North Carolina’s victory against hated Duke was also the final game on home court for Tyler Hansbrough, the university’s all-time leading scorer....

Matt Kenseth drove from the back of the field Sunday to take the lead minutes before the race was stopped by rain....

Change has come to Nascar in 2009, not by popular demand but by economic necessity. And it has cut deeply into the fabric of the sport....

Can Jeff Gordon rebound from a winless 2008 and perform as he did in 2007, when he won six races and gave Jimmie Johnson a run for the championship before finishing second?...

O. Bruton Smith has used leverage, power, money and a born salesman’s bulldog drive to build drag strips, racetracks and an assortment of companies that have made him a billionaire....

Petty Enterprises has moved from Level Cross, N.C., to just north of Charlotte in Mooresville, a town that bills itself as Race City USA and is a hub for the Nascar racing community....

Ryan Newman’s victory Sunday gave team owner Roger Penske his first victory in the Daytona 500....

Ryan Newman and his No. 12 Dodge blew past Tony Stewart on the final lap and held on to win the 50th running of the Daytona 500....

Nascar wants the drivers in its premier Sprint Cup series to show more emotion this season as a way to lure back fans who may have soured on the sport....

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s victory in the first qualifying race at Daytona established him as the leading contender going into the Daytona 500....