Category: Stock Car Racing

Jimmy Spencer is back at the track, though in a Busch ride, not a Nextel Cup ride, and looking for a Cup ride for next season. Hanging over him is … Read More

Is a Dale Earnhardt Theme Park in the planning stages for Iredell County, near the DEI shops? Something big like that could be in the works, apparently, with the possibility … Read More

GM head of racing to Hendrick? General Motors' Doug Duchardt, head of the company's world-wide racing operations, is apparently being wooed by car owner Rick Hendrick to move to North … Read More

Richard Childress Racing is expected to announce at Miami-Homestead Speedway next weekend that Jack Daniels will become the official sponsor of the No. 30 Chevrolet to replace a departing AOL. … Read More

UPDATE Tony Eury Sr., crew chief for the #8 Chevrolet of driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., was fined $2,500 for violating Section 12-4-A (Actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-Q … Read More

UPDATE #2 After conducting an extended review of its sponsorship policies and researching trends in consumer attitudes, NASCAR announced that distilled spirits products are now a new category for sponsorship … Read More

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

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

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