NASCAR News

Kurt Busch's crew-chief Roy McCauley will miss this weekend's race at the Phoenix International Raceway after surgery to alleviate chest pains earlier this week.

Kevin Harvick maintained the Nextel Cup's one hundred percent record in the Busch Series this year as he won Saturday's Pepsi 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway.

One of the main talking points of the Samsung/RadioShack 500 weekend was the on-track collision between Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle followed by the off-track confrontation between the girlfriends of the two driver.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform a live show during the intermission between the segments of this year's Nextel All Star Challenge.

The Great Clips Racing programme has added Jason Leffler to its driver line-up, alongside Braun Racing team-mate and rookie of the year contender AJ Foyt IV.

After jumping straight from the Craftsman Truck Series to the Nextel Cup with Jack Roush, Kurt Busch had never driven in a NASCAR Busch Series race until this weekend at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Jeff Gordon has been fined ten thousand dollars for shoving Matt Kenseth at the conclusion of last weekend's Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway but has not lost any driver or owner points.

For the second week in a row, Tony Stewart's pit crew secured the weekly Checkers/ Rally's Double Drive-Through Challenge competition by spending the least amount of time on pit road in Sunday's Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Brent Sherman has been replaced by veteran Jimmy Spencer for this weekend's DirecTV 500 at the half-mile Martinsville Speedway.

MB2 Motorsports has revealed that Ginn Clubs & Resorts has agreed to be a primary sponsor on Sterling Marlin's Chevrolet for three Nextel Cup races, as well as backing MB2 development driver Kraig Kinser's Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Silverado for one Craftsman Truck race.

The Nextel Cup Series suffered its second washout in six days on Friday as persistent rain forced Bud Pole qualifying for Sunday's Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway to be cancelled.

Nextel Cup debutant Bill Lester says he can't believe the level of support he has received since successfully qualifying for Sunday's Golden Corral 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Bill Elliott will return to the cockpit for at least five more races this season with the Michael Waltrip owned #00 Chevrolet team and sponsorship from fast food giants Burger King.

Bill Lester is looking to become the first African American driver to qualify for a Nextel Cup race in 20 years this weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

For the second race in a row Penske Racing failed to benefit from running the 2004 model Dodge Intrepid as neither Kurt Busch nor Ryan Newman featured in the top 15 with Newman's weekend ending early with a tyre failure.

Hall of Fame Racing's appeal against the penalties NASCAR assessed to them following the Daytona 500 has been quashed.

Wiley X Eyewear a manufacturer of sports, casual and tactical eyewear, will be the primary sponsor on Sterling Marlin's #14 Chevrolet for this weekend's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

No less than six of NASCAR's greatest living legends will be on hand to serve as Grand Marshals for the upcoming Busch Series race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway as NASCAR continues to promote its new anti-smoking stance.

The John Deere company, best known in NASCAR circles for its colourful late 1990's sponsorship deals with Mark Rypien, Roush Racing and driver Chad Little, will return to the sport as a sponsor of the March 17th Craftsman Truck Series race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

In last year's Auto Club 500 Joe Nemechek and his #01 MB2 Motorsports team were the class of the field only to have their day ruined by engine failure. In Sunday's 251-lap outing at Fontana, Nemechek and his MB2 teammate Sterling Marlin were also-rans.

Nextel Cup drivers claimed the top eleven finishing positions in Saturday's NASCAR Busch Series race at the California Speedway, with Greg Biffle taking the chequered flag first.

Gary Nelson, NASCAR vice-president of research and development, has left his current post to form his own company.

Daytona 500 polesitter Jeff Burton admitted that her made a mistake in his efforts to salvage a good result from a disappointing race after pushing Jamie McMurray into the turn two wall late in the race.

By far the best 'feel good' story of the 48th annual Daytona 500 was Kirk Shelmerdine's remarkable 20th place finish in his underfunded, largely unsponsored #27 Chevrolet.