NASCAR News

Race fans who elect to camp at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during NASCAR Weekend will have to go only a short distance to shop for groceries and personal items.

The 2001 Winston Cup season marks a new era for Ricky Rudd, driver of the No. 28 Texaco/Havoline Ford.

Former Indy Racing League standout Jason Leffler has signed a four year contract with Chip Ganassi Racing/Team SABCO to race the newly reliveried No.01 Cingular Wireless Dodge Intrepid in the NASCAR Winston Cup, starting with next month's Daytona 500 at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway

To mark the return of Dodge to Winston Cup racing, Crash.Net , together with Martinsville Speedway , will be taking a look at the their long and successful history and speaking to some of those involved in the manufacturers return to NASCAR racing this season.

Cingular Wireless will make their first appearance across a Winston Cup car bonnet in 2001 after partner company BellSouth and new team boss Chip Ganassi completed the restructuring of the tragedy hit outfit, which lost up-and-coming driver Kenny Irwin in a practice accident at the New Hampshire

Wally Dallenbach and the No.75 Galaxy Motorsports team are facing a bleak Winston Cup future after failing to land a main sponsor for the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season and although the team is still standing and was present at the Ford test at the Daytona Superspeedway, the No.75 team could well

Porter-Cable/Delta Machinery has withdrawn its 2001 sponsorship from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR Busch series programme.

Jim Rocco, Senior Vice President of Valvoline, spoke at a Valvoline breakfast in Charlotte about the company's decision to not only sponsor, but also own half of Johnny Benson's #10 Valvoline Pontiac for the 2001 season.

R & C Motorsports Ventures (RCMV) have signed NASCAR Winston Cup Series rising star Jerry Nadeau to drive its dirt modified car in three to five races during the 2001 DIRT Motorsports season.

NASCAR Winston Cup Series team owner Junie Donlavey scored his first career hat trick at a Richmond Renegades hockey game (on Dec 30) when he announced his driver, crew chief and new paint scheme, for the Hills Bros Coffee Ford.

NASCAR's most senior statesman, Dave Marcis, and his small band of passionate crew-members may have had their worst year in Winston Cup competition for more than 30 years in 2000 but their spirit is still strong and they will once again be there for the season opening Daytona 500 next February wi

One of the most successful team owners in the Winston Cup today, Rick Hendrick was officially pardoned of his mail fraud conviction for which he served a one-year house arrest sentence.

In what is probably Robby Gordon's last chance to make the grade in the world of NASCAR racing, the ex-Indycar ace made a promising start to his relationship with the veteran Morgan-McClure outfit at the half mile Greenville Pickens Speedway in South Carolina on Wednesday.

One of the last pieces of the 2001 Winston Cup grid was put into place on Friday when Jim Smith confirmed that Mike Wallace had been selected to replace the Dale Earnhardt Inc bound Michael Waltrip in the #7 NationsRent/Ultra Motorsports entry for his first full time Winston Cup assault in five y

In a move universally praised, the tight Martinsville pit lane is being reconfigured in time for next year's Virginia 500.

Friends in high places: The election of President George W. Bush means the television at the White House could well be tuned to NASCAR Winston Cup races in the future.

Ricky Rudd has accepted an invitation to race in the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the True Value International Race of Champions (IROC) Series in 2001.

It has been eight long years since any car other than a Ford, Chevrolet or Pontiac has entered a NASCAR Winston Cup event but with Dodge re-entering the fray for the first time in 17 years next season the battle between manufacturers is already hotting up.

The 2000 season was something of a roller coaster for Jack Roush as he saw Mark Martin suffer his worst year for a long time and the departure of Chad Little and Kevin Lepage, who promised so much but failed to deliver.

Texas Motor Speedway's mascot, Sparky, is claiming an unusual first, having signed a unique sponsorship agreement with NGK Spark Plugs.

IROC sponsor True Value brought a special treat to the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Champion's party last week by offering one of the ten regional Mechanics of the Year the opportunity to be part of the True Value team next season.

Former single seater ace Robby Gordon will get another chance to prove himself in a competitive ride in the Winston Cup after he inked a five year deal with Larry McClure's Morgan-McClure Motorsports team on Monday.

Saturday was not a good day for NASCAR's lesser-fancied teams as the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway proved slower to drive than it had on Friday meaning only Andy Houston improved on his time as the massive 51 car field was whittled down to 43.

Winston Cup front-runner Tony Stewart has become the newest team-owner in the hectic World of Outlaws category, which the eight time WC race winner originally cut his teeth in.