Moss Motorsports Vice President Chip Wile denied that the team is on the auction block today, saying that no specific negotiations are ongoing, but admitting that “every team is probably for sale, at the right price.” Sources tell Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody that talks have taken place between RMM and Turner Motorsports owner Steve Turner about a me... more.

Via FOX Sports, There will be changes to the 2011 schedule. It’s just a matter of what makes sense for the sanctioning body, the TV partners and the tracks. While the Sprint Cup schedule is likely not to be shortened any time soon, the Nationwide schedule is under review. And by 2012, some Truck and NNS dates could move to weeknight shows. Certainly, the six tracks that have been mentioned... more.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. could barely crack a smile after his performance on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway – and this after the guy finished fourth. Most drivers would happily take a top-five finish without a second thought, but Earnhardt Jr. said he was "just so damn embarrassed about how we ran all night" and even apologized to his fans for not having a competitive car. Earn... more.

The Nationwide Series may have a new car this weekend in Daytona, but the Sprint Cup Series has something new of its own -- a new restrictor plate. The plate that'll be used for Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 will have 1 1/32-inch openings, the largest opening ever. With the new restrictor plate and the different aerodynamic package, including the new rear spoiler, who knows what will happen wh... more.

With a wider restrictor plate giving more speed and Daytona International Speedway's ancient pavement providing little grip for one last time, no less than nine drivers were upset after a three-car wreck in the first practice and a five-car melee on the backstretch midway through final practice forced seven teams to pull out backup cars. Kasey Kahne, David Ragan and Kyle Busch were all forced t... more.

Bobby Labonte, the 2000 Sprint Cup Series champion, plans to part ways with TRG Motorsports, sources said Tuesday. An announcement is expected Wednesday that Labonte has left the team. Labonte possibly could end up in the No. 7 Robby Gordon Motorsports car and run the full race this weekend at New Hampshire. Labonte drove seven races for the TRG Motorsports at the end of the 2009 season, and... more.

Kasey Kahne won the pole Friday at Infineon Raceway in the same car he drove to victory in last year's race on the road course. Kahne turned a lap of 93.893 mph around the 11-turn, 1.99-mile course in a Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. He knocked four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson from the pole. Johnson, who has never won on a road course, qualified second at 93.809 mph in... more.

Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody has learned that Casey Mears will not return to the #83 Red Bull Racing Toyota when the series returns to oval tracks at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 27. Road course expert Mattias Ekstrom will drive the car this weekend at Infineon Raceway, and no decision has been made on who will fill the seat for the remainder of the season.... more.

Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody has learned that Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., may not drive the #6 Roush Fenway Racing Nationwide Series Ford this weekend at Kentucky Speedway, and could be demoted to a part-time schedule or removed from the ride entirely. Stenhouse failed to qualify for last weekend’s race at Nashville Superspeedway, dropping to 25th place in the Nationwide ... more.

Via SPEED, While rumors swirl that David Ragan and sponsor UPS might be on the move, Roush Fenway Racing President Geoff Smith said he expects the No. 6 car to have the same driver and sponsor in 2011 as it does now. UPS has a contract through 2011 with Roush Fenway and Ragan has a contract that includes options for 2011. “I don’t know what point a rumor is gibberish, but that’s gibber... more.