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Ryan Norys, formerly of Serie A club Roma and Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, is leaving to take up a new role at Moto GP.

Practice starts Thursday as the paddock makes room for a day of national mourning, then heads 4,100 miles to race in Malaysia a week later ...

Just two years ago, this sort of incident was bringing $75,000 fines. Now, NASCAR has a new attitude toward driver fights.

Hadjar missed three races with a wrist injury but returns for this weekend's grand prix.

"We're not going to encourage fighting, but what we are going to encourage is passion," NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell said Monday.

Blaney went on fellow driver Denny Hamlin's podcast on Monday to give his side of Saturday night's scuffle with Hocevar.

Carson Hocevar punched an angry Ryan Blaney twice on pit road following a contentious incident in Saturday night's NASCAR race at Bristol.

NASCAR will review options after a pit road wreck last week nearly injured crew members during an O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race.

Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi preview the Bristol Night Race, which is the third race in the Chase.

Everyone has incentive every week. The focus is on the drivers at the top, not the cutline. So far, NASCAR's Chase format has done the job.