John Deere or Harrah’s to sponsor Gordon
UPDATE #2 Robby Gordon, who is leaving Richard Childress Racing to start his own Nextel Cup team, said this weekend that Harrah's Entertainment will sponsor his car next season. "Harrah's … Read More
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UPDATE #2 Robby Gordon, who is leaving Richard Childress Racing to start his own Nextel Cup team, said this weekend that Harrah's Entertainment will sponsor his car next season. "Harrah's … Read More
Rumor has it that Mexican Champ Car driver Michel Jourdain Jr. will drive in next year's inaugural NASCAR Busch series race in Mexico City. It will probably be a one-race … Read More
NASCAR's late yellow at Atlanta has provoked questions in the Cup garage about the inconsistency in NASCAR's reaction to such situations. The caution was put out for Kevin Harvick's stalled … Read More
Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports that Speed Channel is planning to launch an hour long show called "NASCAR Nation" to run Monday through Thursday nights next year. The story … Read More
This Detroit Free Press article talks about Honda's first-ever pickup truck to be sold in the USA. Everyone expects Honda to follow Toyota into NASCAR by 2 or 3 years. … Read More
Bliss and rookie Brendan Gaughan [would he go to a team not running a Dodge?] are being considered for the Haas CNC Racing #0 Chevrolet in 2005. Team owner Gene … Read More
NASCAR officials confirmed Sunday they plan to penalize Nextel Cup driver #2-Rusty Wallace for an incident following last Sunday’s race at Martinsville. Wallace is expected to receive a monetary penalty … Read More
Jimmy Spencer's temper has cost him his job with car owner Larry McClure, and McClure's problems couldn't come at a worse moment, just as he's trying to land a sponsor … Read More
UPDATE #4 Richard Childress said he would field three cars for the fourth consecutive season. An announcement on the third car's sponsor and driver could come at the season finale … Read More
Teams were grumbling yesterday about Goodyear's tire shortage at Atlanta Motor Speedway, something they say they expected, with the end of the season looming and Goodyear switching to a different … Read More
Bob Dilner reported on Speed Channel that qualifying in 2005 for the Cup Series could have a different look in 2005, with the top 35 teams in owners points/ drivers … Read More
Richard Childress has a news conference set for this morning to announce that Jeff Burton will drive his #31 Cingular-sponsored cars next season, taking Robby Gordon's place. It is unclear … Read More
NASCAR sources indicate that Coca-Cola / PowerAde may drop its NASCAR sponsorship at the end of the season. NASCAR signed PowerAde to a victory-lane sponsorship that has proven too hot … Read More
UPDATE An announcement on who will be the driver of the #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet in 2005 will be made this Friday, Oct. 29, at 2:00pm/et in the infield media … Read More
NASCAR executives love the new television package that has boosted national coverage of their sport the past three years, but it's no secret they're not fond of one of the … Read More
UPDATE Goodyear has an exclusive deal with NASCAR to supply tires for its top three professional series through 2007, but there are reports Bridgestone/Firestone and B.F. Goodrich are interested in … Read More
UPDATE #2 See other rumor. RCR will have to announce that Motorola will be the new sponsor because AOL appears to be getting out of NASCAR. 10/09/04 Jayski.com reports that … Read More
Expect Richard Childress to make more changes to his RCR team before the start of the 2005 season. An announcement the last week of October at Atlanta should clarify the … Read More
We predicted that once Champ Car let NASCAR into Mexico they would eventually pluck the Champ Car paddock dry of all Mexican sponsors. It has begun. Corona is already onboard … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' based on today's official announcement. 10/13/04 It's expected that on Thursday Mark Martin will announce his retirement from Nextel Cup racing after the … Read More
Boris Said will be leaving a long-standing association with Tom Milner's Prototype Technology Group, which fields two BMW M3s in the Grand American Rolex Series, to drive with MB2's NASCAR … Read More
UPDATE #2 NASCAR has elected not to penalize Tony Stewart or Mike Bliss in connection with a confrontation between the two that followed last weekend's Busch Series race at Kansas … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See Hot News for the announcement. 09/17/04 Jayski.com reports hearing that Jason Leffler, driver of the #00 Chevy in the Busch Series … Read More