NASCAR News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

Complete qualifying results from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Don't be surprised if you catch Hills Bros Coffee Driver Hut Stricklin curling his lip once or twice this race weekend. Be polite and one may get a "Thank you, thank you very much," reply from the veteran racer.

Kevin Harvick has officially joined the race for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year championship in NASCAR Winston Cup racing - with Richard Childress Racing.

Nobody really wanted to be in the NASCAR Winston Cup garage this weekend.

Steve Park raced to victory in round two of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup, beating reigning Champion Bobby Labonte by half a car length to take his second career victory.

Following allegations that Dale Earnhardt was killed because his seatbelt broke in his Daytona crash, Bill Simpson of Simpson Performance Products Inc., which manufactured Earnhardt's belt, has released the following statement:

The rain-delayed Dura Lube 400 will continue at Rockingham on Monday morning after being postponed by rain, but it will not include Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the Budweiser team.

The current inclement weather affecting much of the Eastern Seaboard of North America forced Sunday's Dura Lube 400 at the North Carolina Speedway to be postponed after just 50 laps had been completed.

Complete qualifying results from the North Carolina Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt Junior who's father died of head injuries suffered in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500 last weekend has said that it is ridiculous to blame Sterling Marlin.

Busch Grand National star Kevin Harvick will make his NASCAR Winston Cup debut at Rockingham this Sunday, driving the new No.29 Goodwrench Tools Chevrolet in the wake of Dale Earnhardt's fatal Daytona crash.

More than 500 people braved thunderstorms and a brief period of hail early Thursday morning at Sears Point Raceway to celebrate the life of Dale Earnhardt.

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt was buried yesterday, with a private funeral service held at the Earnhardt family's local church in North Carolina.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway will pay tribute to the late Dale Earnhardt with a gigantic floral display during the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 weekend March 2-4.

Stirling Marlin has been sent death threats by 'fans' blaming him for the loss of Dale Earnhardt in the Daytona 500. Speaking at a teleconference yesterday, Marlin revealed that threats had been sent to him by phone, fax and even to his website, following Sundays accident.