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Kevin Harvick is a Raybestos Rookie contender in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Harvick is the leading Raybestos Rookie contender entering the final Winston Cup race of the 2001 season Friday afternoon at New Hampshire International Speedway.

The final NASCAR Winston Cup Teleconference of the 2001 season featured Jeff Gordon, four-time Winston Cup champion and driver of the No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet Monte Carlo and his crew chief, Robbie Loomis.

Despite failing to make the cut on several occasions this year, former single-seater star Robby Gordon has managed to hang on to his ride in the #31 Richard Childress Racing entry.

It didn't take long for Carter-Haas Motorsports to line up a replacement for Ganassi-bound Jimmy Spencer, as Joe Nemechek was announced as the new man behind the wheel of the K-Mart Ford for 2002.

Leading NASCAR Winston Cup operation Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

Former Penske Racing NASCAR Winston Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield will join Bill Elliott in Ray Evernham's two-car assault on the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup with current Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Casey Atwood joining Evernham's newest 'partner,' Ultra Motorsports.

He may not even get to drive the No.1 Pennzoil sponsored DEI Chevrolet once in 2002 if Steve Park is fit in time for the Daytona 500 in February but after a summer that saw him dumped on the Winston Cup scrap heap, simply being a part of a team of DEI's calibre is like a dream come true for the e

Bobby Labonte is still the reigning NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion. Perhaps it is time to remind people of that, even though it is obvious Labonte, won't retain it.

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has announced the addition of two members to its Public Relations Department.

Despite a potentially devastating pit-stop error early in the race, Dave Blaney rallied from deep in the field at Homestead and matched career-best finishes at Texas and Michigan earlier this year to post a fast closing sixth-place finish in the Pennzoil 400 in the #93 Amoco/Siemens Dodge.

After years of considering the possibility, Dave Blaney has become the owner of the historic Sharon (PA) Speedway, the hometown track for the racing family and one of the oldest continuously running weekly racetracks in the United States.

The pit-lane incident which left Robert Yates Racing crew member Bobby Burrell in a Miami hospital was ' waiting to happen' according to rival crew chief Jimmy Makar.

The last time Bill Elliott drove into a Winston Cup victory lane, it was behind the wheel of a Budweiser-sponsored car in September of 1994 - Dale Earnhardt Jr will be hoping that he does not have to go 227 races until his next win.

Robert Yates Racing crew member Bobby Burrell is still listed in serious condition at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami but is awake and alert according to reports after a pitlane accident in Sunday's Pennzoil Freedom 400 at Homestead which injured three of Ricky Rudd's pit crew and a NASCAR

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Pennzoil Freedom 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Round 34 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

It's time to talk about inevitability, in the form of Jeff Gordon's fourth NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship.

NASCAR and WD-40 Company, two of the biggest names in the automotive world, announced a promotional partnership and automotive aftermarket licensing agreement at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas this week.

There are only two more chances in 2001 for NASCAR Winston Cup teams to garner a starting spot in the 2002 Bud Shootout. The 50-mile race held Feb. 10 begins the 2002 Speedweeks at Daytona.

Complete results from Sunday's Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina, round 33 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

One of motorsport's greatest names will appear on the entry list for a junior stock car event this weekend, as Christian Fittipaldi swaps the open air of his Newman-Haas Champcar for the confined cockpit of a NASCAR Busch machine.

Kevin Harvick finally wrapped up the 2001 Busch Grand National Series crown after finishing fifth in Saturday's Sam's Town 200 at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham in what has so far been a remarkable year for the Richard Childress Racing driver and with the Winston Cup Raybestos Rookie o

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at the North Carolina Speedway, Round 33 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

Kenny Wallace became the 18th different driver to win a Bud Pole award in 2001 as he knocked Ricky Craven off the pole at the North Carolina Speedway to earn his third career Winston Cup pole position and his first for the No.1 DEI Pennzoil team since taking over from Steve Park at Darlington two

Current runaway Winston Cup points leader Jeff Gordon added his voice of approval to the latest Superspeedway rule changes, saying that the racing will be better for the drivers who will no longer have to cross their fingers and pray that they will finish the race safely.