NASCAR News

Roush Racing announced today that Doug Richert has been appointed as crew chief of the No. 16 Grainger Ford driven by Greg Biffle effective immediately.

Ryan Newman's last appearance at Bristol Motor Speedway caused a lot of jaws to drop as he shattered the track record in qualifying. The 14.908 second recordsetting lap was the first one any driver had ever turned in the 14- second bracket at the .5333-mile concrete Bristol bowl.

Robert Yates Racing announced today that effective immediately Todd Parrott will assume crew chief duties for Elliott Sadler and the #38 M&M's Racing Team.

Winston Cup veteran Jimmy Spencer has been suspended for one week and fined $25,000 by NASCAR after punching Kurt Busch in the face shortly after Sunday's GFS Marketplace 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.

The simmering feud between Winston Cup drivers Kurt Busch and Jimmy Spencer took a turn for the worse in the Michigan International Speedway garage area shortly after Sunday's GFS Marketplace 400.

"We had another incident and, in this case, it was after the race was over. It was in the garage.

As hard it may seem to believe but defending NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart does still not have a single NASCAR Busch Series victory to his credit after rain stopped Saturday's Cabela's 250 at Michigan with Kevin Harvick out front.

In a classic fuel mileage race at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway, Penske Racing's Ryan Newman capitalised on Kurt Busch's unsuccessful gamble to try and run 65 laps on a single tank to take home his fifth win of the 2003 season.

Complete final Happy Hour practice times ahead of Sunday's GFS Marketplace 400 at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway.

Reigning NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Tony Stewart has formed his own charitable foundation.

A two-hour rain delay couldn't stop Bobby Labonte from taking his second Bud Pole Award this year at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway as the practice formbook got thrown out of the window.

To say that Tony Stewart will be a busy man this weekend at Michigan International Speedway would be an understatement. The driver of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet will double-dip at Michigan, running the NASCAR Busch Series race and the Winston Cup race.

Defending Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen winner Tony Stewart let the continuing rumours surrounding a possible future deal with Chip Ganassi Racing sail cleanly over the top of his head as he set about earning a second consecutive triumph at the scenic 2.45-mile road course in New York.

Fans of NASCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway can relive memories of the first 10 years of the Brickyard 400 through "A Decade at the Brickyard," an upcoming DVD release by NASCAR Images and Shoreline Media Group.

It's always been about the racing for legendary team owner Junie Donlavey, and whatever type of racing will accept him, he's happy to oblige.

Michael Waltrip, Inc. have announced that Darrell Waltrip will compete in his third NASCAR Craftsmen Truck Series race this year at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, October 18th with a specially liveried 'Three Stooges' Truck.

It seems that special Sharpie paint schemes are good luck for Winston Cup driver Kurt Busch, and he is determined to put the theory to the test as he seeks a repeat course success at this month's Bristol race.

Rising stock-car star Paul Menard captured his first top-10 in the NASCAR Busch Series last Saturday night at Indianapolis Raceway Park with a sweet 9th-place finish in his Andy Petree Racing Turtle Wax Chevrolet.

One of the very few unpleasant images to come out of the 10th anniversary Brickyard 400 was Dale Jarrett's lap 37 accident at the entrance to pit road in which Jarrett's Ford Taurus struck jackman John Bryan.

John Andretti, who grew up just a few miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, came home to lead the first day of practice for the Brickyard 400 with a lap of 182.708 mph.

"If you take the one thing in life that you're most passionate about, and apply it in your life, it would be easy to understand what it means to me. There's something in everybody's life that they're very passionate about. To me, it's winning at the Brickyard.

Dale Earnhardt Incorporated celebrated their temporary expansion to a four-car team in style as John Andretti put the #81 Kraft Foods Chevrolet on top of the pile in opening practice for Sunday's Brickyard 400, putting the cat well and truly amongst the pigeons.

Mike Skinner has been named to drive the #01 US Army Pontiac for MB2 Motorsports for the next four races, beginning with this weekend's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis.

NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway's state-of-the-art racing simulators are being installed at a new NASCAR SpeedPark location in St. Louis that will greet NASCAR racing fans in November, it was announced by William R. Donaldson, Chairman and CEO of Interactive Motorsports and Entertainment Corp.