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Complete results from Sunday's Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina, round 33 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

One of motorsport's greatest names will appear on the entry list for a junior stock car event this weekend, as Christian Fittipaldi swaps the open air of his Newman-Haas Champcar for the confined cockpit of a NASCAR Busch machine.

Kevin Harvick finally wrapped up the 2001 Busch Grand National Series crown after finishing fifth in Saturday's Sam's Town 200 at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham in what has so far been a remarkable year for the Richard Childress Racing driver and with the Winston Cup Raybestos Rookie o

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at the North Carolina Speedway, Round 33 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

Kenny Wallace became the 18th different driver to win a Bud Pole award in 2001 as he knocked Ricky Craven off the pole at the North Carolina Speedway to earn his third career Winston Cup pole position and his first for the No.1 DEI Pennzoil team since taking over from Steve Park at Darlington two

Current runaway Winston Cup points leader Jeff Gordon added his voice of approval to the latest Superspeedway rule changes, saying that the racing will be better for the drivers who will no longer have to cross their fingers and pray that they will finish the race safely.

1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Rusty Wallace and his current Penske Racing crew chief Robin Pemberton both voiced their support for NASCAR's recent raft of rule changes concerning Superspeedway events at places such as Talladega and Daytona.

Johnny Benson's pit-crew co-ordinator claims that every weekend is a pit-stop challenge - but this Saturday at Rockingham he will be doing it for real as the 'boys' from the top 25 teams showcase their talents in the 35th annual World Pit Crew Competition.

Dale Earnhardt Jr and the #8 Budweiser team ran among the top ten for close to 100 laps of the Checker 500k, but engine problems with less than 30 laps remaining dropped the second-year team out of the race.

Robert Pressley, driver of the No. 77 Jasper Engines Taurus, will be making his 200th career NASCAR Winston Cup start today. He spoke about the milestone before Saturday morning's practice session and also talked about his plans for next season:

W.C 'Junie' Donlavey's eponymous team looks set to continue for the rest of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season without a primary sponsor following the abrupt departure of both Hut Stricklin and sponsors Hills Bros and NASCAR's longest serving team owner now faces an uphill struggle to keep his N

Team owner Cal Wells of the number 32 - Tide Taurus - talks about winning his first NASCAR Winston Cup race with Ricky Craven, the goals he set for the 32 and the 96, and a lot more: Q: Cal Wells - Car Owner - 32 - Tide Taurus - Has team morale changed since the win?

As the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series heads to Arizona for Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Square D driver Bobby Hamilton finds himself holding the record for the most laps completed throughout the year. Of the 9257 laps run so far, Hamilton has completed 9178.

Ricky Rudd nearly won last year's NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. The driver of the No. 28 Texaco/Havoline Taurus was leading the race when a group of lapped cars wrecked in front of him with 19 laps remaining.

#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson won't be behind the wheel of a car nearly as much as his Crew Chief James Ince will this week. Ince and his wife Denise left Tuesday on their 2,100-mile drive from Charlotte to Phoenix for this weekend's Winston Cup race.

Tony Stewart saved his best for last in Sunday's EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, coming from the back of the field to finish second in the last 30 laps of 188-lap race.

With just three races left on the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series schedule, Matt Kenseth is slated to drive the next two in the No. 17 Visine Chevrolet. After the Outback Steakhouse 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Oct.

Five of NASCAR's biggest stars will be hoping to cash in when the NASCAR Winston Cup Series returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, 2002 for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Complete unofficial results of Sunday's EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, round 31 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. All results unofficial due to last lap accident involving 16 cars. Official results to be posted by 12pm ET on Monday.

Currently nearing the completion of his sophomore NASCAR Winston Cup campaign, Dale Earnhardt Jr has showed a run of form during the middle and latter portion of the current NWC season that has marked him out as a potential Championship threat next year in the already famous No.8 Budweiser Chevro

Stacy Compton made it two pole positions in two attempts at the fearsome 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway in 2001 as he snatched the Bud Pole away from Bobby Hamilton at the last minute in qualifying for Sunday's EA Sports 500.

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway, Round 31 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

The first of just two road course races on the NASCAR Winston Cup calendar, the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway, will continue under its current guise for a further two years with the undulating California track continuing its long standing relationship with both companies.

Dave Blaney will take over the helm of the #77 Jasper Motorsports Ford next season, replacing four-year stalwart Robert Pressley behind the wheel.