NASCAR News

Price Motorsports, Inc., NASCAR Winston Cup Series team based out of Raleigh, N.C., today announced a personnel change for the remaining races of the 2002 season.

Tony Stewart's defence of his Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 crown at Richmond last weekend was soured not only by a transmission failure in the final five laps but also by an assault allegation made against him by a female fan.

Full results from Saturday's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at the 0.75-mile Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, round 26 of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Six time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace was the cram of the Winston Cup crop in Happy Hour practice on Friday evening as he continued to make good on his midweek comment that his losing streak would end in the Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400.

Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Jeff Gordon hopes the other 42 drivers are chasing a rabbit at the end of Saturday night's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Sometimes the fastest thing in NASCAR isn't the speed of the cars but how quickly things change. Just look at the weekend Johnny Benson endured at Richmond in May when a potentially victorious weekend turned into a two-night stay in hospital.

Hank Parker Jr. and the No. 36 GNC Live Well Racing team finished 15th in the rain-shortened South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway last weekend.

Jimmie Johnson salvaged a ninth place finish in Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 in his #48 Lowe's Home Improvement Chevrolet despite a near disaster when the casing of his left rear tyre came adrift shortly after his final scheduled pitstop.

In a unique tribute that marks the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Team Rensi and the United States Marine Corps will give the #25 Team Marines Ford a new look for the Funai 250 at Richmond on September 6, 2002.

Although he has signed to drive for Bill Davis Racing and the #23 Dodge team for the rest of the Winston Cup season, Kenny Wallace had previously put pen to paper regarding a return to his former employers at Andy Petree Racing at the Talladega Superspeedway.

BH Motorsports, who recently formed a strategic alliance with Hendrick Motorsports in an effort to establish a competitive African-American-owned NASCAR Winston Cup team, have announced the National Guard as their primary advertiser.

Memphis Motorsports Park and Sam's Town Tunica are designating St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the beneficiary of the Sam's Town 250 NASCAR Busch Series event.

Todd Bodine and Herzog Motorsports head to Darlington Raceway this weekend ready to take on one of the toughest tracks on which NASCAR competes. The site of their first race together, Bodine and the crew have come a long way in a relatively short time.

NVE Pharmaceuticals and Bill Davis Racing have inked a multi-year deal with Kenny Wallace and Stacker 2. Wallace will drive the No. 23 NASCAR Winston Cup Dodge beginning in 2003 and will carry Stacker 2, "The World's Strongest Fat BurnerT" as its primary sponsor.

#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson says Darlington is one of the biggest challenges a driver faces all season. The "Track Too Tough To Tame" can really be too tough to tame sometimes.

Jimmie Johnson enters this weekend's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway with a three-point lead over fellow Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Ryan Newman despite finishing 34th in last Saturday's Sharpie 500 at Bristol.

Complete results from Sunday's Sharpie 500 at the 0.533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, round 24 of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

The all-new 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo racecar has been given the green light by NASCAR. Officials with Chevrolet and GM Racing received the final approval this week.

Q&A: Ricky Rudd/Eddie Wood/Pat Tryson.

Wood Brothers Racing has confirmed that it has inked Ricky Rudd to a multi-year contract to begin driving the #21 Motorcraft Quality Parts Taurus in 2003. In addition, Motorcraft announced a contract extension that will keep Motorcraft as its primary sponsor through to the end of 2005.

"A lot of people get to make decisions time after time again about their life and what direction they're going; to me, this is a career opportunity. This is a once-in-a-lifetime deal. To be in connection with Robert Yates next year is hard to put in words.

Dale Jarrett drove from 43rd to 1st to win Sunday's Pepsi 400 Presented by Farmer Jack at the Michigan International Speedway as Jeff Burton's car cruelly overheated in the final five laps.

One of the worst kept secrets of the year was confirmed on Sunday when Elliott Sadler confirmed his switch to Robert Yates Racing with sponsorship from M&M's. There was a twist however that still leaves Ricky Rudd's future as cloudy as ever.

"I would like to see the day that Dale Jr. or Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon or any of those guys would sandbag. It's just not in their bloodline. It's not going to happen." - Bobby Hamilton