NASCAR News

In a long, drawn-out Bud Pole qualifying session at the Talladega Superspeedway Jeremy Mayfield emerged as the surprise polesitter for Sunday's Aaron's 499 with his first Pole Position in more than two full seasons.

The date may be April 1st but according to British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror , there may be romance in the air between defending Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart and Pop Star Britney Spears.

Hermie Sadler, brother of Robert Yates Racing's Elliott Sadler, will return to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series this weekend with help from Dale Earnhardt Incorporated as Sadler tries to promote Autism Awareness during the Aaron's 499.

Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and starting lineup for Sunday's Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway.

Former Busch Series outfit Team Amick Motorsports are planning a return to the series later this year with Lyndon Amick behind the wheel and former BGN Champion crew chief Harold Holly assuming control of the crew.

The incentives are there every week, but for United States Army NASCAR driver Jerry Nadeau the inspiration to do well has reached another level. The reason is obvious for the feisty and competitive Nadeau, who feels a special kinship to the U.S. troops engaged in the war with Iraq.

When the green flag falls at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday evening May 3rd, Johnny Benson plans to fly his new Eagle One Wax-As-U-Dry paint scheme to the front of the field around the classic three-quarter-mile D-shaped oval.

Tony Stewart is on record as saying that Bristol Motor Speedway is his favourite racetrack, but that was before Sunday's Food City 500.

Bristol Motor Speedway might be the toughest track on the NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit. Between the high speeds, high banks, and 42 competitors beating and banging on the half-mile track, survival quickly becomes the key to any success at Bristol.

The NASCAR Winston Cup event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will continue to be referred to as the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 for at least one more year after the two partners and the Speedway came to an agreement earlier this week. The race name remains the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Civil Air Patrol, which sponsors the #46 Busch Series Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Ashton Lewis Jr has announced that its members are fully prepared to support Operation Liberty Shield.

Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and Starting lineup for Sunday's Food City 500 at the 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway.

Todd Berrier has been appointed as crew-chief to Kevin Harvick's #29 GM Goodwrench sponsored Richard Childress Racing outfit beginning this weekend at Bristol with former chief Gil Martin moving to the post of team manager.

There are two loves in the life of NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Elliott Sadler, and each has its own season.

NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway's proprietary simulated racing experience is expanding outside its own racing centres for the first time in company history.

The third largest prize fund in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series has increased in size ahead of this years Samsung/RadioShack 500 and the O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series races.

Even though Bobby Labonte finished 35th in Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, the innocent victim of a multi-car crash on lap 24 of 293, the fact he was able to finish at all spoke volumes for his pit crew as crew chief Michael 'Fatback' McSwain later recognised.

Elliott Sadler scored his first ever Winston Cup Bud Pole Award in 145 career starts on Friday at the Darlington Raceway to make it five different pole sitters in five races so far this year.

Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and starting lineup for Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway.

Ranked 39th in the Winston Cup championship point standings, America Online driver Jeff Green is intent on getting the team back on track this weekend during the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway.

Dave Blaney is smiling these days because he got his wish. Last November, the driver of the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Ford Team welcomed his new crew chief aboard. And, it was a familiar face.

Elliott Sadler had two reasons to be satisfied with his eventual sixth place showing in Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for not only was it his best finish for new employer Robert Yates but it also came after he started the race with a car that handled like a shed.

One of the most enduring team/sponsor partnerships in NASCAR history will continue in 2004 and beyond with the news that Richard Childress Racing and GM Goodwrench had reached an agreement to extend their relationship with driver Kevin Harvick.

Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Greg Biffle avoided a repeat of last week's calamitous failure to qualify by safely placing his #16 Grainger Roush Racing Ford into the starting field for Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.