NASCAR News

Jamie McMurray and Robby Gordon completed a trouble free two-day tyre test at the Atlanta Motor Speedway this week at the behest of Goodyear.

Todd Parrott, the man who help guide Dale Jarrett to his 1999 NASCAR Cup title, has returned to the struggling Robert Yates Racing team after Petty Enterprises confirmed that he was leaving his current role as Bobby Labonte's crew chief.

Jeff Burton and Richard Childress Racing continued their season-long renaissance on one of the Nextel Cup Series' grandest stages on Saturday by winning the pole for the 13th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Bill and Bob Riley, the men behind the currently dominant Riley Grand Am chassis and many other successful projects are set to move into the world of NASCAR racing next year.

Kelly Rowland, a member of super-group Destiny's Child, will sing the national anthem before the start of the 13th Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

There has been a change of owner at MB2 Motorsports, which fields Nextel Cup entries for Joe Nemechek and Sterling Marlin, with real estate developer Bobby Ginn purchasing all shares owned by majority stakeholder and founding partner Nelson Bowers.

Kevin Harvick managed to avoid the carnage of 19 caution periods on Saturday afternoon to capture the Goody's 250 NASCAR Busch Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

Michael 'Fatback' McSwain will return to the Nextel Cup pit box with the famous #21 Wood Brothers team this weekend, replacing David Hyder as Ken Schrader's crew chief.

Robert Yates has confirmed that Elliott Sadler will be leaving the #38 M&M's team at the end of the 2006 season following four relatively disappointing seasons.

Tony Raines and the #96 Hall of Fame Racing DLP HDTV team toughed out a respectable 22nd place finish in Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway.

Darrell Waltrip has enough grandfather clocks signifying Martinsville Speedway victories to stock a clock store, but Saturday's Goody's 250 isn't about first-place hardware for the veteran/retired driver.

No Fear Incorporated, the California-based action sports lifestyle brand, will contest a four-race schedule in the 2006 Nextel Cup Series with driver Boris Said starting next weekend at the Infineon Raceway.

Hendrick Motorsport have confirmed that Casey Mears will replace Brian Vickers in the #25 GMAC Chevrolet next season.

Casey Mears will not be returning to drive Chip Ganassi Racing's #42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge in 2007 with the word at the Pocono Raceway on Sunday linking him to Brian Vickers' old seat at Hendrick Motorsport.

Jimmie Johnson may have seen his Nextel Cup winning streak at the Lowe's Motor Speedway end on Sunday night when Kasey Kahne beat him to the chequered flag in the Coca Cola 600 but his #48 Hendrick Motorsports pit crew did get a victory.

Michael Waltrip will race in Sunday's Coca Cola 600 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway despite failing to qualify his #55 Waltrip-Jasper Racing Dodge.

The 2005 Coca Cola 600 witnessed one of the most galling losses of Joe Nemechek's Nextel Cup career to date as a late race puncture robbed the driver of the #01 MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet of a near certain victory.

NASCAR Busch Series driver Spencer Clark has died following a road traffic accident on Sunday night.

Tony Stewart was a contender in the early part of Saturday night's Nextel All-Star Challenge non-points event at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, but a contentious crash with Matt Kenseth on lap 72 sent Stewart to an early exit.

The ambitious Team Australia umbrella has been expanded to include a new partnership that guarantees backing for ex-pat Australian Marcos Ambrose's NASCAR Craftsman Truck campaign in the United States.

Kevin Harvick has finally signed a contract extension with Richard Childress Racing that should see him driving the #29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet for another three years at least.

Nextel Cup rookie Denny Hamlin will compete in this weekend's pair of races at the Richmond International Raceway with stitches in his left hand after a post-test competition between his #11 Joe Gibbs team went wrong at the Lowe's Motor Speedway.

In a move to discourage the overly-aggressive bump drafting that has raised many issues and resulted in many accidents during restrictor-plate races, NASCAR has modified the front bumper for Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

Oil Company Pennzoil will return to the Nextel Cup Series as a primary sponsor for the first time in several years with Roush Racing and new driver Todd Kluever later this season.