NASCAR News

Daytona International Speedway's victory lane became a stable for Clydesdales on Sunday, as Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the #8 Budweiser team won the Great American Race, the Daytona 500.

The 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series will be screened on NASN - the North American Sports Network - starting with live and exclusive coverage of the Daytona 500 this Sunday.

Paul Menard embarks on his first full season of NASCAR Busch Series racing as driver of the #33 Menards Chevrolet this weekend, as the year opens with the Hershey's Kisses 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

Morgan-McLure Motorsports opened the Daytona Speedweeks NASCAR party with news that it had secured sponsorship from YOKE TV.com for the #4 Nextel Cup entry of Kevin Lepage.

NASCAR Busch Series driver David Stremme has been added to the cast of SPEED Channel 's new reality series NBS 24/7 , joining Casey Atwood, Kasey Kahne, Tim Fedewa and two-time series champion Randy LaJoie as the programme debuts with back-to-back half-hour shows on 16 February.

With the cost of competing continuing to rise in the Nextel Cup, rival manufacturers are continually looking for ways to contain their outgoings.

Dale Jarrett used a final-lap pass of Kevin Harvick and a hefty push from Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win his third Budweiser Shootout Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

An eventful Budweiser Shootout took a controversial turn for the Valvoline race team Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

Dale Jarrett's Ford may have come out on top of the season-opening Budweiser Shootout at Daytona over the weekend, but Chevrolet drivers completed the top three, with Dale Earnhardt claiming second and last lap leader Kevin Harvick third. Q: How was your race tonight?

Scott Wimmer will be able to make his Daytona 500 debut next weekend, despite suspicions that his full-time graduation to the Nextel Cup was about to put on hold due to a drink-drive conviction.

The 46th annual Daytona 500, the biggest and most prestigious race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, will boast the biggest purse in the history of stock car racing.

Although Ricky Craven's Tide team has remained almost completely intact during the off-season, there have been some notable additions to the line-up, with PPI team owner Cal Wells and the returning Mike Beam hiring Dave Charpentier as crew chief.

A company that grew from 'one man and one truck' into an American food-industry powerhouse will join forces with NASCAR's fastest-growing Nextel Cup team this season, as Schwan's Home Service sponsors BAM Racing's #49 Dodge, driven by veteran driver Ken Schrader.

MaxLife, the premium motor oil created by The Valvoline Company for cars with more than 75,000 miles, will be the primary sponsor on Mike Skinner's #10 Chevrolet in Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.

Nextel Cup rookie Scott Wimmer's career is in doubt following his arrest for a drink-drive offence at the weekend.

Greg Zipadelli, crew chief for Tony Stewart and the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet, has anything but a quiet off-season, and here he describes the preparations being made for the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup - plus his take on such issues as the recent rule changes...

Nextel Cup driver Ken Schrader, already the winningest driver in the history of Phoenix International Raceway, captured his 14th trophy at the weekend after winning the United Rentals 150 NASCAR Grand National Division West Series race.

Hendrick Motorsports and the Kellogg's Company have extended one of stock-car racing's most enduring relationships by announcing a multi-year agreement that secures the Michigan-based cereal maker as primary sponsor of the #5 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.

Defending 2003 IROC series champion Kurt Busch and Roush Racing team-mate Matt Kenseth will compete for the champion's $1 million purse in the 2004 Crown Royal International Race of Champions series.

Nextel Cup aces Dale Earnhardt Jr, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson have been confirmed as part of Chevrolet's assault on the 2004 Rolex 24 at Daytona, following impressive performances from both drivers and car at the recent test days.

Terry Labonte, driver of the #5 Kelloggs Chevrolet Monte Carlo joined the media for a quick question and answer session during testing for the Daytona 500. He looks forward to the 500 and talks of the impact of aerodynamic changes. Q: How important is the Daytona 500?

After nearly three decades of racing competition, Bill Elliott (#91 Evernham Motorsports Dodge) hardly needs a new challenge. But as the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season looms, he's found one.

Ford Taurus drivers Ricky Rudd and Greg Biffle are back at Daytona as the second week of testing takes place ahead of the Daytona 500 next month. They took time out after the first session on Tuesday to have a brief chat to the press.

NASCAR star Bobby Labonte believes only time will tell whether or not the new scoring system proposed for the NEXTEL Cup series will be a success.