Category: NASCAR Cup Series

Although rain isn't expected until after the scheduled afternoon qualifying session for Sprint Cup cars today, even the possibility may have some teams nervous in the Martinsville Speedway garage. Qualifying … Read More

Martinsville Speedway officials say plenty of tickets are still available for Sunday's Goody’s Cool Orange 500 Sprint Cup race. The grandstands around Martinsville’s 0.526-mile short track hold 62,000 seats, but … Read More

Dodge driver Elliott Sadler carries the familiar McDonald's paint scheme this weekend in the Sprint Cup series race at Martinsville Speedway. Sadler will race the McDonald's car six times in … Read More

Chip Ganassi Racing officials announced today that Kennametal will be the primary sponsor for the next two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races for the No. 40 Dodge driven by Dario … Read More

NASCAR officials are happy that television ratings are on the rise through the first five races of the 2008 Sprint Cup season after two years of declines, but they're not … Read More

Michael Waltrip Racing announced that Bobby Kennedy and Paul Andrews will switch managerial roles beginning with Martinsville Speedway. Kennedy will now serve as crew chief for Michael Waltrip and his … Read More

UPDATE “We had a whole bunch of testing planned, to go out and just race more and go through some things and figure them out," Dave Blaney said. “We needed … Read More

March 30th is significant to Michael McDowell because he will make his long-awaited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut with Michael Waltrip Racing in the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville … Read More

Mike Skinner was at New Smyrna Speedway [FL] on Wednesday testing at the half-mile oval in the #84 Red Bull Racing Toyota, a car normally occupied by AJ Allmendinger. Skinner … Read More

In the April issue of Men's Vogue, Jeff Gordon talks about abandoning Dixie Land for Manhattan (he says, "I love the sport and I love the people in it, but … Read More

The fifth stop of the 2008 season at Bristol Motor Speedway once again had the stars of the Sprint Cup Series experiencing indigestion-inducing incidents. From drivers on the edge of … Read More

Dale Jarrett will finally "race" the truck and Lowe's Motor Speedway is offering a special two-day ticket package for just $44 so fans can be on hand Saturday night, May … Read More

Max Jones, co-owner of Yates Racing, with drivers David Gilliland and Travis Kvapil, provides an update regarding the search for sponsorship and how he believes the season has started, during … Read More

Scott Miller, crew chief of the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevy driven by Jeff Burton, was named the Wypall Wipers “Crew Chief of the Race" for his team’s first place finish … Read More

Petty Enterprises officials say they will not ask NASCAR to approve a points swap between drivers Bobby Labonte and Kyle Petty. That means that Petty will need to qualify based … Read More

Two men killed early Sunday morning in a plane crash in Sumter County Florida were headed to the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Pilot George Trail, 68, and … Read More

Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) has installed a Jet Edge precision waterjet cutting system at its fabrication shop in Cornelius, N.C. MWR plans to use its Jet Edge system to cut … Read More

Richard “Slugger" Labbe, who was crew chief of the No. 27 Bill Davis Racing car, has parted ways with the team, a BDR spokesman confirmed Monday. The team, which had … Read More

NASCAR on Fox posted a 5.0/11 for racing from Bristol Sunday, a +2% gain over the same race a year ago and the third straight week that NASCAR has posted … Read More

The goal for Sam Hornish Jr. in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway was simple: Be invisible. If Hornish managed to stay out of trouble during the race, … Read More

Wypall Wipers is going to make a certain pit crew extremely happy as well as treat a special young man to a once-in-a-lifetime experience this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway. … Read More