NASCAR News

Talladega Superspeedway officials have announced that the giant 2.66-mile oval is set to be repaved for the first time since 1979, and the project is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2006 UAW-Ford 500, race four in next year's Chase for the Championship.

Roger Penske's eponymous Nextel Cup organisation have announced that they will not run the #77 Dodge run in conjunction with Jasper Motorsport in the 2006 season.

NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader has been confirmed as the latest driver of the famous #21 Ford owned by the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team, the likeable journeyman aiming to end his full-time Nextel Cup career on a high with one of the most storied teams in the garage.

NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader has gone back on his decision to see out his Nextel Cup career with the #49 BAM Racing team, with team owner Beth Ann Morgenthau confirming current Busch Series driver Brent Sherman as the driver of the Schwan's sponsored Dodge for the 2006 season.

Evernham Motorsports will begin the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season with a radical new approach to its team structure as former crew chief and team boss Ray Evernham does away with his old post in place of three separate 'directors.'

Former Nextel Cup Series Champion Bobby Labonte will take the wheel of the most famous car of them all next year after signing a deal to drive the #43 Petty Enterprises Dodge alongside Kyle Petty.

Joe Gibbs Racing has plumbed for a second rookie driver for 2006 with confirmation that JJ Yeley will replace Bobby Labonte in the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet.

Robby Gordon's decision to use Dale Earnhardt Inc. prepared engines for the final two races of the 2005 season resulted in him taking his best oval course finish of the year on Sunday at the Phoenix International Raceway.

Bobby Labonte's departure from the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Interstate Batteries team may have handed JJ Yeley a Nextel Cup lifeline after the former single seater aspirant lost out to Denny Hamlin for the #11 FedEx sponsored ride.

Casey Mears has talked about his delight at being named as the full-time driver for Chip Ganassi's #42 Texaco/Havoline backed Dodge for the 2006 season, essentially becoming team leader for Ganassi's three-pronged attack on the 2006 championship.

Just six weeks ago, FedEx's first year as primary sponsors of the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing team looked little short of catastrophic as initial driver Jason Leffler battled with plenty of new team blues.

Jeff Gordon has reminded everyone that 26 year-old Steve Letarte will continue to be his Nextel Cup crew-chief for the 2006 season and that his performances to date atop the #24 Hendrick Motorsports pit box have continued to astound him.

Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage announced on Tuesday that the inaugural Dickies 500 on Sunday would have a purse in excess of $6.8 million, making it the richest payout in the two-year history of the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Kevin Harvick and the #29 Richard Childress Racing team will compete in this weekend's Dickies 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway with heavy hearts after Harvick's father-in-law John Paul Linville passed away earlier this week.

MB2 Motorsports has announced that two-time Daytona 500 champion Sterling Marlin has agreed to a multiyear contract to drive the team's No. 14 Chevrolet, beginning in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season.

More than a dozen Nextel Cup teams took to the repaired Atlanta Motor Speedway on Tuesday for the second of three days of testing at the 1.54-mile quad oval in preparation for the upcoming Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.

The hype of the Chase for the Nextel Cup and the poised positions of the ten championship contenders has translated into a sold out race at the Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Jimmie Johnson says that this Sunday's Subway 500 at the Martinsville Speedway will be very tough on his Hendrick Motorsports team as memories of last year's tragic plane crash return but while the pain is still there, the current co-championship leader believes his team is just as strong as it w

NASCAR has rejected an appeal by Kevin Harvick's crew-chief Todd Berrier against a fine and two race suspension following last month's race at the Talladega Superspeedway.

Just weeks after all but confirming that he would be staying with the #0 Haas CNC team for 2006, former Craftsman Truck Series champion Mike Bliss has been released from driving duties of the #0 NetZero Best Buy sponsored Chevrolet owned by Gene Haas.

Richard Childress has confirmed that Dave Blaney will leave the #07 Jack Daniels sponsored Chevrolet at the end of the current season with RCR's current Busch Series prot?g? Clint Bowyer graduating to the #07 in 2006.

Keith Duesenberg and Leik Motorsports has announced that Jay Sauter will drive the #01 Western Union Speed Team Chevrolet Monte Carlo for a minimum of 25 races in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season, with Dwayne Leik driving in selected events over the course of the year.

Western Union has announced that it is to team up with the newly formed Keith Duesenberg and Leik Motorsports team for an entry into the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series.

After another successful race weekend at Dover International Speedway last weekend, the rumour mill has again begun to turn.