NASCAR News

Welcome to California Speedway... or is it Kansas Speedway, Chicagoland Speedway, Michigan Speedway or Las Vegas Motor Speedway? Since it's the last weekend in April, it's time for the NAPA Auto Parts 500, which is indeed at California Speedway.

For Ryan Newman and his ALLTEL Team Penske, it's another new race track and a further challenge on tap this weekend.

Todd Bodine and the Excedrin Racing team posted a fourth-place finish this past Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in an accident-marred event.

Complete qualifying results for Sunday's Aaron's 499 at the 2.66 mile Talladega Superspeedway.

Driver Ricky Rudd will highlight a group of six drivers who will participate in a two-day NASCAR Winston Cup test session at Sears Point Raceway, April 23-24.

The most successful nameplate in NASCAR Winston Cup history has yet to win a race in 2002. The ninth round of 36 this season comes to Talladega Superspeedway for the Aaron's 499 this Sunday - the second of four restrictor-plate races in 2002.

*Scott Riggs won the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, his first career Busch Series win. In the process, Riggs collected Raybestos(R) Rookie of the Race honors for the fourth time this season.

Volatile Kevin Harvick has been controversially 'parked' by NASCAR ahead of Sunday's Virginia 500 at the Martinsville Speedway after he followed up his recent Busch Series remonstrations with a Craftsman Truck Series banging match with Coy Gibbs.

Kenny Wallace will drive the No. 29 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet this Sunday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in place of Kevin Harvick, who has been "parked" by NASCAR for his actions during Saturday's Craftsman Truck Series race.

Jeff Gordon led a Chevrolet 1-2-3-4 in qualifying at the Martinsville Speedway as the defending Winston Cup Champion joined Bobby Hamilton, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Terry Labonte on the front two rows for Sunday's Virginia 500.

Todd Bodine and the No. 92 Herzog Jackson Motorsports team head to Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway this weekend for the running of the Pepsi 300 Presented by Kroger. Bodine raced in last year's inaugural event and finished 10th.

Ken Schrader doesn't care what colour his car is. As long as it gets around the race track - he'll drive it. This weekend, Schrader and the "M&M's" AE Racing Team will debut a special paint scheme featuring the "M&M's" AE "Global Colour Vote".

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Dale Jarrett, driver of the No. 88 UPS Taurus, and Ricky Craven, driver of the No. 32 Tide Taurus, both registered their first NASCAR Winston Cup Martinsville Speedway victories last year.

Hank Parker Jr. drove his No. 36 GNC Live Well Dodge Intrepid to a 14th-place finish in Saturday's rain-shortened O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) event at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS).

It was an interesting time for Shawna Robinson and Ryan Newman at the Samsung/Radio Shack 500. Robinson was involved in the accident that effectively put Earnhardt Jr out of the running whereas Newman suffered an engine blow.

As Matt Kenseth won the Radio Shack/Samsung 500 it was a manic Monday for Dale Earnhardt Jr, running at the front for half of the 334 laps of the 500 mile race, but then crashing out of contention.

When it rains it pours, and that's exactly what happened when the NASCAR Busch Series and the No. 92 Excedrin Racing team traveled to the Texas Motor Speedway for the running of the O'Reilly 300 last Saturday.

HRT Motorsports has unveiled Cicl?n International as its new primary sponsor for the #09 Busch Series entry driven by Roberto Guerrero.

The Samsung/RadioShack 500 will not run until Monday after persistent rain and an ominous forecast kept the Winston Cup teams in the garages for a second day in succession.

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for Sunday's Samsung/RadioShack 500 at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jason Keller has been a staple part of the Busch Grand National Series for nine years and in 2002 has his best chance of claiming title honours yet in his third year with 2000 champion team ppc Racing. But there is one BGN track Keller has yet to conquer, the fearsome Texas Motor Speedway.

Robert Yates Racing has not enjoyed the smoothest of starts to the 2002 season with Dale Jarrett's No.88 UPS team bearing the brunt of much of the misfortune.

For the first time in 2002, the Phillips 66 team will compete at a track where they have yet to test. The team tested at the first five tracks on the 2002 NASCAR Busch Series schedule prior to the running of the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.