Pos., No., Driver, Time, Speed
Morning:
1. 27B Ward Burton 49.092 183.329
2. 24A Casey Mears 49.205 182.908
3. 06A Erik Darnell 49.356 182.349
4. 25A David Gilliland 49.412 182.142
5. 17A Peter Shepherd 49.438 [...]

Race victories will become more important than ever in 2007 as a result of adjustments to the points system and the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup format announced today by NASCAR. The adjustments are designed to establish more balance between winning and consistency, but there is a new emphasis on the former. “The adjustments [...]

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) provided the latest round of updates Monday on its heralded Car of Tomorrow project, which is slated for a March debut at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The culmination of a seven-year project undertaken at NASCAR’s Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., the Car of Tomorrow was built [...]

It’s an image of doomsday, Mad Max-style. Mud-streaked mutants racing down a desert highway in stripped-down muscle cars and motor bikes, lobbing Molotov cocktails at their prey — NASCAR hotshot Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his No. 8 Budweiser car.

NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Jeff Burton and New Hampshire International Speedway will conduct a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 11:30 a.m. at Boston Park Plaza Hotel.

Panasonic Joins Ginn Racing as a Primary Sponsor on Marlin’s #14 Chevy for the 2007 season. The agreement also calls for Panasonic to be a major associate sponsor on the #14 for the other 24 point races that will comprise the 36-event Nextel Cup schedule.

NASCAR sources indicated that the sanctioning body would not alter its past championship provisional rule for the Nextel Cup Series in 2007. For two decades, NASCAR has allotted a spot in the race — if needed — for Cup champions that otherwise failed to qualify for the field. NASCAR’s decision to leave the rule alone [...]

One of the oldest race tracks in Illinois gets new life with new owners. Macon Speedway revealed the new ownership team Sunday as part of the Racing Expo at the State Fairgrounds. Past track owner-operator Macon’s Bob Sargent and NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Kenny Wallace and Ken Schrader make up the team.

Jonathan Cash, driver of the Strutmasters.com 2006 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series late model car, signed a five year contract with the Wood Brothers/ JTG Racing. Cash will pilot the famous number #21 NASCAR Busch Grand National East Touring Series ride for the full 2007 race season as part of the developmental driving program overseen by [...]

Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was named the 2006 Richard Petty Driver of the Year by the National Motorsports Press Association. Johnson, who also won the award in 2004, was named on 28 of 72 ballots cast. The Hendrick Motorsports driver edged Richard Childress Racing’s Kevin Harvick, who received 22 first-place votes.