NASCAR News

Dave Blaney has confirmed that he will drive the for Bill Davis Racing #23 Finish Line Dodge in this weekend's Nextel All-Star Challenge, having secured backing from the car dealership for this weekend's big race.

Joe Nemechek said he had an awesome car and that it was time for him to lead the race at Richmond but, as he was moving into second place at the midway point of the event, he and Jamie McMurray got tangled, sending both of the cars crashing into the wall.

DALE EARHNARDT JR #8 Budweiser Chevrolet (1st): "I was real loose on new tires. But it turned and didn't get tight. We really like this place. We've won five or six races here. This is a good car. This is a good set-up. We like the track and the new pavement. We could run up top. It was great.

Tony Stewart was only five laps into Sunday's 250-lap Auto Club 500 at California Speedway when his race began to unravel - but he insists that what followed with Rusty Wallace was no more than a racing incident - contrary to the views of his peers.

GM Goodwrench driver Kevin Harvick appears to be cursed when it comes to Cup Series racing at Fontana's California Speedway - even though outsiders would think that the 'Golden State gods' would be looking out for one of their own.

Richard Childress Racing has confirmed the hiring of veteran crew chief Gary Cogswell to head up the #33 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Monte Carlo of Kerry Earnhardt in the NASCAR Cup Series, as well as the all-star cast of the #29 Employer Support of Guard and Reserve [ESGR] Chevy in the Busch Series

Tony Stewart has agreed to drive the #29 Employer Support of Guard and Reserve [ESGR] Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Richard Childress Racing in Saturday's 1-800-PIT-SHOP.com 300 Busch Series race at California Speedway.

Robby Gordon fans are being offered the chance to attend both the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte on 30 May in order to cheer on their driver's efforts to do the elusive 'double'.

By Andrew Charman

Even without any contact, 500 laps of hard acceleration followed by equally hard braking takes a toll on a driver's equipment at Martinsville Speedway, putting a premium on brake technology.

Jeff Gordon remains one of NASCAR's biggest names, but had found it hard to break into victory lane this season.

Elliott Sadler's victory at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday finally broke a nine-race Ford winning streak for Roush Racing, and handed the Robert Yates team its first success since Dale Jarrett won at the Rockingham spring meeting in 2003.

Robert Yates Racing's Elliott Sadler took his second career Cup Series win by edging out Kasey Kahne in another photo-finish at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Moments after their impressive runner-up finish in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Miller Lite Dodge driver Rusty Wallace and crew chief Larry Carter were staring at each other eye-to-eye on pit road.

Sterling Marlin's pit crew won the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade in Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, earning $20,000 for the victory and becoming the sixth different winner in the first six races of the 2004 season.

NASCAR Nextel Cup driver John Andretti is working on a deal to race twice at Indianapolis in 2004 - combining a NASCAR run in the Brickyard 400 in August with a return to the famed Indianapolis 500, now a round of the Indy Racing League, on May 30.

Greg Biffle's pit-crew claimed first prize and the $20,000 weekly cheque for winning the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade in last Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway.

When U.S. Army driver Joe Nemechek navigates his way through the maze of cars on the high-banked, half-mile oval at Bristol Motor Speedway, he will largely depend on Roman Pemberton, the team's spotter, who will be perched on top of the stadium-like facility for Sunday's Food City 500.

Multiple NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon took a hard hit during Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington, causing him to ponder whether the so called 'field fillers' should be allowed to take part.

Scott Riggs's regular Valvoline livery will make way for a new look as his team pays tribute to the 'flash and dash' of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball squad with a specially prepared red, white and blue #10 Chevrolet at the 28 March Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The #31 pit crew of Robby Gordon squeaked by Dale Earnhardt Jr's line-up to capture the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade in Sunday's 500-mile Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led when it mattered on Sunday, adding the Golden Coral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to his emotionally-charged victory in the season-opening Daytona 500.

When Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 from the pole last August, he claims it helped him slip out from the under the 'shadow you'll never get rid of'.

NASCAR is poised to eliminate opportunities for occasional racers to make the field in Nextel Cup Series events, following a sub-standard turn-out at last weekend's Rockingham round.