NASCAR News

With all three of NASCAR's top sanctioned series competing on the same bill this week at the Bristol Motor Speedway it gives several drivers a chance to try and go for a rare triple-header, including Kevin Harvick, Robby Gordon and Jack Roush's latest discovery, Carl Edwards.

The McDonald's Corporation has revealed that it will be the primary sponsor on Bill Elliott's car for the two forthcoming Nextel Cup races at California Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ricky Craven returns to the Bristol Motor Speedway for the 16th time in his NASCAR career looking to improve on his best finish of eighth place last season.

Evernham Motorsports will have a full-time NASCAR Busch Series team for the first time in 2005, taking over the #6 'Hungry Drivers' programme currently run by one of his Nextel Cup crew chiefs Tommy Baldwin Jr.

Bobby Hamilton Jr has been released from his NASCAR Busch Series ride, much to the surprise of most observers despite the fact that Hamilton Jr had already signed for PPI Motorsports in 2005.

Rookie NASCAR Nextel Cup team Arnold Motorsports have announced that they are expanding into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with the Germain Motor Company and Toyota.

By Andrew Charman

Nextel Cup regular Dale Earnhardt Jr has revealed that he will pilot the #81 Menards/ Save Big Money Chevrolet in next weekend's Busch Series Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Sprint car star JJ Yeley will attempt to make his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series debut this weekend, as he races the Vigoro/Home Depot Chevrolet for the first time in the GFS Marketplace 400.

In an effort to contain team costs and further enhance competition, NASCAR has revealed that it will implement a gear rule for its three senior series - the Nextel Cup, NASCAR Busch and Craftsman Truck - beginning from next season.

It was a double win for the #20 Home Depot/Joe Gibbs Racing team on Sunday at Watkins Glen International, as not only did Tony Stewart capture the win on the 2.45-mile road course, but his pit crew also came away with a victory, taking top honours and $20,000 in the weekly McDonald's Drive-Thru P

NASCAR has revealed that it has undertaken an executive reorganisation that includes the appointment of long-time Cup series crew chief Robin Pemberton to the position of vice-president of competition.

The last two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races have been major momentum builders for Kevin Harvick and his #29 GM Goodwrench racing team.

Michael Waltrip's 20th-place finish in the Sirius at The Glen on Sunday was not the road course finish he and his DEI team anticipated after a pleasing final practice and first half of the race, not to mention finishing fourth in June's race at Infineon Raceway.

Sterling Marlin produced the TV quote of the week at Watkins Glen when he called Greg Biffle a 'bug-eyed dummy' live on NBC after the former Daytona 500 winner found himself unceremoniously nerfed into the wall by an impatient Biffle early on in Sunday's Sirius at the Glen.

Less than half way into Sunday's 90-lap Sirius at the Glen, Tony Stewart's #20 Joe Gibbs Racing crew had Boris Said sitting in Stewart's back-up Home Depot Chevrolet to see if the versatile road course ace could squeeze his lanky frame into the cockpit of the #20 machine should an increasingly il

It was gut check time for Tony Stewart in Sunday's Sirius At The Glen NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International - literally.

Richard Childress Racing has signed Jeff Burton to a multi-year agreement to drive its #30 America Online Chevrolet, beginning at next week's GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Roush Racing has revealed that Carl Edwards will replace the RCR-bound Jeff Burton at the wheel of the #99 Roush Racing Ford for the remainder of the 2004 season, starting from next weekend's Michigan GFS Marketplace 400.

Factory Corvette driver Ron Fellows has been confirmed in the #1 Nutter Butter/Nilla Wafers Chevrolet Monte Carlo in this weekend's NASCAR Nextel Cup event at Watkins Glen.

Elliott Sadler's pit crew took first place honours in Sunday's Brickyard 400, scoring its fourth win of the season in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fuelled by POWERade.

In the midst of another dire season, NASCAR's most famous team, Petty Enterprises, have had a major shake-up prior to this weekend's Sirius at the Glen that will result in both Jeff Green and Kyle Petty having new crew chiefs.

Scott Riggs was a victim of the biggest accident in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and his resulting failure to finish mathematically eliminate him from the inaugural 'Chase for the Championship.'

Jeff Gordon earned an unprecedented fourth Brickyard 400 victory on Sunday with a dominating performance in a wild, tumultuous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.