NASCAR News

One of the most enduring team/sponsor partnerships in NASCAR history will continue in 2004 and beyond with the news that Richard Childress Racing and GM Goodwrench had reached an agreement to extend their relationship with driver Kevin Harvick.

Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Greg Biffle avoided a repeat of last week's calamitous failure to qualify by safely placing his #16 Grainger Roush Racing Ford into the starting field for Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.

One lucky NASCAR fan will win a trip for four to this year's Pepsi 400 at Daytona where the winner and his/her guests will have access to their own personal motorhome in the infield of the Daytona International Speedway courtesy of Hot Wheels.

Despite racing without a sponsor, the #92 Herzog-Jackson Busch Series team and driver Todd Bodine have been a major force in all three Busch races this year and although Bodine let a potential victory slip through his grasp on Saturday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, there is much hope for the f

Las Vegas Motor Speedway will honour the memory of Dale Earnhardt by naming its soon-to-be-constructed grandstand for the seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion. The new seating area will be known as the Dale Earnhardt Terrace.

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results and starting lineup for Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Japanese driver Hideo Fukuyama will attempt to make his seasonal NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Travis Carter's #66 Ford team and the ambitious Hideo Fukuyama Racing Project.

"Let me reinforce that this win really belongs to Raymond Fox and Shawn Parker and Elliott Sadler because they came and handed me the book. This morning I came in and I said, 'I think this setup is gonna be tight. Can I change something?' They said, 'Nope.'

Dale Jarrett narrowly edged out Kurt Busch to win Sunday's Subway 400 at the North Carolina Speedway using his years of experience to good effect in a frantic final ten-lap stretch to pass Busch in heavy traffic.

Nineteen year old Regan Smith will contest this year's NASCAR Busch Series with Bost Motorsports beginning this weekend at the North Carolina Speedway despite the lack of a primary sponsor.

The 1.017-mile strip of asphalt known now as the North Carolina Speedway (but more fondly remembered as Rockingham) holds a special place in the hearts of many NASCAR drivers and team bosses and none more so than Bill Davis.

Kenny Wallace arrives at the North Carolina Speedway this weekend knowing that he will have a good car underneath him following a decent run with the #23 Bill Davis team at the track last fall and his own personal successes at the 1.017-mile oval.

"I don't really know how it could be any more competitive than what we saw last season. With the teams and the amount of people they have, it's going to be extremely hard. Even James Ince can tell you that he's working day and night trying to keep our team as competitive as possible.

A racesuit worn by none other than pop sensation Britney Spears is amongst the memorabilia on offer in this year's Speedway Children's Charities NASCAR Driver auction in Las Vegas.

Tony Stewart scored a career best Daytona 500 finish of seventh in Sunday's rain-shortened affair at the Daytona International Speedway. The defending Winston Cup Champion left the 2.5-mile Speedway with mixed feelings however, wondering what might have been had the race not stopped early.

Former CART Champion Jimmy Vasser was cleared by doctors at Daytona International Speedway's infield medical centre following his part in a hard penultimate lap wreck in Saturday's Koolerz 300 Busch Series event.

Dale Earnhardt Jr scored his third win in as many races at Daytona this year in Saturday's Koolerz 300 Busch Series race as drivers starting in Sunday's Daytona 500 swept the top six positions.

Complete results from the 45th annual Daytona 500 at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. Race called after 109 of 200 laps due to rain

NASCAR fans in the United Kingdom will be able to watch today's Daytona 500 live for the first time in four years providing they have signed up to the Digital North American Sports Network channel (NASN).

NASCAR passed its first major safety exam of the 2003 season with flying colours as Penske Racing's Ryan Newman walked away from a spectacular flip in front of the main grandstand at the 2.5-mile Superspeedway.

McDonald's, 'the official Drive Thru of NASCAR,' and POWERade, the official sports drink of NASCAR, have teamed to sponsor an award program that celebrates the unsung heroes in NASCAR's three major racing series - NASCAR Winston Cup, NASCAR Busch Grand National and NASCAR Craftsman Truck.

NASCAR Winston Cup Series veteran Mark Martin captured his eleventh career True Value International Race of Champions [IROC] victory last night, in the 2003 series' opener at Daytona International Speedway.

Wednesday's announcement of a sold-out grandstand for the March 2 UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 has convinced officials of Speedway Motorsports, the parent company of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to add more seats before next year's race.

Toyota's much rumoured move into the world of NASCAR was finally confirmed this week when the firm announced plans to compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from 2004 ahead of what many believe will lead to an eventual Winston Cup assault.