NASCAR News

1990 Daytona 500 champion Derrike Cope has signed K and N Performance Filters as his primary sponsor for the 2001 Daytona 500.

Drivers Jeff Burton and Ricky Rudd, together with Ford personnel, answered questions on the return of Dodge as a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Winston Cup driver Ted Musgrave has found a car to drive in the Feb. 11 Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, and it will have Hills Bros Coffee decals and Junie Donlavey's familiar No. 90 on it, Donlavey announced today.

The 2001 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona kicks off the Winston Cup season with a star-filled lineup of Bud Pole winners and past champions of the Shootout (formerly known as the Busch Clash and the Bud Shootout).

Sadler (pictured last season) will start his third full season in NASCAR Winston Cup for Wood Brothers racing this season, and has spoken of his hopes for the year ahead, the changes in his team and the relationship with Roush Racing.

A new sponsor and a new crew chief have already given Elliott Sadler confidence heading into the 2001 campaign. His test session on Monday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has the third-year driver feeling especially good about the March 4, UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.

MTI Racing have announced that veteran NASCAR driver Steve Park, will be driving the No.98 C5 Chevrolet Corvette in the 2-hour Motorola Cup season opener to be held at Daytona International Speedway.

The third instalment in the Dodge at Martinsville series looks at Joey Arrington, who will be building the engines for Dodge when they return to NASCAR racing this season.

Ken Schrader has announced he will again pay a visit to the 'Desert Jewel' to compete in both events at the 2001 NAPA Auto Parts NASCAR Winter Heat presented by Bosch event.

Sanford of North America will sponsor NASCAR's most popular event and rename Bristol Motor Speedway's August night race the Sharpie 500, speedway officials announced today.

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.

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

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

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.

Porter-Cable/Delta Machinery has withdrawn its 2001 sponsorship from Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR Busch series programme.

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