This weekend's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the end of an era for one of NASCAR's most enduring, popular and successful icons - the Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS.
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Less than half way into Sunday's 90-lap Sirius at the Glen, Tony Stewart's #20 Joe Gibbs Racing crew had Boris Said sitting in Stewart's back-up Home Depot Chevrolet to see if the versatile road course ace could squeeze his lanky frame into the cockpit of the #20 machine should an increasingly il
It was gut check time for Tony Stewart in Sunday's Sirius At The Glen NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International - literally.
In the midst of another dire season, NASCAR's most famous team, Petty Enterprises, have had a major shake-up prior to this weekend's Sirius at the Glen that will result in both Jeff Green and Kyle Petty having new crew chiefs.
Jeff Gordon earned an unprecedented fourth Brickyard 400 victory on Sunday with a dominating performance in a wild, tumultuous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Two of NASCAR's elder statesmen will attempt to debut new teams this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Geoffrey Bodine and former Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope both make a run at the Brickyard 400.
Dale Earnhardt Jr lasted until lap 52 of 200 in Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 before a combination of cramp in his recently burned leg and a virtually undriveable racecar saw him reluctantly hand the controls of his #8 Budweiser Chevrolet over to relief driver John Andretti.
Joe Nemechek dominated the opening 30 laps of Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 in a manner that only eventual winner Jimmie Johnson was able to replicate during the remaining 170 tours of the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway before 'Front Row Joe' discovered that he only had third gear at his disposal.
Ward Burton looked set to score his best result of the year and the best ever for his second year Hass CNC Racing outfit in Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 at the Pocono Raceway before a late race transmission failure ended their day.
Jimmie Johnson was once again unbeatable at the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway on Sunday, dominating his second straight Nextel Cup event there, increase his points lead and give his #48 Hendrick Motorsport team a major boost after a tough couple of weeks away from the track for team boss Rick Hendrick.
Tony Stewart is on a roll. With three straight top-five finishes that included a win at the Chicagoland Speedway, the driver of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing is settling nicely into his traditional second-half surge.
Dale Earnhardt Jr drove through the pain barrier for 60 laps in Sunday's Siemens 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway before the first of 12 caution periods allowed him to hand the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet over to Busch Series driver Martin Truex Jr.
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series testing will resumes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today (Monday) with 12 drivers, including past Brickyard 400 winners Dale Jarrett and Bill Elliott and former NASCAR champions Tony Stewart and Terry Labonte, scheduled to test.
It has been confirmed that Michael Waltrip and primary sponsors NAPA will return to Dale Earnhardt Incorporated for the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series after a series of strong races by the double Daytona 500 winner.
Tony Stewart had plenty to talk about at the end of Sunday's Tropicana 400, for although he was the dominant driver at the Chicagoland Speedway, the road to Victory Lane was far from smooth.
1985 Pepsi Firecracker 400 winner Greg Sacks will attempt to make his first NASCAR Cup Series start in more than six years this weekend at the Chicagoland Speedway in a new team owned by James Wilsburg.
Double Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip announced this afternoon he will run the Las Vegas Marathon on January 30, 2005, and has made a commitment to raise $1 million benefiting Victory Junction Gang Camp in an effort called "Operation Marathon, Going the Distance for Kids."
Although the Pepsi 400 victory went to Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Incorporated didn't leave the Daytona International Speedway winless after Michael Waltrip's #15 NAPA pit crew scooped the honours in the latest round of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by Powerade.
Former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion and perennial fan favourite Bill Elliott will make just his third points start of the season in August's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with backing from new NASCAR sponsors Visteon.
Bill Elliott, Ray Evernham and Visteon's Greg Gyllstrom take questions about Elliott's return to NASCAR Nextel Cup action with Visteon backing in this year's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Kerry Earnhardt, elder brother of current NASCAR Nextel Cup points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr, will attempt to qualify for Sunday's DHL 400 at the Michigan International Speedway in a fourth Chevrolet Monte Carlo entered by Richard Childress Racing.
Legendary singer/songwriter Bob Weir will sing the national anthem at Infineon Raceway for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event next weekend.
Michigan International Speedway may not be the best NASCAR Nextel Cup venue for Ricky Craven to start a season-turnaround with the #32 PPI Motorsports Tide team for in 14 career NASCAR Cup starts at the two-mile venue, he has but one top five and two top ten finishes.
Arnold Motorsports have announced that they will feature the NASCAR Day logo on their No. 50 Dodge Intrepid this weekend at Michigan International Speedway with driver PJ Jones.