NASCAR News

Look for Nextel Cup driver Jamie McMurray on a future episode of American drama 'The West Wing.' McMurray played the role of a winning driver in an episode of the series, which aired in the U.S. last week and he even got to plant a kiss on 'First Lady' Stockard Channing.

Bill Elliott will swap teams for next month's Bud Shootout at Daytona after agreeing to drive a retro paint-scheme Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi Racing in the traditional NASCAR season curtain raiser.

It's been a successful week of testing for MB2/MBV duo Joe Nemechek and Scott Riggs at Daytona. After two days of testing, they took time out for a chat... Q: Tell us about your success this week in testing.

Testing ahead of the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season is well into it's second week at Daytona International Raceway.

Robby Gordon has officially unveiled the first of four co-primary sponsors who will carry Robby Gordon Motorsports through their first NASCAR Nextel Cup campaign since 2000 with Fruit of the Loom stepping up from the Busch Series for nine races in 2005.

Morgan McClure Motorsports has been saved from possible extinction after coming to a deal with Lucas Oil, who will sponsor the famous #4 Chevrolet for the entire 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup campaign.

Although 2005 marks his final season as a fulltime Nextel Cup Series competitor, don't expect Mark Martin to cruise through it collecting tributes and parting gifts as he continues to drive for that elusive Nextel Cup Championship.

Roush Racing's Greg Biffle had a chance to familiarise himself with the new Daytona International Speedway infield during the recent Rolex 24 Hours Grand Am test at the newly renovated facility.

In what has to be the first of a kind in the world of Motorsport, the Nextel Cup drivers who win pole position at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2005 will be awarded with a unique Beretta firearm.

Independent and start-up Nextel Cup teams may find it harder than ever to break into the 43 car-starting field from 2005 onwards after NASCAR eliminated the use of 'provisional' starting spots and guaranteed its top 35 teams a place in every race.

Jack Roush may not have secured complete primary sponsorship for Carl Edwards' #99 team for 2005 but the double defending NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion owner has succeeded in getting new driver Carl Edwards a pair of part-time deals.

Pre-season testing got underway in earnest last week at the Daytona International Speedway where those drivers whose teams finished the 2004 season in odd numbered positions in the Nextel Cup owners table got their first chance to sample the 2005 rules package at the newly refurbished 2.5-mile Su

On the eve of the start of his final NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Mark Martin knows that he has just one more chance to capture two things that have eluded him during his long and storied career to date: A win in the Daytona 500 and a Nextel Cup title.

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series veteran Terry Labonte and long time drag racing veteran Lee Shepherd will be the next inductees into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame.

After almost 30 years, the legendary Dodge Charger will return to the track in 2005 as Dodge Motorsports reveals its modern-era version of the model for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series ahead of testing at Daytona.

Going into what will be his final NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Rusty Wallace believes that his final ace card in what has been a long and distinguished career could be crew-chief Larry Carter.

Bill Davis Racing has announced its driver and crew chief line-up for the upcoming Craftsman Truck Series.

Thirty-three year old racing instructor Chris Cook has been handed a dream NASCAR opportunity by Joe Nemechek, who has hired Cook to contest two Nextel Cup and two Busch Series races in 2005.

Chip Ganassi Racing's 'Young Guns' Casey Mears and Jamie McMurray have both been confirmed as part of Ganassi's three-pronged Rolex 24 Hour assault at Daytona.

Former driver and serving ARCA official Alfred (Al) Beale, Sr died suddenly last Thursday morning, December 23rd after falling ill at his home in Toledo, Ohio.

Many of 2004's independent Nextel Cup drivers and teams are already gearing up for a return to the grids in 2005, their enthusiasm unbarred despite a year that, for many, included far more lows than highs.

Before the first sounds of roaring engines filled the air and the first green flag fell at Talladega Superspeedway, Larry Johnson was hard at work at the now legendary track.

A special team will feature three NASCAR champion drivers from Ford and Roush Racing along with Scott Maxwell in a team dubbed as the 'Team of champions' for the Rolex 24 At Daytona race in early Febuary.

Frank Stoddard has joined MB/Sutton Motorsports as crew chief for the team's #36 Centrix Financial Chevrolet to be driven by Boris Said in a minimum of 10 races during the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. The newly-created team is part of the MB2 Motorsports umbrella.