NASCAR News

Elliott Sadler's pit crew won the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by PowerAde on Sunday at Kansas Speedway, lifting the #38 Robert Yates Racing crew into top spot in the overall season standings.

Since his Kansas City sweep of winning the Busch and Nextel Cup races last weekend and capturing back-to-back Bud Poles, the number of monikers have increased for Joe Nemechek.

Kyle Busch will contend for the 2005 Nextel Cup Raybestos Rookie of the Year Championship in the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet as the younger brother of current Nextel Cup points leader Kurt Busch steps into Terry Labonte's shoes.

Terry Labonte announced his plan for retirement during a special media breakfast at Hendrick Motorsports on Tuesday. Hosted by Fox's Mike Joy, featured guest speakers included NASCAR's Mike Helton, Team Owner Rick Hendrick, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, and Ken Schrader.

A jubilant Joe Nemechek called it a dream weekend after he won Sunday's Banquet 400 Nextel Cup race at the Kansas Speedway.

Nextel Cup aspirant Clint Bowyer has been added to the list of drivers to have piloted the recognisable ACDelco Chevrolet in the supporting Busch Series, following a deal to join Richard Childress racing for 2005.

Nextel Cup sponsor GM Goodwrench has taken the wraps off the Daytona 500 paintscheme that it will use to off its 20th anniversary with Richard Childress Racing.

Cup Series race winner John Andretti looks set to return to the top flight of NASCAR competition after Busch Series team ppc Racing secured sponsorship to complete the final few races of the 2004 season, and a full-time assault on the series next year.

Victory Brand, the sponsor of ppc Racing's new Nextel Cup operation, has vowed to take a responsible approach to promotional activities relating to its backing of John Andretti's Ford entry.

A four letter word during his post race victory celebration last Sunday at the Talladega Superspeedway has cost Dale Earnhardt Jr ten thousand dollars and 25 NASCAR Nextel Cup points.

BAM Racing have announced the addition of David Hyder as the new crew chief of the #49 Schwan's Home Service Dodge driven by NASCAR veteran Ken Schrader.

Tony Stewart spent much of Sunday's EA Sports 500 Nextel Cup Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway biding his time at the back of the field, waiting until the last 40 laps of the 188-lap contest to make his run to the front.

A last second decision to take two tyres on his final stop helped set up a stunning victory for Dale Earnhardt Jr in Sunday's EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway, the ever popular driver moving from eleventh to first in the final six laps to claim his fifth career Cup win at the 2.66-mil

Ricky Craven has been handed a one-race Nextel Cup lifeline with Joe Gibbs Racing for this Sunday's EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway as he takes the wheel of the team's #11 Old Spice Chevrolet .

In the fall of 2002, Tony Stewart left Talladega Superspeedway as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series point leader.

Tony Stewart believes NASCAR should do away with their controversial restrictor plate engines after Rusty Wallace ran an unofficial lap of nearly 230mph around the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway using an unrestricted engine earlier this year.

Michael Waltrip enters this weekend's EA Sports 500 as the defending race Champion and although luck has rarely been on the side of the highly entertaining veteran driver this year, Sunday could be Waltrip's turn to have some good luck for a change.

Robby Gordon has been placed on probation by Richard Childress Racing for the rest of the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series season following the controversial Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire last weekend.

Globally renowned jeans manufacturer Lee Jeans will provide primary sponsorship for the #51 Competitive Edge Motorsports Chevrolet this weekend at the Dover International Speedway, marking a coup for the first year, part-time team.

Sterling Marlin may not have been a contender for a NASCAR Nextel Cup victory on the track for several months now, but his #40 Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew proved their winning pedigree during Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire.

If the sight of 43 stock-cars pounding around the 'Monster Mile' this Sunday wasn't enough to whet your appetite, news that the recently crowned Miss America will be gracing the Dover International Speedway as grand marshal for the MBNA America 400 will surely get you going.

The inaugural autumn NASCAR Nextel Cup race at the Texas Motor Speedway will begin life known as the Dickies 500 as the Fort-Worth circuit continues to attract sponsor dollars from locally based firms.

With three wins, seven top-10s and a total of 621 laps led in 12 career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races at Richmond International Raceway, the three-quarter mile oval has arguably become Tony Stewart's best track. But in Saturday night's Chevy Rock & Roll 400, it sure didn't seem that way.

Martin Truex Jr will make his first official attempt at a NASCAR Nextel Cup race next weekend at the New Hampshire International Speedway, the site of his un-official Cup debut in July.