NASCAR News

Ricky Rudd's Wood Brothers team was the subject of one of the most novel methods of communication in NASCAR's history last weekend, as crew chief Michael 'Fatback' McSwain called the Auto Club 500 from his North Carolina home, more than 2000 miles from the race itself.

Phoenix International Raceway along with Banner Desert Health and the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) will work together to send three local children to the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman, North Carolina.

General Motors has announced that Mark Kent will be taking over as its new director of racing. Kent, who replaces the outgoing Doug Duchardt, will oversee engineering and marketing activities for all of General Motors motorsports programmes, which includes the IRL, NASCAR and Grand Am.

With 12 caution periods and a total race time of nearly four hours, there weren't many of the 43 starters who crossed the finishing line with all four fenders intact at the conclusion of Sunday's Daytona 500.

Mike Bliss didn't survive Sunday's Daytona 500 unscathed, but was still able to score a lead-lap, top 20 finish for the #0 Hass CNC Racing team.

After his emotional declaration on Thursday that his back-up car couldn't win the Daytona 500, Mark Martin's Roush Racing crew put in a mammoth effort to rebuild the primary #6 Viagra Ford that was all but destroyed in Martin's Gatorade duel clash.

Complete starting line-up for the 2005 Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway.

Tony Stewart averted a multi-car crash and a charging Jeff Burton to win the second of two Gatorade Duel NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Daytona 500 qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway.

Every single grandstand seat surrounding the monstrous 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for Sunday's Daytona 500 has been sold, according to track officials.

A study by the James Madison University in Virginia has revealed that NASCAR fans are more aware of the corporate impact on their sport than the other 'major league' sports in the United States with nearly half of the total number of fans studied choosing their own products based on a brands invo

Defending Daytona 500 Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. was far from satisfied with his effort in Sunday's Bud Pole qualifying session at Daytona, setting the 39th fastest speed in a car that, by his own admission, just didn't have enough horsepower.

Dale Jarrett will start the Daytona 500 from pole position for the third time in his career after outpacing no less than 56 other hopefuls in a mammoth three-hour Bud Pole qualifying session in Florida on Sunday.

Actor Matthew McConaughey has been named Grand Marshal for the 47th annual Daytona 500.

The 47th annual Daytona 500 will carry the biggest purse in the history of stock car racing at more than $17 million.

Hollywood stuntman/racing driver Stanton Barrett has signed a sponsorship deal with First Trust Portfolios that will enable him to tackle both the Daytona 500 and supporting Busch Series event next weekend.

NASCAR Nextel Cup stars Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty stepped up their preparation for the 'marathon' that is the forthcoming season by.... taking part in a marathon of another sort.

The most successful driver in terms of race wins in Busch Series history, Mark Martin, will round out his Busch career in the final round of the 2005 series at Homestead with team owner Jack Roush.

Nicorette gum will become the first specific anti-smoking product to sponsor a NASCAR Nextel Cup effort when it provides primary backing to Casey Mears' #41 Chip Ganassi Racing team later this year.

Chip Ganassi has re-affirmed his faith in veteran driver Sterling Marlin despite a sub-par 2004, stating that the double Daytona 500 winner and his #40 Coors Light team is the backbone of his Nextel Cup operation.

Roush Racing has revealed that Greg Biffle's #16 National Guard Ford Taurus will have a new associate sponsor for the forthcoming Nextel Cup season, with the Post-it brand joining the line-up.

Jack Roush has added another piece to the complicated sponsorship jigsaw puzzle that is his #99 Ford driven by Carl Edwards by agreeing a nine race deal with 'The Scotts Company' for 2005.

Brian Vickers' #25 Hendrick Motorsports team have picked up a major associate sponsor in the form of cosmetics firm Garnier Fructis. The deal marks the first foray into motorsports by Garnier Fructis, which is owned by L'Oreal USA.

After spending the majority of last week testing his new #22 Bill Davis Racing Dodge Charger at Daytona, Scott Wimmer spent most of the weekend piloting a snowmobile in Wisconsin, having some fun and helping to raise money for his late friend's memorial benefit.

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.