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Jason Leffler's greatest achievement could not be attained at any racetrack. Leffler, the man who "was easy to love," was a father first to his 5-year-old son, Charlie.

Welcome to SportsNation! On Thursday, ESPN.com NASCAR reporter David Newton will stop by to talk about all the latest news and notes from the track. Newton covers motorsports for ESPN.com after a career covering the NFL, college athletics and NASCAR....

Daytona International Speedway will have shrunk by 46,000 seats and eliminated the backstretch grandstands when it completes a three-year, $370 million to $400 million renovation set to begin after the July 6 Sprint Cup race in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Carl Edwards understood when Greg Biffle wouldn't give up a big lead with about 40 laps remaining in Sunday's Sprint Cup race. Edwards' issue with his Roush Fenway Racing teammate came around lap 70.

Ford has been struggling to find speed all season. Greg Biffle had plenty on Sunday, winning for the second straight time at Michigan and handing the manufacturer its 1,000th victory.

Team owner Rick Hendrick hopes to put Chase Elliott, the 17-year-old son of 1988 Cup champion Bill Elliott, in a Nationwide Series car in 2014.

The sponsor Hendrick Motorsports is close to signing to a multi-year deal for Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be new to NASCAR.

Team owner Roger Penske will not ask Brad Keselowski to tone down after a tumultuous week in the media for the reigning Sprint Cup champion.

To show he is a true championship contender, Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs to start winning races. Michigan, site of his past two Cup victories, is a good place to start.

-- The funeral service for NASCAR driver Jason Leffler will be held on Wednesday in Cornelius, N.C.

Jason Leffler's death at a dirt track in New Jersey on Wednesday raised safety questions about Eldora Speedway which is hosting a NASCAR Truck Series event in July.

A week after decreasing power in favor of durability, Toyota Racing Development is adjusting engines on some of the six Sprint Cup cars it supplies to recapture speed.

Defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski says there is a reason Penske Racing and Roush Fenway Racing have been slow to share information this season.

The loss of Jason Leffler will be on the minds of Sprint Cup drivers this weekend at Michigan. But they'll strap in and fire up their race cars just like any other Sunday. It's what they do.

New Jersey State Police on Thursday were trying to determine what caused the dirt track crash that killed NASCAR driver Jason Leffler on Wednesday night.

The owner of Hendrick Motorsports is "very close" to reaching a deal for the 13 unsponsored Sprint Cup races on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 car, the Charlotte Observer reported.