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"Right there at the end of the day - we were kind of floundering for three-quarters of the day, and right at the end we found a few things that helped the car. We always run real good here - qualify good, test good. And we tested good." - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

For the second race in a row, Busch team Rensi Motorsports will give a local company their first taste of life as a NASCAR sponsor as the team looks for extra support to back Bobby Hamilton Jr's 2002 title tilt.

Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman will both be looking to emulate Kevin Harvick's feat at the Chicagoland Speedway from last year when they go looking for a second Raybestos Rookie victory in two years at the 1.5-mile facility.

Tony Stewart has three good reasons to head to Chicagoland Speedway for the upcoming Tropicana 400, not least because Chicago is hundreds of miles away from the Daytona International Speedway.

Jeff Gordon's hopes of a fifth career Winston Cup win at the famed Daytona International Speedway disappeared early in the running of Saturday's Pepsi 400 when he cut a tyre on his #24 DuPont Chevrolet.

Saturday's Pepsi 400 at the Daytona International Speedway unfortunately contained another multi-car wreck that is becoming increasingly typical of restrictor plate racing. At the center of it was Robert Yates Racing's Dale Jarrett.

When the dust settled after Saturday's Pepsi 400 at the Daytona International Speedway, two of the three Bodine brothers were celebrating top ten finishes while the other was surveying a completely mangled racecar.

Sterling Marlin drove the Chip Ganassi owned No. 40 Coors Light Dodge Intrepid R/T to a third place finish in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday to maintain his place at the head of the Winston Cup standings.

WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) Superstars Kurt Angle and the Big Show will face off at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) this Friday night.

Anyone judging the #10 MBV Motorsports Valvoline Pontiac team's performance this season shouldn't look for driver Johnny Benson's name in the points race. Instead it's the name of Nelson Bowers that matters.

You've heard the term "Double Duty" applied to Tony Stewart before, but in those cases in pertained to Stewart competing in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

"Joe Gibbs likes to play golf in his spare time and I like to go drive race cars, especially cars that I've never driven before. I went to Grand Haven, Wisconsin, a couple of weeks ago with Johnny Benson and I ran a super late model.

With 4,500 retail locations throughout the United States, GNC Live Well, the largest nationwide specialty retailer of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, sports nutrition and personal care products, is known for doing things in a big way.

These guys see a future. They've been more motivated than they've been in the past. When people are not knowing the next week or a month from now where they will be or what will happen, that takes a lot out of people and that's taken a lot out of out team this year." - Travis Carter

Scott Welliver, President of Welliver-McGuire, Inc. and Wayne Jesel, President of Gasoline Alley Engines LLC announced today that Gasoline Alley Engines LLC has purchased the remaining ownership interest from Scott Welliver. The organization will now operate as Team Jesel.

Mike Cofer collected his second win of the season in the NASCAR Late Model division at the Craftsman Tools Night at The Orleans NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night.

Ricky Rudd did something on April 23 and 24 that he had not done in over 10 years. The driver of the No. 28 Havoline Ford tested at the 12-turn, 2.0-mile Sears Point Raceway road course at the gateway to the Sonoma Wine Country.

Ken Howes began 2002 as the Director of Competition for Hendrick Motorsports but was drafted in as an interim crew-chief for the #25 team in mid-April when Tony Furr stepped down.

Mansion Motorsports has finally given up the unequal struggle to remain on the NASCAR Winston Cup grid and announced that they were folding leaving driver Carl Long looking at an uncertain future.

Junie Donlavey is on the brink of closing his 52-year old NASCAR Winston Cup team after sponsors CF Sauer's/Duke Mayonnaise elected not to renew their half-season sponsorship deal.

Robby Gordon and Richard Childress discuss their outlook for this week's Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California and the current status of the team. Gordon's best Winston Cup career finish at Sears Point Raceway was 2nd place to Pontiac's Tony Stewart at last year's race.

NASCAR has confirmed that pop diva Britney Spears' second motion picture will be based in the world of stock car racing.

Complete results from Sunday's Sirius Satellite Radio 400 at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, round 15 of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

NASCAR Winston Cup Series team owner Junie Donlavey announced today that Ed Berrier would drive for Hermie Sadler this weekend at Michigan International Speedway.