In advance of ESPN’s return to live NASCAR racing coverage, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, four of the most successful and popular NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers, will participate in a special roundtable discussion with ESPN motorsports analyst and 1989 NASCAR Cup champion Rusty Wallace to be aired on the 11 [...]

Joe Millikan, the Roush Racing transporter driver who was injured in a multivehicle accident outside of El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, was released from Thomason Hospital on Friday afternoon.

Jim Beam The Official Spirit of Racing, announced that it will continue its partnership with Robby Gordon Motorsports (RGM) as a primary sponsor of the #7 Ford driven by team owner and veteran driver Robby Gordon during the 2007 Nextel Cup season.
“We’re excited to continue our relationship with Robby Gordon as a primary sponsor in [...]

Hendrick Motorsports named Darian Grubb crew chief of the #25 National Guard/GMAC Chevys driven by Casey Mears in the Nextel Cup Series. The 31-year-old Grubb will lead the team into the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 18.
“Darian is one of the most respected voices in our organization and has proven to be a terrific leader,” [...]

On the excitement of a new year and the season-opening Budweiser Shootout: “I’m glad we can finally start racing. We’ve been testing a lot lately, mostly doing single-car runs, and that can be pretty boring. We’ve been testing the Car of Tomorrow quite a bit, and I’m ready to get back in our regular racecars [...]

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber has announced the hiring of two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup stars to the PIR ticket sales team. Carl Edwards and Bobby Labonte will join the PIR staff for one day and will sell tickets for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500™ at the PIR Ticket Office from 12 p.m. to [...]

SPEED recently completed deals with BFGoodrich Tires, Alltel Wireless and Sunoco, adding the companies to an already impressive list of companies deeply involved in SPEED programming for 2007.
BFGoodrich will present The SPEED Report (Sundays at 8 p.m. ET) as well as the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards on Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. ET. Alltel comes [...]

David Reutimann is prepared to run the entire NASCAR Busch Series schedule for the first time in his career behind the wheel of the No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Camry during Toyota’s inaugural year. After competing in the Series for five years on a limited basis, Reutimann is poised to campaign for the championship [...]

SPEED will air a 30-minute special Feb. 8 at 10:00pm/et entitled “Mario Andretti - Conversation with a Legend.”

After successfully launching its overall NASCAR marketing campaign in January, ESPN today announced phase two of the effort in support of the NASCAR Busch Series. The campaign features drivers Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Stephen Leicht along with 17 other Busch Series drivers and will run throughout the 35-race season.
“Our NASCAR Busch Series campaign [...]