Villeneuve wants NASCAR ride
Villeneuve desperately searching for sponsorship In case anyone needed a reminder about the state of the economy, Jacques Villeneuve — Canada's only Formula One/Indianapolis 500 champion — brought it home … Read More
Category: NASCAR Cup Series
Waltrip could retire after 2009
Excerpt from the 2009 NASCAR Preseason Thunder Daytona Fan Fest: Saturday news conference transcripts: Q. Do you get the same sense of excitement or anticipation when you get ready to … Read More
NASCAR caution periods to be sponsored
For those of you who have still not heard the news, brace yourself. NASCAR has sold the rights to sponsor caution periods in live races to a cleaning company called … Read More
Menard to get owners points from other Yates team
From a NASCAR Press Conference at Daytona for the Fanfest. NASCAR Ramsey Poston asked the questions: Has any determination been made at Yates what the point affiliation will be for … Read More
Robby stuck with a Dodge in Shootout
Sirius Speedway spoke to NASCAR representative Ramsey Poston today, and he confirmed that Robby Gordon is approved to run the Budweiser Shootout in a Dodge, before converting to Toyota for … Read More
Tire testing at Atlanta
In preparation for the upcoming Kobalt Tools 500 on March 6-8 at the 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is conducting a two-day tire test on … Read More
NASCAR creates ‘Tony Stewart Rule’
In what could come to be known as the "Tony Stewart Rule," NASCAR announced Friday that the field for the 2009 Budweiser Shootout has been expanded from 24 to 28 … Read More
Bud Shootout adds 4 drivers
Sirius Speedway spoke to NASCAR representative Ramsey Poston today, and he confirmed that Robby Gordon is approved to run the Budweiser Shootout in a Dodge, before converting to Toyota for … Read More
More on NASCAR teams cheating test rule
NASCAR implemented the new test ban rule to save teams money, but the wealthy teams are laughing in NASCAR's face and testing anyway. They’re just getting their track time in … Read More
Reutimann to run full season for Waltrip
Michael Waltrip Racing owner Michael Waltrip says the #00 Toyota team for driver David Reutimann will run the full Sprint Cup season this year despite not having full sponsorship. Waltrip … Read More
Cuts to Toyota Racing program coming
The president of Toyota Racing Development said Wednesday he expects budget cuts in its NASCAR program as the Japanese automaker feels the effects of the global economic crisis. Typically immune … Read More
Regan Smith Named Driver of No. 78
Furniture Row Racing announced today that Regan Smith, the 2008 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year, will drive the team's No. 78 Hendrick-powered Chevrolet Impala SS in 2009. The Colorado-based … Read More
Yates to give Gilliland walking papers
David Gilliland appears to be the odd man out at Yates Racing, where the team says it will field three cars following its new partnership agreement with Hall of Fame … Read More
Chevy teams get around testing ban
Working around NASCAR's test ban, fourteen teams will wrap up three days of testing their Chevy Impala's at the General Motors Proving Grounds today in Mesa, Arizona. Richard Childress had … Read More
Siegel leaving DEI
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Max L. Siegel, former president of global operations for Dale Earnhardt Inc., is rejoining Baker & Daniels to lead an expansion of … Read More
Labonte to drive No. 96 Hall of Fame entry
Bobby Labonte is expected to drive for Hall of Fame Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season, sources close to the situation confirmed. The announcement of the hiring … Read More
Rejected by sponsors and billionaires, Cup teams turn to each other
Michael Smith is a reporter with SportsBusiness Journal. During better economic times, NASCAR teams found infusions of capital from seemingly everywhere – from billionaires such as George Gillett and John … Read More
Yates and HOF announce alignment
Yates Racing and Hall of Fame Racing (HOF) announced today an alignment of their two teams. Under the agreement, Yates Racing will operate the No. 96 NASCAR Sprint Cup entry … Read More
Loomis to run racing operations at GEM-Petty
Robbie Loomis will serve as the executive director of racing operations for the team that will emerge from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings, and Kevin Buskirk … Read More
Labonte to #8? Target to #42?
There have been numerous Bobby Labonte sightings at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, but the latest twist places the 2000 Cup champion in the #8 Chevy where he would be reunited with … Read More
Axed Petty would like to find Cup ride
Kyle Petty's, who was axed from the team owned by his father Richard Petty, plans for the 2009 season include driving in some Grand American races and continuing his television … Read More
No. 43 Dodge has full sponsorship
Driver Reed Sorenson confirmed Saturday that Gillett Evernham Motorsports has secured full sponsorship for the No. 43 Dodge that he will drive in 2009. Sorenson said the car will have … Read More
R3 Motorsports plans several Cup races
R3 Motorsports owner Robert Richardson Sr. said his team has entered the Daytona 500 and could compete in a handful of other Sprint Cup races in the 2009 season. R3 … Read More
Sorenson will drive #43
Tom Reddin, CEO of Gillett Evernham Motorsports, spoke to Sirius NASCAR Radio's The Morning Drive Friday morning: David Poole: "Will Reed Sorenson be in the #43 car and, if you … Read More