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Practice results (1) - Coca Cola 600.
Complete opening practice speeds for Sunday's Coca Cola 600 at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Starting lineup - Coca Cola 600.
Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results and starting lineup for Sunday's Coca Cola 600 at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Short but eventful night for U.S. Army team.
With Jerry Nadeau still at the forefront of everyone's thoughts prior to the start of Saturday night's 30-lap Winston Open, substitute U.S.
Result - The Winston Open.
Complete results from Saturday's The Winston Open at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway. 1. Jeff Burton #99 CITGO Ford Roush Racing 30 laps - 32mins 23secs

Amick-Parker charity golf ready to tee off.
NASCAR Busch Series drivers Lyndon Amick and Hank Parker Jr. (pictured) are joining forces to host this year's Ashe County Civic Centre Benefit Golf Tournament.
Starting lineup - The Winston Open.
Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and unofficial starting lineup for Saturday's The Winston Open at the 1.5-mile Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Another new scheme for Harvick at The Winston.
If there is one thing synonymous with the running of The Winston at Lowe's Motor Speedway it's special paint schemes. Since 1995, Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and GM Goodwrench have been at the forefront of new looks for NASCAR's All-star event, and they don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
All female pit crew to debut in Texas Truck race.
The first all female pit crew to compete in a NASCAR event is hard at work practicing their pit stop duties for the June 6th O'Reilly 400k NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Caterpillar Dodge gets new look for All-Star race.
This year's Winston All-Star event will mark the fourth straight season that Ward Burton, driver of the #22 Caterpillar Dodge, will compete in the race that features NASCAR's most recent winners from its elite series - the Winston Cup - and to celebrate, Burton will feature an all-new livery for
Lewis sees pole car bent as Riggs wins Busch race.
Scott Riggs passed an out-of-fuel Mike Bliss to win Saturday's Charter Pipeline 250 at the Gateway International Raceway as polesitter Ashton Lewis Jr saw his hopes of a maiden victory end with a pile of bent metal.
Park confirmed as Green's replacement at RCR.
The first silly season driver swap of the year has been completed with the news that ousted DEI driver Steve Park will take Jeff Green's place in the #30 AOL Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
State governor fine after 160mph crash at Lowe's.
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley walked away from a high-speed crash into a soft-wall foam barrier just before noon on Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Nemechek wins Pontiac Excitement 400.
Joe Nemechek notched the third win of Winston Cup career by guiding the #25 Hendrick Motorsport's Chevy to victory lane in the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway.
Post race quotes: Kurt Busch, Jack Roush.
"There are a lot of good times ahead of us and I just can't wait to continue moving forward and producing more results like this. And then, of course, going through a bit more hardship to understand what it takes to build better cars and to have a better idea of race track ethics.
New McDonalds ad campaign make US debut tonight.
With NASCAR busily searching for a potential replacement series title sponsor should RJ Reynolds (parent company of 'Winston') confirm that they are stepping down within the next two years, McDonald's are launching what could be a timely series of new TV adverts featuring defending Winston Cup Ch
Loony Tunes to return at Phoenix.
The desert racetrack will get a little hotter this fall when Warner Bros.' legendary Looney Tunes characters again team up with top NASCAR drivers to rev up their engines and continue their highly successful and exciting association.
Steve Parks it on California pole.
With rumours of his impending departure from DEI swirling around the Fontana paddock Steve Park gave everyone a reminder why Dale Earnhardt selected him to drive for his fledgling Winston Cup operation in 1997 by taking the Bud Pole Award for Sunday's Auto Club 500.
Starting lineup - Auto Club 500.
Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and unofficial starting lineup for Sunday's Auto Club 500 at the two-mile California Speedway.

Pre race quotes - Auto Club 500.
"Last year we were running well and competing for wins, but we didn't expect to win that soon or that early into the season. We had hoped that by the end of the year we were going to be a contender for race wins.
KW to sport Cardinal colours in Gateway race.
Kenny Wallace will return to his hometown track, St Louis' Gateway International Raceway, to compete in the NASCAR Busch Series event on May 10th sporting the colours of local Major League Baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals.
First ever Brickyard qualifier Bailey dies.
H.B Bailey, the first driver to ever make an official NASCAR Winston Cup qualifying attempt at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has died in his native Texas aged 66.

Q&A: Ken Schrader, Scott Eggleston.
Ken Schrader and the #49 BAM Racing team have spent the first quarter of 2003 proving their respective critics wrong with a series of competitive drives that culminated in last weekend's tenth place finish at Martinsville, the type of result many thought neither the driver nor team were capable o
Papis tests at Kentucky for Evernham.
Italian Max Papis completed his long awaited second test behind the wheel of a Winston Cup car yesterday (Wednesday) when he got behind the wheel of the #91 Dodge owned by Ray Evernham at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway.

Interstate team King of the pits at Martinsville.
The Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway marked the first time a tiebreaker criteria was needed to determine the race winner of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade.