Speedway Motorsports Inc.’s overall revenue declined by 9.9 percent in 2009, including a 13.3 percent drop in ticket revenue, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Michael Waltrip has a ride for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway April 25 as Aaron’s will sponsor Waltrip, who will drive the No. 55 car for Prism Motorsports.

Four races into its new “Boys, have at it” era, NASCAR officials have a dilemma on their hands. Should they penalize Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday or let him get away with one of the most blatant acts the sport has seen in some time?

Now that drivers have seen how NASCAR responded to the Carl Edwards-Brad Keselowski incident at Atlanta, they at least have an idea of what NASCAR officials meant when they said earlier this year that they were going to loosen the reins on drivers.

Robby Gordon Motorsports is one of three Sprint Cup teams currently guaranteed a starting spot each week based on 2009 owner points, but is in danger of losing that protection heading into next week’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Seven months of negotiations have put NASCAR and its top teams in position to create the first NASCAR Properties, a trust that will serve as a centralized licensing agency for the sport.

The former brother-in-law of suspended Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield was one of two crewmen suspended Tuesday for violating NASCAR’s substance-abuse policy. William David Keith, brother of Mayfield’s first wife and the spotter for Front Row Motorsports’ David Gilliland, was one of the two crewmen suspended Tuesday. The other was Matthew Huffstetler, a crew member for the Daisy Ramirez Motorsports No. 1 Truck series team.