Pos St # Driver Sponsor Car Pts Status Laps
1 16 2 Clint Bowyer ACDelco Chevrolet 185 Running 202
2 8 17 Matt Kenseth Ameriquest Mortgage Ford 175 Running 202
3 24 21 Kevin Harvick U.S. Coast Guard Chevrolet 165 Running 202

RuSPORT driver leaves hospital in Wisconsin; will continue rehabilitation at home
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc., Sept. 23, 2006 – Champ Car World Series driver Cristiano da Matta (#10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth / Lola / Bridgestone) has left Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisc., yesterday, and was flown to his home in Miami to continue his rehabilitation process. [...]

NASCAR will expand its North American presence next season, heading north to Canada for a Busch series race in August in Montreal.

Champ Car rookie Dan Clarke (#14 CTE Racing – HVM Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) wasn’t taking any chances Saturday at Road America, despite the fact that persistent rains appeared to have handed him the first Bridgestone Pole Position of his young Champ Car career.

After failing to strike a deal to buy Robert Yates Racing – twice – #7-Robby Gordon began making known his desire to be the No. 2 team with Ford (behind Roush Racing) instead of his current status as, at best, the No. 5 Chevy team. Officially, Gordon says “as of now, we have no manufacturer [...]

A NASCAR test session next month at Talladega Superspeedway for its new car [Car of Tomorrow/COT] will help series officials determine if they can use larger holes in a restrictor plate there and at Daytona. Gary Nelson, a former Cup series director who consults NASCAR, says he hopes NASCAR’s car of tomorrow will allow series [...]

TV ratings from NASCAR’s first championship chase race weren’t impressive - the Loudon race pulled a 3.1 rating on TNT (which Neilsen said translates to 4.792 million viewers), down 12% from the 2005 race.

After struggling for several seasons against the three- and four-car teams that have become the norm in Nextel Cup, single-car team owner Cal Wells still is in search of an alliance with another team that would help take his program to the next level.

Team owner Jack Roush said there is not yet an offer on the table from John Henry’s Fenway Sports Group as the entity discusses buying into Roush Racing with team President Geoff Smith. Roush said Friday that he’s not sure when the sides will next talk but added that’s not out of the ordinary.

(GMM) Fernando Alonso has followed Renault’s lead in playing down reports that the Spaniard was ‘banned’ from participating in the final tests of the 2006 season.