NASCAR News

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.

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.

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.

One of the keys to #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson's early season success in 2001 revolves around the work of Hendrick Motorsports.

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.

Five months after expanding his Charlotte-based gallery, NASCAR artist Sam Bass is once again expanding - this time to Texas.

Transcript of Johnny Benson's apperance at Winston Breakfast Saturday in Bristol. Q: Do you have any rituals you maintain during a hot streak?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.