NASCAR News

Texaco Havoline Racing together with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced today that rookie sensation driver Jamie McMurray will pilot the #42 Havoline Dodge in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series with veteran Donnie Wingo performing the crew chief duties.

Bill Davis Racing has promoted Chris Rice to the position of crew chief for Scott Wimmer's 2003 NASCAR Busch Series effort. Rice joined Bill Davis Racing during the 2002 season as the shock specialist for the No. 23 NASCAR Winston Cup team and Davis feels Rice is ready for the job.

Driver turned team owner Ricky Hendrick has announced his first driver hiring since taking over the reigns of the #5 Hendrick Motorsports GMAC Busch Series team and it is teenager Brian Vickers who gets the nod.

Two multi-car NASCAR Winston Cup teams are currently facing an uncertain future as they head into the Christmas season without a single confirmed primary sponsor between them.

Morgan Shepherd and the Victory In Jesus Racing Team have confirmed their preliminary plans for the 2003 season, in which they hope to contest both the Craftsman Truck and Winston Cup series.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced today that Casey Mears will drive the No. 41 Target Dodge in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Larry Foyt took his first laps in a NASCAR Winston Cup car Monday at Caraway Speedway, a .455-mile banked oval in Asheboro, North Carolina.

Cabarrus County, the 'racing side of Charlotte' and just 15 minutes north of Lowe's Motor Speedway, has a new destination with special meaning to Dale Earnhardt Sr fans.

Veteran crew chief Mike Beam will be calling the shots in 2003 for Jeff Green and Richard Childress Racing's [RCR] No. 30 America Online team.

NASCAR Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart won both the USAC Midget and Sprint car finales at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night.

Following the death of Imperial Palace casino owner and Las Vegas Motor Speedway co-developer, Ralph Engelstad, Chris Powell, president and general manager of the facility has issued a tribute.

From 'The Professor', to the mad professor; ever wonder what Alain Prost's been up to since the demise of his Formula One team? One thing he has been doing is taking a serious look at the American NASCAR series...

Todd Bodine has successfully undergone endothscopic back surgery to repair a ruptured (L5S1) disc that kept him from competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Penske Racing's Ryan Newman finished top of the Rookie standings following his 22nd top ten finish of the 2002 season in Sunday's Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Robert "Bootie" Barker has been named as crew chief for the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Ford Team and driver Dave Blaney.

Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that it has hired Mike Bliss to drive the No. 20 Rockwell Automation / JGR Chevrolet for the 2003 NASCAR Busch season.

Four times Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon will be in a very unfamiliar position at the start of Sunday's Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, mired back amongst the Provisional starters for the first time in his ten-year Winston Cup career.

Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, today announced the signings of driver Joe Nemechek and crew chief Peter Sospenzo, who will each return to their respective roles with No. 25 UAW-Delphi team in 2003.

Veteran road-racer Ron Fellows has signed a contract with Dale Earnhardt Inc. to compete in both 2003 Winston Cup road races at Sears Point and Watkins Glen in a fourth DEI prepared Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Todd Bodine and the Excedrin QuickTabs Racing team head to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the final event on the 2002 NASCAR Busch Series schedule.

In what will be Jesel Motorsports' last race with GNC on the hood and quarter panels and possibly Hank Parker Jr's last race behind the wheel of the #36 Dodge Intrepid both team and driver are going all out for victory in Saturday's Busch Series season finale.

In one of the biggest weekends ever in the history of DeWalt Power Tools as a Winston Cup Series sponsor, Matt Kenseth came away with a season-high fifth victory and one lucky fan earned a Million dollars for his quick handywork with DeWalt tools.

Full results from Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway, round 35 of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Sirius Satellite Radio, the premier satellite radio provider, and Ultra Motorsports today named Jason Leffler as the interim driver of the #7 Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge Intrepid R/T.