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For the first time in NASCAR history, Kyle Busch set a new record for having won two races in the same day; under the lights with a dominating Nationwide race victory after having won the Camping World Truck series race earlier at the Auto Club Speedway. Full story...

Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of the UK's biggest auto union, Unite, has written to the chairman of BMW's board of management to protest his union's "outrage" at the manner in which 330 BMW agency workers were summarily sacked from the Oxford Mini plant earlier this week - and has warned the automaker there would be no further repeats of last Monday's "disgraceful sackings". Full story...

Audi Motorsport has decided to release one official photo of its stunning new LMP1 endurance race car, the R15 which will compete in the Sebring and Le Mans endurance events. Full story...

McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton lends his support to the new Formula Kart Stars Championship. Full story...

Audi Motorsport has decided to release one official photo of its stunning new LMP1 endurance race car, the R15 which will compete in the Sebring and Le Mans endurance events. Full story...

McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton lends his support to the new Formula Kart Stars Championship. Full story...

Racer. Pilot. Tuner. Jack Roush has worn a lot of hats in his five decades in the car business, and on Sunday, he earned perhaps the most coveted title: Daytona 500 champion. Full story...

Yates Racing has announced that Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, will sponsor the #28 Ford Fusion driven by Travis Kvapil. Full story...

Yates Racing has announced that Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, will sponsor the #28 Ford Fusion driven by Travis Kvapil. Full story...

TRG Motorsports, after failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, has decided to hire veteran driver David Gilliland to try and get back into the Top-35 by the fifth race of the year. Full story...

Probably because the rain-shortened race missed out on the final laps that typically draw the most viewers, the Daytona 500's television ratings were down. Full story...

Most US auto eyes will be on Washington DC this afternoon (GMT) when General Motors and Chrysler submit final restructuring/viability plans to the US treasury as part of the conditions of a first tranche of bailout loans at the turn of the year, and more help expected to be made available today. But nervous eyes will be watching from this side of the Atlantic, too as GM's European brands brace for the effects of the parent company's survival plan. Full story...

General Motors is to present a survival plan to the U.S. government today, showing officials how it plans to cut costs and pay back billions of dollars of bailout loans. Full story...

BMW early on Monday confirmed weekend newspaper reports it would axe weekend working at its Mini Plant Oxford here in the UK, with the loss of 850 temporary workers. The plant union said the way the cuts had been announced was "disgraceful". Full story...

For many race fans, the unveiling of the Peugeot line-up for the endurance series last week was not welcomed news. Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta, the former teammates at BAR F1 in 1999, would not be back this season. Full story...

For many race fans, the unveiling of the Peugeot line-up for the endurance series last week was not welcomed news. Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta, the former teammates at BAR F1 in 1999, would not be back this season. Full story...

For many race fans, the unveiling of the Peugeot line-up for the endurance series last week was not welcomed news. Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta, the former teammates at BAR F1 in 1999, would not be back this season. Full story...

Team Williams will not deploy KERS technology until after at least the first six races of 2009, according to team driver Nico Rosberg. Full story...

The NASCAR governing body has decided to modify the rules regarding restarts during a race in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series ahead of the 2009 season. Full story...

If it had not been for Tony Stewart's win (Chevy No 80), the first race of the NASCAR Nationwide 2009 season could very well had been a carryover from last year's season. Full story...