Team Red Bull has been accused of paying 200 to 300 percent more to hire John Probst, a top Ford engineer. Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology, said he heard that Michael Waltrip Racing came up with more than $20 million to lure Dale Jarrett away from the Yates team.
Salaries are a closely held [...]

Martin Martin enters his first year with Ginn Racing at the helm of the No. 01 U.S. Army Chevrolet. Daytona testing provided Martin with his first opportunity to work with Ginn Racing and get acclimated to the No. 01 U.S. Army Team.
MARK MARTIN:
“We’ve just had a couple of days to get used to everything and [...]

Pos., No., Driver, Time, Speed
1. 15A Paul Menard 48.103 187.099
2. 5B Kyle Busch 48.189 186.765
3. 21A Kenny Schrader 48.294 186.359
4. 39A Regan Smith 48.359 186.108
5. 09B Mike Wallace 48.437 [...]

Kurt Busch became the first driver to top the 190 mph mark at Preseason Thunder, blistering the Daytona International Speedway track at 191.188 during Wednesday morning testing.
Busch was 1.681 seconds ahead of the next-fastest driver, Jeff Gordon, who recorded a speed of 184.596.
The session’s leader found his speed while driving NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow.
Pos., [...]

Toyota Motorsports officials say the company will move forward with plans to buy 89 acres in Rowan County, N.C., northeast of Charlotte.
Toyota plans to build a 30,000-35,000-square-foot facility that will house Toyota Racing Development USA Inc. and a chassis engineering operation.

Hendrick Motorsports today announced a primary sponsorship for 2007 that will showcase Spectrum Brands lawn and garden products on the No. 5 Chevrolets set to be driven by Kyle Busch in 13 NASCAR Busch Series races.
The agreement will feature the Sta-Green, Spectracide and Garden Safe products, which are available at Lowe’s locations across North America, [...]

Orbitz, the faster, easier way to find the trip you want, will serve as the title sponsor of the 49th annual NASCAR Busch Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 17.
The Orbitz 300 is the premier event in the NASCAR Busch Series and will feature drivers such as two-time defending Orbitz 300 champion [...]

Former grand prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya has hit back at Michael Schumacher after the retired seven time world champion belittled the NASCAR series.
Colombian Montoya, who is this week testing for the Daytona 500 after switching from McLaren in 2006, reckons the 38-year-old German wouldn’t be able to cope with stock car racing.

Ricky Rudd was a surprise visitor to Daytona International Speedway, today. He ran last week’s NASCAR test with Robert Yates Racing, then returned to help teammate #38-David Gilliland learn his way around the 2.5-mile track. Rudd, a 23-time Cup winner, is back for his second stint with RYR after sitting out last season. He and [...]

A new episode of Michael Waltrip Racing: A New Era will premiere on ESPN2 Sunday, Jan. 21, at 11 p.m. ET.
In the seventh episode of the documentary series, Michael Waltrip competes in a half-marathon for Kyle Petty’s Victory Junction Gang charity. In addition, the race team’s first superspeedway Toyota is completed and taken to the [...]