NASCAR News

Even though Bobby Labonte finished 35th in Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, the innocent victim of a multi-car crash on lap 24 of 293, the fact he was able to finish at all spoke volumes for his pit crew as crew chief Michael 'Fatback' McSwain later recognised.

Elliott Sadler scored his first ever Winston Cup Bud Pole Award in 145 career starts on Friday at the Darlington Raceway to make it five different pole sitters in five races so far this year.

Complete Bud Pole qualifying results and starting lineup for Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway.

Ranked 39th in the Winston Cup championship point standings, America Online driver Jeff Green is intent on getting the team back on track this weekend during the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway.

Dave Blaney is smiling these days because he got his wish. Last November, the driver of the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Ford Team welcomed his new crew chief aboard. And, it was a familiar face.

Elliott Sadler had two reasons to be satisfied with his eventual sixth place showing in Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for not only was it his best finish for new employer Robert Yates but it also came after he started the race with a car that handled like a shed.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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).

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