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Gordon crew pockets win in Atlanta.
The #31 pit crew of Robby Gordon squeaked by Dale Earnhardt Jr's line-up to capture the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade in Sunday's 500-mile Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Riggs to drive Globetrotters Chevy in Bristol.
Scott Riggs's regular Valvoline livery will make way for a new look as his team pays tribute to the 'flash and dash' of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball squad with a specially prepared red, white and blue #10 Chevrolet at the 28 March Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Q&A: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr led when it mattered on Sunday, adding the Golden Coral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to his emotionally-charged victory in the season-opening Daytona 500.
Harvick collects Brickyard ring.
When Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 from the pole last August, he claims it helped him slip out from the under the 'shadow you'll never get rid of'.
'Field fillers' days numbered?
NASCAR is poised to eliminate opportunities for occasional racers to make the field in Nextel Cup Series events, following a sub-standard turn-out at last weekend's Rockingham round.
Gear trouble accounts for NAPA car.
"Racing at The Rock was disappointing," declared Michael Waltrip after his 33rd-place finish in Sunday's Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway, adding to the disappointment of his dramatic Daytona exit.
Burton posts first top ten for NetZero.
It may only have been the second event of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, NetZero Chevrolet driver Ward Burton has already put his name in the Haas CNC Racing record books.

USAF Thunderbirds to flyover Las Vegas MSpeedway.
Race fans attending the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will get a rare treat when the United States Air Force Thunderbirds do a Delta Formation flyover prior to the March 7 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event.
Q&A: Ricky Craven and Dave Charpentier.
Ricky Craven, driver of the #32 Tide Chevrolet, returns to North Carolina Speedway this weekend - the track where he made his very first NASCAR Cup start on October 20, 1991. Craven has scored one pole, six top-fives and nine top-10s in 18 starts at the 1-mile track.
Harvick: NCS is probably my worst racetrack.
GM Goodwrench driver Kevin Harvick is coming off of two hard weeks of racing at Daytona International Speedway. All he wants to do right now is relax, but he knows that's not going to happen because the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season has only just begun.

Strong start for Stewart in 2004.
The only other time Tony Stewart was ever satisfied with a second-place finish was on October 6, 2002, when his runner-up effort to Dale Earnhardt Jr., at Talladega vaulted him into the NASCAR Winston Cup Series point lead, and eventually, the championship.

This is the greatest day of my life, says Dale Jr.
Daytona International Speedway's victory lane became a stable for Clydesdales on Sunday, as Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the #8 Budweiser team won the Great American Race, the Daytona 500.

<I>NASN</I> kicks off coverage with Daytona 500.
The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series will be screened on NASN - the North American Sports Network - starting with live and exclusive coverage of the Daytona 500 this Sunday.
Menard opens quest for Busch rookie title.
Paul Menard embarks on his first full season of NASCAR Busch Series racing as driver of the #33 Menards Chevrolet this weekend, as the year opens with the Hershey's Kisses 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
Lepage lands backing from <I>YOKE.TV</I>
Morgan-McLure Motorsports opened the Daytona Speedweeks NASCAR party with news that it had secured sponsorship from YOKE TV.com for the #4 Nextel Cup entry of Kevin Lepage.
<I>SPEED</I> adds Stremme to reality show 'cast'.
NASCAR Busch Series driver David Stremme has been added to the cast of SPEED Channel 's new reality series NBS 24/7 , joining Casey Atwood, Kasey Kahne, Tim Fedewa and two-time series champion Randy LaJoie as the programme debuts with back-to-back half-hour shows on 16 February.
Q&A: Jim Covey (GM engine development manager)
With the cost of competing continuing to rise in the Nextel Cup, rival manufacturers are continually looking for ways to contain their outgoings.
Jarrett wins Budweiser Shootout.
Dale Jarrett used a final-lap pass of Kevin Harvick and a hefty push from Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win his third Budweiser Shootout Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Controversial call spoils good finish for Skinner.
An eventful Budweiser Shootout took a controversial turn for the Valvoline race team Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Q&A: Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Jarrett's Ford may have come out on top of the season-opening Budweiser Shootout at Daytona over the weekend, but Chevrolet drivers completed the top three, with Dale Earnhardt claiming second and last lap leader Kevin Harvick third. Q: How was your race tonight?

Wimmer allowed to continue after DUI arrest.
Scott Wimmer will be able to make his Daytona 500 debut next weekend, despite suspicions that his full-time graduation to the Nextel Cup was about to put on hold due to a drink-drive conviction.
Daytona purse reaches record proportions.
The 46th annual Daytona 500, the biggest and most prestigious race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, will boast the biggest purse in the history of stock car racing.
Q&A: Dave Charpentier.
Although Ricky Craven's Tide team has remained almost completely intact during the off-season, there have been some notable additions to the line-up, with PPI team owner Cal Wells and the returning Mike Beam hiring Dave Charpentier as crew chief.
Schwan's to back Schrader, BAM.
A company that grew from 'one man and one truck' into an American food-industry powerhouse will join forces with NASCAR's fastest-growing Nextel Cup team this season, as Schwan's Home Service sponsors BAM Racing's #49 Dodge, driven by veteran driver Ken Schrader.