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Earnhardt report: Belt not to blame.
A court appointed medical expert has concluded that the broken seat belt was not to blame for Dale Earnhardt's death at this year's Daytona 500.
Junie Donlavey celebrates 77th birthday.
Hills Bros Coffee Racing team owner Junie Donlavey will celebrate his 77th birthday April 8 in his home state of Virginia. The following are birthday messages offered by some of Donlavey' acquaintances throughout his 52-year involvement in motorsports:

Qualifying, race date changes for Brickyard 400.
The Brickyard 400 weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have a different look in 2001 due to changes in the race date, race starting time and qualifying format.
So close, and yet...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the Budweiser team were among the dominant cars at the Harrah's 500, starting from the pole position and leading five times for 107 laps.

Q&A: Dale Jarrett.
Dale Jarrett, driver of the No. 88 UPS Taurus, heads to Texas this weekend leading the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings by 45 points over second-place Jeff Gordon.

Benson relying on Hendrick Power for Harrah's 500.
One of the keys to #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson's early season success in 2001 revolves around the work of Hendrick Motorsports.
Shawna Robinson set to 'run with the big boys.'
Veteran racecar driver and mother of two, Shawna Robinson, plans on making a big splash in the NASCAR scene this year, running limited Busch Grand National and Winston Cup schedules.
Sam Bass to open gallery at Texas.
Five months after expanding his Charlotte-based gallery, NASCAR artist Sam Bass is once again expanding - this time to Texas.

Q & A: Johnny Benson.
Transcript of Johnny Benson's apperance at Winston Breakfast Saturday in Bristol. Q: Do you have any rituals you maintain during a hot streak?
Melling responds to NASCAR penalties.
According to a NASCAR news media release issued today, Melling Racing crew chief Chad Knaus has been fined $5000 and suspended for two races for rules infractions under sections 12-4A and 12-4Q of the official rule book.
Busch driver working to live up to name.
A kid with dreams of becoming a race driver like his dad should have it made, especially if the name is Foyt - but Larry Foyt found out different.
No walk in the Park for Jarrett at Darlington.
After knocking on the door to victory lane all season, Dale Jarrett finally opened his 2001 account in Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at the Darlington Raceway but only after getting the jump over long-time race leader Steve Park.
UPS deliver at Darlington.
Dale Jarrett scored his first win of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season in Sunday's Dodge Dealers 400 at the fearsome Darlington Raceway as he beat Steve Park and Jeremy Mayfield in a typical Darlington war of attrition.
Houston to face Darlington challenge.
Though Andy Houston has tested but never competed at Darlington Raceway, the rookie Winston Cup driver has no false impressions of the daunting 1.366-mile oval.
Raybestos Rookie Contenders' update.
Raybestos Rookie Contender Kevin Harvick won Sunday's Cracker Barrel 500 in his third career Winston Cup start, the quickest ever for a rookie in the sport's modern era. Ron Bouchard, who won the 1981 Talladega 500 in his 11th career start, held the previous record.

Billy Ray Cyrus joins forces with Donlavey!
Sony recording artist Billy Ray Cyrus will use the Hills Bros Coffee Ford driven by Hut Stricklin to promote his new album, "Southern Rain," at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 25, Junie Donlavey, owner of Stricklin's Winston Cup Series machine, has announced.

Race fans ready for return of Chevy Thunder.
The historic Fort Worth Stockyards will roar into life on Friday and Saturday, 30-31 March, as Chevy Thunder in the Stockyards returns with an exciting family-oriented festival that celebrates the very best of motorsports.
Hand-carved boots await Texas Busch winner.
When the winner of the NASCAR Busch Series Jani-King 300 raises the trophy in victory lane, he will be hoisting a specially carved pair of wooden boots. The trophy is being designed and carved by local artisan Robert Cortez of Fort Worth.

Labonte left disappointed with Atlanta results.
For a driver and a team that did not have a single DNF in 2000 and completed all but nine laps in competition out of 10,167 laps run last season, Bobby Labonte and the Interstate Batteries Racing Team's 2001 season so far has left a lot to be desired.
Two in a row for Jarrett in Atlanta.
For the second year in succession Dale Jarrett secured pole position for the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway as he topped the lap-charts for the second time in four races.
Victory Lane Club gives new view to race fans.
Want a front stretch seat with a little something extra for the race weekend? The all-new Victory Lane Club at Texas Motor Speedway is the hottest ticket for RPM Week-Texas.

Stricklin impressed with HANS device.
"I will never race without it again," that was the conclusion of Hills Bros Coffee driver Hut Stricklin on the HANS device, after he crashed hard into turn three following a tyre blow out on lap 157 of the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

Nadeau ready for an Atlanta "Cracker."
Jerry Nadeau will arrive in Atlanta with the same No. 25 Chevrolet Monte Carlo he drove to victory lane last November when the UAW-Delphi team returns for the Cracker Barrel 500 on March 11.
NASCAR Starting line up: UAW/Daimler Chrysler 400.
Complete qualifying results from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.