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Monster Energy is reportedly getting the sponsorship rights to NASCAR’s No. 1 series at a per-year rate far less than what Sprint paid. According to a report from Sports Business Daily, Monster’s agreement to sponsor NASCAR’s Cup Series is a two-year agreement with an option for two more years. The energy drink company is reportedly paying $20 million per season, though NASCAR CEO Brian France said the numbers reported weren’t “accurate.”

In one of the more surreal scenes in recent NASCAR memory, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer set off a sequence of events during the Sunday Phoenix race that could have repercussions not just for next week, but for next season and the Sprint Cup championship.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR on Wednesday announced that it has added a wild-card element to setting the Chase for the Sprint Cup field and it has simplified its points system for 2011, making it easier for fans, competitors and the industry to understand. While the 12-driver Chase field remains intact, the final two spots will be determined by the number of victories during the first 26 races. The top 10 in points following Race No. 26 -- the "cutoff" race -- continue to earn Chase berths. Positions 11 and 12 are "wild-card" qualifiers and will go to non-top-10-ranked drivers...

. The Food City 500 Sunday 1:00 pm ET on FOX Bristol Motor Speedway SPEED Pre-race show at 10:00 ET FOX Pre-race show at 12:00 ET Green flag 1:13 ET The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops

The most advanced piece of technology in a Nascar vehicle these days isn't its engine, its suspension or anything made of carbon fiber. It's the motor oil. Joe Gibbs Racing, a team that owns three top-level Sprint Cup cars, has spent about $1 million a year over the past decade to perfect its motor oil. As a result, its engines have squeezed out an extra 10 horsepower, a roughly 2% increase that can be a serious advantage in Nascar races, where the typical margin of victory is about one second. With Nascar increasingly cracking down on the use of technology...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- NASCAR is trading the Christmas lights of New York for the neon of Las Vegas. The Sprint Cup postseason awards banquet, a fixture in Manhattan since in 1981, will be moved to Las Vegas for this season, sources have confirmed to NASCAR.COM. Although the venue is yet to be determined, the change has already been approved by NASCAR and is awaiting only final approval from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, a taxpayer-funded entity that has championed the move west.

I've set up a Yahoo league that is based on points. All drivers are available to all players all season, but the kicker is, you can't use a single driver more than 9 times.. You need a yahoo I.D. Log onto Yahoo, or create a new account, then cut and paste this site into your browser: http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto click "sign up now" enter your team name check all other options you'd like click "accept terms of service" click "continue" click "join a group" click "join a private group" Group I.D. is 18639 Password is "freeper" (all small letters) That's it..pick your...

LAST YEARS SHOOTOUT WINNER FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD WELCOME BACK RACEFANS FEBRUARY 7, 2009 ~ 8PM ET ON FOX The Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR's season-opening event, will return in 2009 as part of Budweiser's multi-year sponsorship renewal with Daytona International Speedway. Since its inception in 1979, the Budweiser Shootout has become one of the most anticipated events on the racing calendar for both drivers and fans. The race marks the start of a new NASCAR season and provides a benchmark for teams as they gear up for the annual Daytona 500. The race distance will be increased from 70 laps...

*** WELCOME NASCAR FANS - THIS WEEK WE ARE AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY SATURDAY NIGHT RACING ~ WOOHOO ~ April 12, 2008 ~ FOX 8:00pm/et ROLL IN THE HAULERS STRAP THOSE SHOES ON TIGHT DON'T SHOOT THE CAR Qualifying: Thursday, April 10 at 8:00pm/et, TV-SPEED [MAKE YOUR FANTASY PICKS WEDNESDAY NIGHT] Practices: Thursday, April 10, 4:15 - 5:45pm/et, TV-SPEED; Friday, April 11, 6:45 - 7:30pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour Practice: Friday, April 11, 8:00 - 9:00pm/et on TV-SPEED

WELCOME TO TEXAS *** Samsung 500 (334 Laps, 501 Miles ~ Sunday, April 06, 2008 - TV: Fox 1:30 PM/ET ~ green flag 2:15 ET Amdro Fire Strike Pre-Race Show starring, the Doobie Brothers *** Nationwide Series O'Reilly 300 (200 Laps, 300 Miles / TV: ESPN2 ~ Saturday, April 05, 2008 ~ 2:30PM Nationwide Series Live from Texas on ESPN2: After a weekend off, the Nationwide Series returns to action this weekend and ESPN2 will have live, flag-to-flag coverage of the 300-mile race from Texas Motor Speedway Saturday, April 5, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET with NASCAR Countdown. The...

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, March 16, for the Food City 500. One Dale is in a new ride and another Dale is competing in his final season. The last two Sprint Cup races saw two first-time Bristol Cup Series winners, in Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards. Who'll take home that big ol' Bristol Food City 500 trophy this year? The Food City 500 is part of a spectacular Bristol race weekend, which includes the Sharpie MINI 300 Nationwide Series race (March 15) as well as Pole Day (March 14).

Where California's second race date should be? Vegas, Baby!!!

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- The future of NASCAR's oldest major speedway sits on Chris Browning's desk, in the form of a thick, ring-bound booklet packed with timelines, blueprints, architects' renderings, and maps. The president of Darlington Raceway reaches into his five-year master plan and pulls out a graphic of a two-story, barn-styled garage complex, complete with a fan observation area, that may one day grace the infield of this revered 57-year-old track.