While addressing the media last week in Charlotte, NASCAR team owner Jack Roush spoke as if the pending sale of a portion of his racing organization to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, and Henry’s Fenway Sports Group, was effectively complete. It isn’t. In fact, it could be a while. It’s one of the most [...]

Pos, Car#, Driver, Make, time (seconds), speed (mph)
1 19B Elliott Sadler Dodge 28.606 188.772
2 10B Scott Riggs Dodge 28.828 187.318
3 38A David Gilliland Ford 28.850 187.175
4 40A David Stremme Dodge 28.854 187.149
5 70H Johnny Sauter Chevy 28.867 187.065

Cal Ripken Jr., best known as baseball’s “Iron Man”, playing in a record 2,632 straight games for the Baltimore Orioles, will be behind the wheel of a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette as he paces the field for the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway.Voted to baseball’s Hall of Fame in [...]

Pos, Car#, Driver, Make,  time (seconds), speed (mph)
1 15B Paul Menard Chevy 28.667 188.370
2 19A Elliott Sadler Dodge 28.848 187.188
3 38B David Gilliland Ford 28.893 186.896
4 88B Ricky Rudd Ford 29.009 186.149
5 20 Tony Stewart Chevy 29.047 185.906

FOX Sports, its cable brother SPEED, and approximately 300,000 racing fans are set to descend upon one of the country’s most recognized and exhilarating sports landmarks—Daytona International Speedway—for an extended run of racing action that culminates with live flag-to-flag coverage of the most exciting and most-watched motorsports event in the America: NASCAR’s Daytona 500 on [...]

NASCAR is seeking approximately $30 million annually to sponsor its second series, multiple sources close to ongoing negotiations told ESPN.com on Monday.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that is roughly twice the annual investment Anheuser-Busch forked out to sponsor the series with its Busch brand for the past several years.

It’s only 10 days until the first NASCAR Nextel Cup event of the year: The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. Here are some interesting facts about this year’s event.

Dierks Bentley, nominated for two Grammy awards this year, will perform a free post-race concert at the 2007 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway. The concert — free to all ticket holders — will follow the 70-lap all-star race Saturday night, February 10.

David Ragan, Driver, No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion: “I think the Colts are going to win the Super Bowl this year. I’ve always been a pretty big Peyton Manning fan ever since he played for Tennessee so I would like to see him win. I’d give them seven points in the game.”
Greg Biffle, Driver, No. [...]

In 2007, DIRECTV will take the NASCAR television experience to another level as it debuts the highly anticipated and exclusive NASCAR HOTPASS only on DIRECTV during the Daytona 500 on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway.
DIRECTV announced the first five drivers for the debut of this new interactive television service that will enable fans to [...]