NASCAR News

The Principal Financial Group will be the primary sponsor on Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek's MB2 Motorsports' Chevrolets in this weekend's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Kevin Harvick won his ninth NASCAR Busch race of the season on Saturday at the Texas Motor Speedway, beating off-track friend Tony Stewart even though he ran out of fuel on the final lap.

Brian Vickers took pole position for the Dickies 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway despite being the 50h and final car to make a qualifying attempt.

Jeremy Mayfield will return to the Nextel Cup Series for the final two races of the 2006 season for James Finch's Phoenix Racing team.

Bill Elliott's name already fills the Atlanta Motor Speedway and NASCAR record books, and on a wet Friday at AMS, speedway officials made Elliott a more permanent fixture at the track he calls his 'home' circuit.

The NASCAR Nextel Cup Series will use unleaded fuel in every race bar the Daytona 500 next season, one year earlier than planned.

Casey Atwood, a driver once touted as the future of Evernham Motorsports before finding himself virtually out of the spot whilst still in his mid 20's, will attempt to qualify for the season ending Ford 400 with the Brewco Motorsports team.

Brand new Nextel Cup team Red Bull Racing didn't make the NASCAR debut they had hoped for when ex-Cup Series Champion Bill Elliott couldn't get the #83 Dodge past Bud Pole qualifying at the Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Richard Childress has confirmed that GM Goodwrench, a company synonymous with his team and specifically the late Dale Earnhardt, will end its role as the primary sponsor for RCR's #29 team at the end of the year.

The US racing career of Australian motorsport ace Marcos Ambrose has taken another dramatic step with the Tasmanian being confirmed as a full-time NASCAR Busch driver in 2007.

The 26th season of NASCAR Busch Series competition will begin on Saturday 17 February, but it is the inclusion of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that will attract most attention.

Chip Ganassi has confirmed that Juan Pablo Montoya will make his NASCAR debut in next month's ARCA RE/MAX Food World 250 at Talladega Superspeedway as he prepares for a full stock car campaign in 2007.

Ricky Rudd will test one of the Toyota Camry Car of Tomorrow chassis at Talladega Superspeedway later this year, giving hope to his fans that they haven't seen the last of him in Nextel Cup Series action just yet.

Both Petty Enterprises entries will be led by new crew chiefs from this weekend's race in New Hampshire onwards with Bill Wilburn joining the team as Kyle Petty's crew chief with Paul Andrews moving across from the #45 to Bobby Labonte's #43 team.

One of NASCAR's most enduring team principals Junie Donlavey has admitted that his team will not return to NASCAR and that at the age of 81 his career as a team boss is over.

Jeff Gordon's night at Bristol last Saturday may have ended with the four time Nextel Cup Champion having stern words with Scott Riggs over their last lap tussle for fourth place but at least his #24 Hendrick Motorsports pit crew gave him something to smile about.

Bill Lester will attempt to make it three starts from three attempts in the Nextel Cup Series this weekend at the California Speedway, a track he calls his 'home' circuit.

Noted Nextel Cup crew chief Richard 'Slugger' Labbe has joined the struggling MB2 Motorsports outfit ahead of their planned expansion in 2007.

NASCAR veteran Tony Raines has been handed a full-time deal with Hall of Fame Racing next season that will see the 42-year old driver contest the entire Nextel Cup schedule with a fully sponsored team for the first time in his career.

Joe Nemechek may be having a turgid season in 2006 but his #01 MB2 Motorsports team had something to smile about at Michigan last weekend when they claimed the honours in NASCAR's weekly pitstop competition.

It is safe to say that Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham won't be sending one another cards this Christmas as the dispute between the two parties continues to rumble on.

Dale Earnhardt Jr had to endure something that he rarely has to put up with after Saturday's Carfax 250 Busch Series race as he claimed a very un-popular victory with the Michigan crowd.

The unheralded David Gilliland, who shot to prominence thanks to his shock Busch Series victory at Kentucky Speedway earlier this year, has been named as the driver of Robert Yates' #38 Ford for this weekends race at Michigan.

As expected Elliott Sadler has been confirmed as the driver of Evernham Motorsports' #19 Dodge with immediate effect.