NASCAR News

1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Rusty Wallace and his current Penske Racing crew chief Robin Pemberton both voiced their support for NASCAR's recent raft of rule changes concerning Superspeedway events at places such as Talladega and Daytona.

Johnny Benson's pit-crew co-ordinator claims that every weekend is a pit-stop challenge - but this Saturday at Rockingham he will be doing it for real as the 'boys' from the top 25 teams showcase their talents in the 35th annual World Pit Crew Competition.

Dale Earnhardt Jr and the #8 Budweiser team ran among the top ten for close to 100 laps of the Checker 500k, but engine problems with less than 30 laps remaining dropped the second-year team out of the race.

Robert Pressley, driver of the No. 77 Jasper Engines Taurus, will be making his 200th career NASCAR Winston Cup start today. He spoke about the milestone before Saturday morning's practice session and also talked about his plans for next season:

W.C 'Junie' Donlavey's eponymous team looks set to continue for the rest of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season without a primary sponsor following the abrupt departure of both Hut Stricklin and sponsors Hills Bros and NASCAR's longest serving team owner now faces an uphill struggle to keep his N

Team owner Cal Wells of the number 32 - Tide Taurus - talks about winning his first NASCAR Winston Cup race with Ricky Craven, the goals he set for the 32 and the 96, and a lot more: Q: Cal Wells - Car Owner - 32 - Tide Taurus - Has team morale changed since the win?

As the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series heads to Arizona for Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Square D driver Bobby Hamilton finds himself holding the record for the most laps completed throughout the year. Of the 9257 laps run so far, Hamilton has completed 9178.

Ricky Rudd nearly won last year's NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. The driver of the No. 28 Texaco/Havoline Taurus was leading the race when a group of lapped cars wrecked in front of him with 19 laps remaining.

#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson won't be behind the wheel of a car nearly as much as his Crew Chief James Ince will this week. Ince and his wife Denise left Tuesday on their 2,100-mile drive from Charlotte to Phoenix for this weekend's Winston Cup race.

Tony Stewart saved his best for last in Sunday's EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, coming from the back of the field to finish second in the last 30 laps of 188-lap race.

With just three races left on the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series schedule, Matt Kenseth is slated to drive the next two in the No. 17 Visine Chevrolet. After the Outback Steakhouse 200 at Phoenix International Raceway on Oct.

Five of NASCAR's biggest stars will be hoping to cash in when the NASCAR Winston Cup Series returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, 2002 for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Complete unofficial results of Sunday's EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, round 31 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. All results unofficial due to last lap accident involving 16 cars. Official results to be posted by 12pm ET on Monday.

Currently nearing the completion of his sophomore NASCAR Winston Cup campaign, Dale Earnhardt Jr has showed a run of form during the middle and latter portion of the current NWC season that has marked him out as a potential Championship threat next year in the already famous No.8 Budweiser Chevro

Stacy Compton made it two pole positions in two attempts at the fearsome 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway in 2001 as he snatched the Bud Pole away from Bobby Hamilton at the last minute in qualifying for Sunday's EA Sports 500.

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the EA Sports 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway, Round 31 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

The first of just two road course races on the NASCAR Winston Cup calendar, the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Sears Point Raceway, will continue under its current guise for a further two years with the undulating California track continuing its long standing relationship with both companies.

Dave Blaney will take over the helm of the #77 Jasper Motorsports Ford next season, replacing four-year stalwart Robert Pressley behind the wheel.

Jeff Green believes so strongly that NASCAR drivers should be wearing a head and neck restraint device, that he's willing to put his money where his mouth is.

NASCAR star Tony Stewart has commended the governing body's decision to insist that every driver uses a head and neck support from this weekend onwards, but has said that he needs more time to get comfortable with the devices.

Clay Rogers had more than a two-month break in between driving the No. 17 Visine Chevrolet at Indianapolis Raceway Park on August 4 and competing at Memphis Motorsports Park on Sunday.

Ricky Craven, a driver who returned to racing last season after nearly two years of inactivity due to injuries, earned his first Winston Cup victory Monday at Martinsville Speedway in the Old Dominion 500.

The unpredictable front of weather that caused the postponement of Saturday's Busch Grand National race at Memphis wreaked further havoc with Sunday's Winston Cup event at the Martinsville Speedway with the end result being the postponement of the Old Dominion 500 until 11am local time on Monday.

Junie Donlavey Racing will not run the familiar Hills Bros Coffee colours on the No.90 Ford Taurus in next year's NASCAR Winston Cup Series in a move that could also see current driver Hut Stricklin and crew chief Philippe Lopez depart the team next season.