NASCAR News

Just six weeks ago, FedEx's first year as primary sponsors of the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing team looked little short of catastrophic as initial driver Jason Leffler battled with plenty of new team blues.

Jeff Gordon has reminded everyone that 26 year-old Steve Letarte will continue to be his Nextel Cup crew-chief for the 2006 season and that his performances to date atop the #24 Hendrick Motorsports pit box have continued to astound him.

Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage announced on Tuesday that the inaugural Dickies 500 on Sunday would have a purse in excess of $6.8 million, making it the richest payout in the two-year history of the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

Kevin Harvick and the #29 Richard Childress Racing team will compete in this weekend's Dickies 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway with heavy hearts after Harvick's father-in-law John Paul Linville passed away earlier this week.

MB2 Motorsports has announced that two-time Daytona 500 champion Sterling Marlin has agreed to a multiyear contract to drive the team's No. 14 Chevrolet, beginning in the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup season.

More than a dozen Nextel Cup teams took to the repaired Atlanta Motor Speedway on Tuesday for the second of three days of testing at the 1.54-mile quad oval in preparation for the upcoming Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.

The hype of the Chase for the Nextel Cup and the poised positions of the ten championship contenders has translated into a sold out race at the Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Jimmie Johnson says that this Sunday's Subway 500 at the Martinsville Speedway will be very tough on his Hendrick Motorsports team as memories of last year's tragic plane crash return but while the pain is still there, the current co-championship leader believes his team is just as strong as it w

NASCAR has rejected an appeal by Kevin Harvick's crew-chief Todd Berrier against a fine and two race suspension following last month's race at the Talladega Superspeedway.

Just weeks after all but confirming that he would be staying with the #0 Haas CNC team for 2006, former Craftsman Truck Series champion Mike Bliss has been released from driving duties of the #0 NetZero Best Buy sponsored Chevrolet owned by Gene Haas.

Richard Childress has confirmed that Dave Blaney will leave the #07 Jack Daniels sponsored Chevrolet at the end of the current season with RCR's current Busch Series prot?g? Clint Bowyer graduating to the #07 in 2006.

Keith Duesenberg and Leik Motorsports has announced that Jay Sauter will drive the #01 Western Union Speed Team Chevrolet Monte Carlo for a minimum of 25 races in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series season, with Dwayne Leik driving in selected events over the course of the year.

Western Union has announced that it is to team up with the newly formed Keith Duesenberg and Leik Motorsports team for an entry into the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series.

After another successful race weekend at Dover International Speedway last weekend, the rumour mill has again begun to turn.

World of Outlaws star Kraig Kinser claimed pole position for Saturday's ARCA RE/MAX race at Talladega Superspeedway.

MB2 Motorsports has entered Kraig Kinser in this weekend's ARCA RE/MAX race at Talladega Superspeedway. The 20-year-old World of Outlaws sprint car star, who won this year's famed Knoxville Nationals in central Iowa, is a member of MB2's driver development programme.

Michael Waltrip will take current sponsor NAPA with him in 2006 as he leaves Dale Earnhardt Inc after five years with the team, with Bill Davis Racing scoring something of a coup by securing Waltrip's services for the 2006 season.

Joe Nemechek managed to hold his tongue after two separate incidents during Sunday's Sylvania 300 left him a disappointed 25th in the final classification and his verbal caution saved him from a trip to the NASCAR hauler after the race.

Scott Riggs has apologised to Kurt Busch after spinning him into the wall on the second lap of Sunday's Sylvania 300 while his crew chief Rodney Childers, whom Busch accosted in the moments following the collision, says he hopes everything will 'chill out' in time for next week.

Ryan Newman only made it into the Chase for the Nextel Cup by the skin of his teeth but looked like a real contender for the title as he won Sunday's Sylvania 300 at the one-mile New Hampshire International Speedway.

Brian Vickers and the #25 Hendrick Motorsports team found themselves in hot water at the New Hampshire International Speedway on Friday after their primary car failed to make it through NASCAR's technical inspection.

NASCAR have announced that current Busch Series points leader and defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. has been penalised, fined and placed on probation following his one-fingered outburst at Mike Wallace last Saturday night in Richmond.

Jarit Johnson, the younger brother of current Nextel Cup star Jimmie Johnson, will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut this weekend at Richmond.

In the wake of the F-2 tornado that passed through Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 6th, the team at AMS have taken the opportunity to make numerous improvements as part of the extensive rebuilding process.