Kasey Kahne did everything right, yet it did little to help his championship hopes. Kahne put on a dominating performance Saturday night to complete a season sweep at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, passing track favorite Jimmie Johnson with 26 laps go and pulling away for the victory.

Tony Schumacher (pictured right) set a single season record Saturday at Virginia Motorsports Park with his 12th No. 1 qualifying effort of the year. Eric Medlen and Jason Line also secured top qualifying spots in their categories at the $1.6 million Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals, the 21st of 23 races in the $50 million [...]

Robby Gordon and Ford Motor Company will be reunited in 2007 with the signing of a manufacturer agreement between Ford Racing and Gordon’s company Robby Gordon Motorsports.

Last year Penske Racing announced that it would be moving its IndyCar Series operation from its historic Reading, PA headquarters to a new state-of-the-art facility in Mooresville, NC. With this move, the IndyCar Series Team will be joining the other Penske Performance, Inc. constituents in the NASCAR and ALMS Series under one 424,697-square foot roof.
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Lee White, senior vice president of Toyota Racing Development, made an appearance at Lowe’s Motor Speedway that served the purpose of quieting the notion that the Japanese manufacturer intends to smother the opposition with money next year.
‘We’ve done extensive research, and I don’t believe the level of expenditure is any higher than the existing manufacturer,’ [...]

MODERATOR: We will begin with our Funny Car and Pro Stock points leaders. With three events left in the 2006 POWERade Series season, this will be the final of our series of teleconferences with the points leaders. This one will be a little different. As opposed to just having the leader [...]

Ford director of racing technology Dan Davis (pictured right) said Friday that his company will do everything possible to help Robert Yates Racing regain its competitive footing after two woeful seasons that included the defections of drivers Elliott Sadler and Dale Jarrett. That help will include, he said, finding a sponsor to assure that the [...]

There’s talk that Roush Racing and Robert Yates Racing might create a new team for Greg Biffle.

Bill Elliott, who failed to qualify in Team Red Bull’s Nextel Cup debut Thursday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, will run two more events for the team that will be part of Toyota’s debut in 2007. Elliott is considered one of the candidates for that job.

Greg Anderson (pictured right) made drag racing history Friday when he recorded the sport’s first 6.5-second Pro Stock pass. Anderson covered Virginia Motorsports Park’s quarter-mile track in 6.598 seconds to lead qualifying at the $1.6 million Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals.
Tony Schumacher and Robert Hight are the other provisional qualifying leaders at the event, the [...]