NASCAR News

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Old Dominion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway, Round 30 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

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.

In one of the more processional races seen on the NASCAR Winston Cup tour this season Sterling Marlin (pictured in 2000) scored his second victory of the season for the Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge outfit in crushing fashion as he beat race long nemesis Tony Stewart by more than six and a half secon

Complete UAW-GM Quality 500 results from the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, round 29 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

Jimmy Spencer earned his third Winston Cup series pole position in qualifying for the UAW-GM Quality 500 last night, and will form a Haas-Carter 1-2 in the starting line-up.

1. Jimmy Spencer No.26 Ford Travis Carter Motorsports 29.166secs 2. Todd Bodine No.66 Ford Haas Carter Motorsports 29.270secs 3. Kenny Wallace No.1 Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Incorporated 29.342secs

To be a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver, you have to have skill, patience, determination and vision. Hills Bros Coffee Racing driver Hut Stricklin hopes to find a vision that will lead him to success this Sunday at Kansas Speedway in the Protection One 400.

Junie Donlavey is one of the few figures in the NASCAR Winston Cup garage who can remember Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941 and after serving his country in WWII Donlavey wishes he could sign up again as America tries to get back to normality.

After falling out of favour with the hapless Eel River Racing outfit in June this year, Kenny Wallace was begrudgingly handed a potential Winston Cup lifeline when Steve Park injured himself in a freak Busch Grand National crash at Darlington and although Wallace did not want to make his NWC retu

Hendrick Motorsports have confirmed that Lowe's Home Improvement's will join their expanding four car outfit in 2002 with rookie driver Jimmie Johnson behind the wheel of the No.48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

NASCAR have announced the postponement of this weekend's New Hampshire 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway until November 23rd as a result of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States of America.

Ricky Rudd barged his way past Kevin Harvick with five laps remaining in Saturday's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at the Richmond International Raceway to win his second race of the year and gain a bunch of points on Jeff Gordon who was the victim of one of the races many accidents and finished more

Steve Park could be set to miss the remainder of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season after doctors advised him not to step back behind the wheel of a racing car for at least another month following his Busch Grand National accident last Saturday at Darlington.

Richard Childress Racing's Mike Skinner emerged victorious in a frantic seven way dice to take the honours in the inaugural Golf Cart Grand Prix at the Richmond International Raceway beating off the six other drivers who have been paired with a 'Loony Tunes' character this weekend.

This was how Jeff Gordon described his No.24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after taking his 40th career NASCAR Winston Cup pole position, his fourth at Richmond International Raceway and beating short track King and heated rival Rusty Wallace in the process.

Bobby Labonte's quest for the prestigious No Bull 5 Million dollar bonus will begin from the third row of the grid in Saturday night's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 after the driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No.18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac scored his seventh top ten start in the Fall event at Richmo

Hut Stricklin missed the cut for Saturday's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 after posting 43rd fastest time in Bud Pole Qualifying at Richmond International Raceway.