Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, died Wednesday

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison died on Saturday at his home in North Carolina. He was 86 years old. 

“GMA” caught up with the women of NASCAR who are creating their own lane and inspiring the next generation to take the wheel.

Rajah Caruth, 22, whose love of racing began at the age of 4, discusses his hopes to make a real change in the sport.

The driver crashed into two others during the final lap to win at Richmond Raceway on Sunday.

The driver crossed the finish line during the second annual event, which faced delays because of rain.

Forty drivers are set to compete in NASCAR’s street race in the Windy City. WLS' Stephanie Wade reports from the pit stop.

Steady rain and gusty winds in Florida prompted NASCAR to delay the start of the iconic Daytona 500 race until Monday, officials said.

The back of NASCAR driver Zane Smith’s truck struck pit crew member Charles Plank at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama on Saturday.

Officials cleared him to race at Darlington after his car barrel-rolled at Daytona last week.

Shane Van Gisbergen took home his first win at the NASCAR Cup Series in Grant Park on Sunday afternoon.

Chicago is ready to rev up for the first ever street race in NASCAR’s 75 year history.

Stenhouse held off reigning NASCAR champ Joey Logano to win his first-ever Daytona 500.

Plus, Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February.

Bobby East was stabbed and killed at a gas station outside Los Angeles, police said.

Police fatally shot a suspect in the stabbing while executing a search warrant on Friday, officials said.

Authorities said Bobby East was killed this week at a California gas station.

There are currently no female drivers competing at NASCAR's highest level.

NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace called on the sport to be more inclusive. ESPN’s new documentary “Fistful of Steel” goes one-on-one with Wallace who has become an unlikely advocate for social justice.

How Brehanna Daniels is breaking barriers by being NASCAR’s first black woman pit crew member.

Brehanna Daniels broke down barriers in 2017 when she became the first Black woman pit crew member. Dion Williams helps recruit former college athletes for NASCAR’s “Drive for Diversity” program.

Brehanna Daniels makes history at NASCAR as 1st Black woman pit member.

Brehanna Daniels, the first Black woman tire changer in NASCAR’s history, is forging a path to increase diversity in race cars, pit crews and NASCAR stands.

Toni Breidinger talks about her drive for diversity and paving her way in a white, male dominated sport.

As the United States celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the Indianapolis 500 had the largest crowd gathered in the country since COVID began.

Around 135,000 people will pack the stands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday in what is expected to be the largest crowd for an American event since the start of the pandemic.

NASCAR President Steve Phelps joins "GMA" with the storyline to know about for Daytona 500.

The reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion previews the big race and talks about the changes due to the pandemic.

As the Daytona 500 approaches, Disney is celebrating “Cars Week” by debuting new toys and new looks for the characters from the hit Pixar films.

Former NASCAR driver opens up about being 1 of only 7 black drivers

Janai Norman reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.

Busch brings the speedway into his living room to race against his family in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin have partnered for a new single-car NASCAR Cup series team with driver Bubba Wallace.

The North Carolina native announced his team in partnership with NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and the sport’s only full time Black driver Bubba Wallace.

Ryan Newman returned to Daytona International Speedway for the first time after his crash six months ago at the Daytona 500 when his car was flipped and he had to be cut out of the car.

Armani Williams learned about his autism diagnosis at around 7 years old and is now the first NASCAR driver openly diagnosed on the autism spectrum.

Rajah Caruth, 18, plans to attend Winston-Salem State University and make a splash on the NASCAR scene.

Wallace discusses the support he’s getting from fans in recent weeks.

The FBI has completed its investigation into a noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway earlier this week and is not filing any federal charges.

Bubba Wallace shared his thoughts on Twitter after the FBI concluded he was not the target of a hate crime when a rope fashioned like a noose was found in his garage.

NASCAR president Steve Phelps said “the noose was real” and was the only one found in a sweep of nearly 1,700 garages at 29 tracks.

The sport’s only full-time Black driver was not the target of a hate crime but told ESPN his crew member who reported the rope fashioned like a noose did his research first.

The reported noose found in Wallace's garage stall was a garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose not directed at Wallace, officials said.

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace talks about racism beyond the sport and how he hopes to educate people through his own experience after the Talladega noose incident.

The FBI determined that the garage door pull-rope had been mistaken for a noose and that it had been there since at least last fall. Wallace was assigned to the garage last week.

The FBI cited surveillance that showed the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose was in the Talladega Superspeedway garage before Bubba Wallace and the 43 car team arrived.

NASCAR’s only top-ranked black driver opens up about the incident and how it has reinforced his commitment to social change.

Brad Keslowski and Brehanna Daniels speak out on “GMA” about the noose found in Wallace’s garage stall and how NASCAR is showing support for Wallace.

NASCAR said Sunday that a noose was found in the garage stall of a Black driver who had called for removing the Confederate flag from circuit events.

Drivers and their crew teams walked as one to push Wallace’s car down the track just 24 hours after a noose was found in his garage stall.