After the opening session of testing at the newly renovated Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Nextel Cup drivers generally lauded the improvements while some questioned the rising speeds on the 1.5-mile facility.
After his opening session, when he posted the second-fastest time of 183.492 mph, two-time NASCAR Cup champion Tony Stewart was among those who had issues [...]

For 2007, NASCAR has changed the ‘The Chase for the Championship’ rules to include the top 12 points finishers instead of the top 10. Do you agree with these changes? Give us your vote!
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F1 refugee Juan Pablo Montoya recaptured the winning feeling on Sunday by racing to victory in the Daytona Rolex 24-hour race in Florida. The former Williams and McLaren driver, partnered in the winning Chip Ganassi-run Lexus Prototype by Scott Pruett and Salvador Duran, starts his full time NASCAR foray in a few weeks.
But with [...]

Carl Edwards is looking to kick off the 2007 season with a bang at Daytona International Speedway. Edwards, who drives the #99 Office Depot Ford in the Cup Series and the #60 Scotts Ford in the Busch Series, has signed up to race Roush Racing’s #50 Ford in the Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night.

Roush Racing has paired NASCAR Nextel Cup Rookie driver of the #6 AAA Ford, David Ragan with Roulo Bros. Racing to run the 2007 Daytona ARCA Race on February 10th at Daytona International Speedway. Ragan, who competed in his first Nextel Cup race at Dover last fall, will be running full time Cup and Busch [...]

SPEED will offer special “Duels Day” coverage on Feb. 15 from Daytona Speedweeks, as the network hosts the high-anxiety qualifying races for the first time. Opening the broadcast day at 11 a.m. with NASCAR Live!, SPEED will offer 14 hours of programming from Daytona, including live coverage of the Gatorade Duel at Daytona at 2 [...]

SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), the Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR, announced today that Juan Pablo Montoya, the former Formula One star who will drive the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and NASCAR Busch Series in 2007 for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, will participate weekly in an exclusive [...]

Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving champion Mike Bliss and long-time veteran crew chief Barry Dodson will reunite to run the first four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races for Key Motorsports in 2007. The announcement was made by team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr.
Bliss will first drive the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado in [...]

The 2007 Drive for Diversity class was unveiled Monday, a seven-driver group that will compete in both the NASCAR Grand National Division and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. This marks the first year the Drive for Diversity program will advance multiple drivers to the Grand National level. The Drive for Diversity program is entering its fourth [...]

NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is helping design the oval course at the Alabama Motorsports Park, A Dale Earnhardt Jr. Speedway in Prichard. His stepbrother, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Kerry Earnhardt, is in charge of the bass fishing lake.
Both are among the feature venues planned for a $624 million motorsports and entertainment [...]