Texas Motor Speedway (right) President Eddie Gossage on the expansion of the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup field from 10 to 12 drivers: “Will it help us at the gate? Time will only tell, but if No. 11 and No. 12 are Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon — or in last year’s case [...]

Statement from Martin Truex, Jr. “The incident that recently occurred in Daytona Beach, Fla. was in poor judgment and shouldn’t have happened. I want to apologize to Bass Pro Shops, the NASCAR community and my fellow employees of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. After testing on Thursday afternoon, some team members and I went to a local [...]

Sprint Nextel and NASCAR unveiled several enhancements to the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Pit Crew Challenge presented by Craftsman and NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge today during the annual media tour.
“We anticipate the excitement will carry through the entire NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge week,” said Dean Kessel, director of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series™ marketing for Sprint Nextel. [...]

Two-time NASCAR Busch Series champ Martin Truex Jr. thought he was making a pit stop out of view, in a corner of the county’s parking garage, but like a scene right out of “Seinfeld,” the wrong person was watching. The bathroom break in the garage connected to the Ocean Walk Shoppes earned Truex a [...]

Unlike Juan Pablo Montoya, who has moved to NASCAR from a successful open-wheel career with a wave of publicity, motorcycle superstar Ricky Carmichael is getting little attention, and that’s just fine with him. The 27-year-old Carmichael has captured a record 15 AMA National championships but plans to run a limited schedule in Supercross this season [...]

For 30 years, the “King” Richard Petty has been synonymous with Goody’s Headache Powders and its fast pain relief. Now through a landmark agreement, Petty’s status as spokesperson for the fast pain relieving headache powders will be guaranteed for life. This announcement marks the first time a current or former NASCAR driver and a sponsor [...]

Benny Parsons was honored with the National Motorsports Press Association’s Pocono Spirit Award Sunday night in Concord, NC. Parsons, 65, passed away Jan. 16 after a six-month battle with lung cancer. He made 526 starts and earned more than $4.4 million, winning 21 times in NASCAR’s top series to rank 28th on the career-win list. [...]

To kick off the 2007 Nextel Cup Series season, the Gillette Young Guns are inviting race fans to visit GilletteYoungGuns.com for a chance to guess who will be the newest member of the team. From now until February 18, consumers can visit the Web site to correctly predict the new Gillette Young Gun driver. Each [...]

Fans coming to Bristol Motor Speedway in March for the NASCAR events will have two opportunities to see NASCAR’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., race on the World’s Fastest Half-Mile.
Earnhardt Jr., who swept both the Busch Series and the Nextel Cup events at Bristol in August of 2004, will try to repeat that feat [...]

Mountain Dew will once again be partnered with legendary NASCAR Champion Darrell Waltrip for the upcoming 2007 NASCAR season.
Mountain Dew Racing will be celebrating DW’s Championship seasons in the Mountain Dew car over 25 years ago.