NASCAR News

After an extended review of its sponsorship policies, NASCAR has announced that distilled spirits, (hard liquor) products will be allowed as sponsors from the start of next season.

Michael Waltrip overcame a practice accident to finish 17th in Sunday's 500-mile race at Phoenix International Raceway.

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Perseverance by Scott Riggs paid off Sunday as the Valvoline team battled through adversity to pick up a 14th-place finish at the Phoenix International Raceway.

Smith & Wesson, the legendary 152-year old firearms manufacturer, has announced a new, multi-year partnership with SKI Motorsports to campaign a NASCAR Busch Series entry in 2005.

Thin windshield or not, Dale Earnhardt Jr was quite simply the class of the field in Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, a fact reflected by his mood in the post race press conference where he admitted that passing Jeff Gordon for the win was a special moment.

Boris Said will enter the final Nextel Cup race of the season at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the #36 USG Durock Brand Chevrolet for MB2 Motorsports.

Robby Gordon will continue to run the alternative blue and orange Cingular Wireless paint scheme on his #31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after a strong outing with the scheme last week in Atlanta.

Dale Earnhardt Jr laid the blame for Sunday's clash with Carl Edwards at his own feet as a golden opportunity to take the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead went begging at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Rusty Wallace has apologised to those who may have been upset by his comments about the airport that the ill-fated Hendrick Motorsports flight was bound for last Sunday but has refused to stand down from his belief that both the Blue Ridge Airport in Martinsville and the Talladega Airport are in

Amidst the tragedy that has enveloped the NASCAR world this past few days, team owner Richard Childress has confirmed that Robby Gordon will not return to the #31 Cingular Wireless team for a fourth season in 2005.

Nextel Cup frontrunner Tony Stewart is in mourning for his helicopter pilot Scott Lathram, who was amongst the ten people killed when a plane belonging to Hendrick Motorsports crashed on route to Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

Dale Earnhardt Jr used his sole Nextel Cup Chase 'Mulligan' in Sunday's Subway 500 when a clash with Kyle Petty finally ended what had already been a dismal day for the driver who entered the race second in the points table.

Ten members of top NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports, including the son, twin nieces and brother of team owner Rick Hendrick, were killed in a plane crash en route to the race at Martinsville on Sunday. Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson won the race before learning of the tragedy.

Rusty Wallace has revealed his own fears about the approach to the airport that Sunday's ill-fated Hendrick Motorsports flight was bound for when it crashed in dense fog, killing all ten people on board.

Repaving the Martinsville Speedway, with more tarmac replacing much of the previous tarmac/concrete mix, has not removed its challenges to a driver, but changed them, according to five times winner at the Virginia venue Jeff Gordon.

Dale Earnhardt Jr admits to having been "really frustrated" when NASCAR this week threw out his appeal against a 25-point penalty, imposed after he uttered a profanity on live TV following victory at Talladega three weeks ago.

By Andrew Charman

By Andrew Charman

Martinsville Speedway has been "spruced up" for the inaugural NASCAR Nextel Cup 'Chase for the Championship' with a new track surface and some well-received SAFER Barriers.

As the chequered flag flew over the final 'major league' event of its 2004 season, the Texas Motor Speedway set its 2005 season in motion with a number of significant sponsorship deals for 2005 and beyond.

Kevin Harvick, Inc., [KHI] announced today at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, that former two-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series [NCTS] champion Ron Hornaday will be behind the wheel of the #6 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Silverado for the 2005 NCTS season.

Since his Kansas City sweep of winning the Busch and Nextel Cup races last weekend and capturing back-to-back Bud Poles, the number of monikers have increased for Joe Nemechek.

Elliott Sadler's pit crew won the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by PowerAde on Sunday at Kansas Speedway, lifting the #38 Robert Yates Racing crew into top spot in the overall season standings.