NASCAR News

Roush Racing has revealed that Carl Edwards will replace the RCR-bound Jeff Burton at the wheel of the #99 Roush Racing Ford for the remainder of the 2004 season, starting from next weekend's Michigan GFS Marketplace 400.

Richard Childress Racing has signed Jeff Burton to a multi-year agreement to drive its #30 America Online Chevrolet, beginning at next week's GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Elliott Sadler's pit crew took first place honours in Sunday's Brickyard 400, scoring its fourth win of the season in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade.

In the midst of another dire season, NASCAR's most famous team, Petty Enterprises, have had a major shake-up prior to this weekend's Sirius at the Glen that will result in both Jeff Green and Kyle Petty having new crew chiefs.

Scott Riggs was a victim of the biggest accident in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and his resulting failure to finish mathematically eliminate him from the inaugural 'Chase for the Championship.'

Jeff Gordon earned an unprecedented fourth Brickyard 400 victory on Sunday with a dominating performance in a wild, tumultuous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Casey Mears continued the Indianapolis Motor Speedway success story of the Mears family with pole position for Sunday's Brickyard 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup race. Casey's uncle, Rick holds an enviable record of six pole positions and four Indy 500 wins at the track.

Richard Childress Racing has named Greg Erwin as the new team engineer for the #31 Cingular Wireless program for the rest of the season. Erwin first joined the team in 2002 as a multi-team engineer and he says that he is looking forward to working with driver Robby Gordon.

Two of NASCAR's elder statesmen will attempt to debut new teams this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Geoffrey Bodine and former Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope both make a run at the Brickyard 400.

Ward Burton looked set to score his best result of the year and the best ever for his second year Hass CNC Racing outfit in Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 at the Pocono Raceway before a late race transmission failure ended their day.

Joe Nemechek dominated the opening 30 laps of Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 in a manner that only eventual winner Jimmie Johnson was able to replicate during the remaining 170 tours of the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway before 'Front Row Joe' discovered that he only had third gear at his disposal.

Dale Earnhardt Jr lasted until lap 52 of 200 in Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 before a combination of cramp in his recently burned leg and a virtually undriveable racecar saw him reluctantly hand the controls of his #8 Budweiser Chevrolet over to relief driver John Andretti.

US racing veteran Eddie Cheever has spoken out on the debate that followed Dale Earnhardt Jr's fiery accident in an American Le Mans Series race two weeks ago.

Tony Stewart is on a roll. With three straight top-five finishes that included a win at the Chicagoland Speedway, the driver of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing is settling nicely into his traditional second-half surge.

Dale Earnhardt Jr drove through the pain barrier for 60 laps in Sunday's Siemens 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway before the first of 12 caution periods allowed him to hand the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet over to Busch Series driver Martin Truex Jr.

PPI Motorsports and driver Ricky Craven have confirmed that they will split at the end of the current season, but denied speculation that the parting of the ways may come before this weekend's New Hampshire Cup round.

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series testing will resumes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today (Monday) with 12 drivers, including past Brickyard 400 winners Dale Jarrett and Bill Elliott and former NASCAR champions Tony Stewart and Terry Labonte, scheduled to test.

Aki Okamoto became one of the few Japanese drivers to get behind the wheel of a NASCAR when he tested a Weekly Racing Series car at the Hickory Motor Speedway on Thursday [15 July].

Construction is underway at Dover International Speedway in preparation for the fitting of new SAFER barriers, beginning with the complete reconstruction of the inside backstretch wall.

Joe Gibbs Racing is currently hunting for a replacement crew chief for Bobby Labonte's #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet, having released Michael McSwain from his duties.

Kasey Kahne's Nextel Cup crew chief Tommy Baldwin has been fined $10,000 for the incident that occurred at last weekend's Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

It has been confirmed that Michael Waltrip and primary sponsors NAPA will return to Dale Earnhardt Incorporated for the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series after a series of strong races by the double Daytona 500 winner.

Tony Stewart had plenty to talk about at the end of Sunday's Tropicana 400, for although he was the dominant driver at the Chicagoland Speedway, the road to Victory Lane was far from smooth.

Tony Stewart boosted his season by taking the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet to victory at Chicagoland, but only after an on-track clash with Kasey Kahne that led to a scuffle on the pitlane. Stay tuned to crash.net for a full report and results coming soon.