When the men sitting around the hotel table in Daytona Beach, Florida, established the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) back in December of 1947, they probably never took into ...

A lot of components face wear and tear in a racecar during NASCAR races, and tires sit high on that list. Race tires are all about grip, not longevity. A NASCAR race tire has to put more than 750 ...

The red-lettered "Option" tire on Austin Dillon's No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in victory lane in the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway. / Peter Casey-Imagn Images It's official, ...

This season, NASCAR will bring back the option tires for the spring race at Phoenix. This will add a wrinkle to the race for teams to adjust strategies. We saw what the tire could do last season at ...

Imagine this: The NBA decides to change the basketball used for a playoff Game 7 but does not test the new ball beforehand, giving teams just 25 minutes of practice before the competition begins. That ...

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Over the past three-plus years, NASCAR has pored over the question of how to improve the quality of racing on short tracks, with countless theories proposed and ideas tested.

A senior NASCAR executive says “we’re baffled” why tires didn’t wear as much in last weekend’s Cup race at Bristol compared to the March event there. Kyle Larson led 462 of 500 laps and won last ...

NASCAR announced Thursday that it has adjusted the wet-weather tire procedure on ovals where applicable. Ovals where the wet-weather tire is used are Phoenix Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, New ...

Two-time Cup champion Joey Logano implored NASCAR on Tuesday to “do something now” with tires to improve short track races after last weekend’s event at Martinsville Speedway. Logano’s comments on ...

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night could be more about tires than side-by-side action and position battles for Playoff points. Coming into the 7:30 p.m. scheduled green ...