Ray Evernham believes the clock is ticking on Nextel Cup owners who aren’t aligned with deep-pocketed partners, and the timepiece on his left wrist tells him why.
“I have the stainless Rolex,” Evernham said with a smile. “I’ve only got so much money. I’m not a billionaire. I know a lot of billionaires who went racing [...]

(GMM) Renault appears to have found a replacement for departing cigarette title sponsor Mild Seven.
With anti-tobacco advertising laws forcing the Japanese brand off the grid for the 2007 season, it is understood that team marketing manager Jason Campbell has been successful in tabbing a new deal.

Morgan-McClure President, Larry McClure announced today the mutually agreed upon release of Scott Wimmer (pictured right) as their full-time driver for the remainder of the 2006 season. Wimmer and McClure have agreed to part ways now, allowing the team to possibly utilize some veteran experience to diagnose the existing cars as well as try some [...]

La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that former Formula 1 driver Jacques Villeneuve has agreed to race for Jack Roush’s NASCAR team in 2007.

Rookie J.R. Todd (pictured right) put himself in the driver’s seat for the Auto Club Road to the Future award Sunday with his third Top Fuel victory of the year.
Todd, who earlier this season became the first African-American to win an NHRA POWERade Series event in Top Fuel, used a career-best pass of 4.494 seconds [...]

BAM Racing is pleased to welcome NASCAR veteran driver and former Craftsman Truck Series Champion Mike Bliss as driver of the No. 49 Dodge for the remainder of the 2006 season beginning this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.

When #17-Matt Kenseth takes the green flag in this Sunday’s UAW-Ford 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway, he will be making the 250th Nextel Cup Series start of his nine-year career. Kenseth, the 2003 Cup Champion, will become the 76th driver in NASCAR history to reach the milestone.

Fernando Alonso has accused his Renault team of not helping him to win the 2006 drivers’ championship.
To the Spanish press, the 25-year-old reckoned the French squad - to lose Alonso to McLaren at the end of the season - is focusing instead on the constructors’ title, now led by Renault after the 2-3 finish in [...]

Honda look set to race beyond the 2006 season with the same driver lineup, team officials suggested on Tuesday. (Jenson Button pictured at right)
The Japanese carmaker’s president of racing development, Yasuhiro Wada, tipped Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello to stay in the white and red cars next year.

(GMM)-The Ferrari team has sent out a warning to championship rivals Renault to expect dirty tactics to be used in the last two races of 2006.