NASCAR News

Had it not been for an engine failure in the 1998 running of the NAPA Auto Parts 500, Bobby Labonte would have a record that would be hard to top at the pristine California Speedway.

NASCAR returned to the Superspeedway's with a vengeance on Sunday as Bobby Hamilton held off a pack of 28 cars to win his first race since Martinsville 1998 and score Andy Petree's first NASCAR Winston Cup victory as a team owner in a wild race at Talladega.

Stacy Compton (pictured here in 2000 livery) scored his first career Winston Cup pole position as Dodge's swept the top three positions in Bud Pole qualifying for the Talladega 500 at the fearsome 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway.

After getting a boost of confidence with his best performance of the season at the recent Winston Cup race in Martinsville, rookie driver Andy Houston is looking for continued improvement at this weekend's Talladega 500.

Viant Corp, a leading builder of digital businesses, and Turner Sports Interactive have announced the partnership which recently relaunched NASCAR.com , the official site of The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

A court appointed medical expert has concluded that the broken seat belt was not to blame for Dale Earnhardt's death at this year's Daytona 500.

Hills Bros Coffee Racing team owner Junie Donlavey will celebrate his 77th birthday April 8 in his home state of Virginia. The following are birthday messages offered by some of Donlavey' acquaintances throughout his 52-year involvement in motorsports:

The Brickyard 400 weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have a different look in 2001 due to changes in the race date, race starting time and qualifying format.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the Budweiser team were among the dominant cars at the Harrah's 500, starting from the pole position and leading five times for 107 laps.

Dale Jarrett, driver of the No. 88 UPS Taurus, heads to Texas this weekend leading the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings by 45 points over second-place Jeff Gordon.

One of the keys to #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson's early season success in 2001 revolves around the work of Hendrick Motorsports.

Veteran racecar driver and mother of two, Shawna Robinson, plans on making a big splash in the NASCAR scene this year, running limited Busch Grand National and Winston Cup schedules.

Five months after expanding his Charlotte-based gallery, NASCAR artist Sam Bass is once again expanding - this time to Texas.

Transcript of Johnny Benson's apperance at Winston Breakfast Saturday in Bristol. Q: Do you have any rituals you maintain during a hot streak?

According to a NASCAR news media release issued today, Melling Racing crew chief Chad Knaus has been fined $5000 and suspended for two races for rules infractions under sections 12-4A and 12-4Q of the official rule book.

A kid with dreams of becoming a race driver like his dad should have it made, especially if the name is Foyt - but Larry Foyt found out different.

After knocking on the door to victory lane all season, Dale Jarrett finally opened his 2001 account in Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at the Darlington Raceway but only after getting the jump over long-time race leader Steve Park.

Dale Jarrett scored his first win of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season in Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400 at the fearsome Darlington Raceway as he beat Steve Park and Jeremy Mayfield in a typical Darlington war of attrition.

Though Andy Houston has tested but never competed at Darlington Raceway, the rookie Winston Cup driver has no false impressions of the daunting 1.366-mile oval.

Raybestos Rookie Contender Kevin Harvick won Sunday's Cracker Barrel 500 in his third career Winston Cup start, the quickest ever for a rookie in the sport's modern era. Ron Bouchard, who won the 1981 Talladega 500 in his 11th career start, held the previous record.

Sony recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus will use the Hills Bros Coffee Ford driven by Hut Stricklin to promote his new album, "Southern Rain," at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 25, Junie Donlavey, owner of Stricklin's Winston Cup Series machine, has announced.

The historic Fort Worth Stockyards will roar into life on Friday and Saturday, 30-31 March, as Chevy Thunder in the Stockyards returns with an exciting family-oriented festival that celebrates the very best of motorsports.

When the winner of the NASCAR Busch Series Jani-King 300 raises the trophy in victory lane, he will be hoisting a specially carved pair of wooden boots. The trophy is being designed and carved by local artisan Robert Cortez of Fort Worth.

For a driver and a team that did not have a single DNF in 2000 and completed all but nine laps in competition out of 10,167 laps run last season, Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Racing Team's 2001 season so far has left a lot to be desired.