NASCAR News

As soon as Jimmie Johnson heard the news of Friday's acquittal, on tax charges, of IndyCar Series driver Helio Castroneves, the Brazilian's sister and business manager Katuicia and Michigan motorsports attorney Alan Miller, he and crew chief Chad Knaus tried to call the 71-year old, who has also

After failing to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole for eight years, Mark Martin now has three in one season, despite being the ninth driver to make a qualifying attempt at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway on Friday.

Let's see, which way does the nozzle go?

The tired NASCAR axiom of 'Win on Sunday, sell on Monday' has been outdated for the past decade, if not longer, but the executives who run Rick Hendrick's NASCAR team and auto dealerships brought it back to life last month at Daytona.

Martin Truex Jr spent most of Saturday night in the emergency room of an Atlanta hospital, waiting to pass a kidney stone that had begun to cause him considerable discomfort during Cup practice earlier in the day.

The Kobalt Tools 500 had eleven cautions during its eventual 330-lap duration, but none was more bizarre than that thrown to cover the actions of Jimmy Watts, gas man on the #47 Toyota driven by Marcos Ambrose.

What has three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson done differently this year? For one thing, he's sporting a full beard. For another, he's 19th in the Cup standings, the worst points position he's occupied three races into a season since 2004, when he also was 19th.

After topping the speed chart in Friday's practice, Mark Martin blistered Atlanta Motor Speedway with a 29.640-second lap to win the pole for Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the 1.54-mile track.

DuPont, long recognised as the leader in hospitality among NASCAR sponsors, is dramatically reducing its program this year as part of its companywide cost cutting.

Contrary to some of the sponsors and marketing agencies that scaled back their activities at the Daytona 500, Ask.com showed up with its CEO, president and a team of close to 25 for its first race as NASCAR's official search engine.

Brian Wolfe, director of Ford North America Motorsports, has paid tribute to Larry H. Miller, the celebrated founder of Miller Motorsports Park in Utah and the Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup racing series.

The handshake was only just beginning to cool after Yates Racing and David Gilliland announced that they were amicably terminating their relationship, when the driver popped in a lap good enough to qualify the #71 TRG Chevrolet for Sunday's Auto Club 500.

The pressure hasn't lifted completely from AJ Allmendinger's shoulders - he still must qualify on speed for the first five events of the Sprint Cup season - but after a third-place finish in last Sunday's Daytona 500, you can sense the relief in his voice.

With the Daytona 500 now out of the way, Marcos Ambrose will turn his focus to remaining inside the top 35 in owner points as the NASCAR Sprint Cup heads to Fontana this weekend for the Auto Club 500.

Ryan Newman has backed the #39 Stewart Haas Racing crew to emerge as a strong team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup following the way they bounced back from the problematic week of action at Daytona.

Yates Racing has announced that Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, will sponsor Travis Kvapil and the #28 Ford Fusion in this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Fontana, California.

While Dale Earnhardt Jr was quick to hit out at Brian Vickers for his part in the ten-car wreck that hit the Daytona 500, there was little surprise to see Vickers take an alternative view on the most controversial incident on the NASCAR Sprint Cup opener.

While delighted with his third place in the Daytona 500, AJ Allmendinger admitted that it could have been an even better result for the Richard Petty Motorsports team.

Earnhardt Ganassi Racing owner/managing partner Chip Ganassi is fed up with media criticism of Teresa Earnhardt, co-owner of the team and widow of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Kyle Busch led the final five laps of the Gatorade Duel qualifying race to score his first win of 2009 in dramatic fashion, holding off the challenge of Mark Martin on the run to the line at Daytona.

Elliott Sadler knows how to take one for the team - even if it's the same team that tried to oust him in November - as he played his part in ensuring that AJ Allmendinger made the Daytona 500 field for the first time in three attempts.

Boris Said saw his hopes of racing into the Daytona 500 come to an end in the Gatorade Duel when he was forced to retire from the second the second qualifying race.

Rick Clark and Boris Said have announced a merger between Rick Clark Motorsports and No Fear Racing for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign.

Robby Gordon says he is excited by the prospect of making his first race start in his new Toyota in the Gatorade Duels at Daytona. Gordon switches to the Toyota for 2009 after making his final start at the wheel of his Dodge during the Budweiser Shootout.